Expeditious Component-Level FMECA Modeling for Design Optimization

The Failure Modes Effects Analyses (FMEA) provides a number of benefits to the reliability and design engineer; ultimately improving life cycle cost. These benefits range from identifying potential failures having catastrophic or hazardous impact on personnel or equipment to providing the designer and manufacturer with opportunities to eliminate, or at least minimize, the impact of these failures. The FMEA is the basis for a Fault Tree Analysis (FTA) of safety and mission critical defects. The Failure Modes Effects and Criticality Analysis (FMECA) provides analysis of unanticipated failure modes and quantifiable probability of critical failure modes. Finally, it is a tool for Suitability and Design for Reliability (DfR).