System Safety Assessment (SSAS) 2011/2
Workload - Private Study - Assessment - Description - Learning Outcomes - Content - Teaching Materials - Recommended Books
| Module Code | COM00052M |
|---|---|
| Lecturers | Mark Nicholson |
| Taken By | SCSE, SSE |
| Number of Credits | 10 |
| Part | A |
| Teaching | Autumn 9 |
| Open Assessment |
[100%] Aut/9/Thu -> Spr/4/Wed Feedback: Spr/10/Wed |
Module Prerequisites
Prerequisite knowledge
Basic Knowledge of safety terminology either through Foundations of System Safety Engineering module or demonstration of equivalent knowledge through industrial experience / previous education.
Workload
- Lectures: 17hrs
- Practicals: 18hrs
- Private Study: 30hrs
- Assessment: 35hrs
Assessment
Open Assessment
- Aut/9/Thu -> Spr/4/Wed, uses electronic submission.
Feedback: Spr/10/Wed
The open assesmsent will be handed out on the Thursday of the module and will be available through http://www-module.cs.york.ac.uk/ssas/ on the Friday. Please check back to the module web-page for the answers to any student questions.
Formative Feedback
Individual written feedback is provided via the online feedback system. There will be a general feedback on the answers I was expecting and individual feedback on how well you did for each question indicating which questions attracted a poor, good or excellent mark.
Description
This module aims to cover the analysis and assessment phase of the system safety engineering life-cycle for a proposed product or service. It does so by considering the inputs to this phase, the qualitative and quantitative analysis techinques that can be employed within this phase and the outputs from this phase in terms of evidence into the safety case regime. It also considers the changing assessment requirements as more integrated and complex systems are developed.
Learning Outcomes
a. Explain the role of system safety assessment in the safety lifecycle
b. Describe and participate in RBD, FMEA, Markov and cause-consequence techniques
c. Describe and participate in fault tree construction
d. Describe and participate in the production and evaluation of fault tree cut sets
e. Describe and participate in the production and evaluation of fault tree quantitative analysis
f. Select appropriate analysis techniques for particular situations
g. Assess the implications of the results of system safety analysis
h. Explain the role of system safety assessment techniques during detailed design
i. Explain the role and issues surrounding system safety analysis in safety arguments
j. Compare manual and automated performance of system safety assessment
k. Discuss the state of the art and future directions in system safety assessment
l. Critically evaluate performance of system safety assessment by others
Content
• Introduction to SSA Mathematics
• Reliability Block Diagrams 1
• Sneak Analysis
• Failure Modes and Effects Analysis
• Fault Tree Analysis: Construction
• Fault Tree Analysis: cut sets
• FTA: Quantitative Analysis
• Preliminary System Safety Assessment (PSSA)
• Markov Models
• Cause-Consequence Analysis
• Model Based Safety Assessment
• Data in Systems
Teaching Materials
A folder with presentations and case studies will be provided.
Recommended Books
| Rating | Author | Title | Publisher | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| **** | JD Andrews & TR Moss | Reliability and Risk Assessment | Professional Engineering Publishing | 2006 |
| **** | Nureg | Fault Tree Handbook | Nureg | 1981 |
| *** | D E Kritzinger | Aircraft system safety: Military and civil aeronautical applications | Woodhead | 2006 |
| *** | P. O'Brian | Practical Reliability Engineering 5th ed | wiley | 2012 |
| ** | N. Singpurwalla | Reliability and Risk: Bayesian Perspective | Wiley | 2006 |
Last updated: 20th April 2012