Conveners
Predicting Failure: Predicting Failure
- Annika Nordt (European Spallation Source ERIC)
Description
Components and systems have different failure modes, and rates depending on where they are in their lifetime, which in turn is dependent on the operational cycle in which the components and systems are being used.
• What are effective means and tools for predicting failure?
• When should we use the tools?
• What is the raw data which is needed and how do we obtain it?
• How do we analyse and feed-back this information to drive improvement?
In this session, we encourage the presentation of uses cases, scenarios, and the tools, such as Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA), to conduct logical, structured, and deductive techniques that can identify the failure root-causes.
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