Masters Theses

Abstract

"When planning a new design, potential failures in the design may force changes to be made. The cost of making such a change to a design increase as time passes; thus, to save costs on a design, these potential failures should be found as early as possible. Methods like Fault and Event Tree Analysis look at sequences of failures but require a mature design to use. Methods such as the Function Failure Design Method or Risk in Early Design are able to locate these failures during the conceptual design phase, requiring only knowledge of the design's function...By applying the concept of "common interfaces" to a functional model and using a historical knowledge database, it becomes possible to analyze chains of failures during the conceptual state of design"--Abstract, page iv.

Advisor(s)

McAdams, Daniel A.
Grantham Lough, Katie, 1979-

Committee Member(s)

Midha, A. (Ashok)

Department(s)

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Degree Name

M.S. in Mechanical Engineering

Sponsor(s)

University of Missouri Research Board

Publisher

University of Missouri--Rolla

Publication Date

Spring 2007

Pagination

xi, 57 pages

Note about bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 51-54)

Rights

© 2007 Daniel Adam Krus, All rights reserved.

Document Type

Thesis - Restricted Access

File Type

text

Language

English

Subject Headings

ProbabilitiesProduction engineeringRisk assessment

Thesis Number

T 9152

Print OCLC #

173650148

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