[PSUBS-MAILIST] FAULT TREE OR SAFETY ANALYSIS?

[Kenneth Schulze <aquamari@cruzers.com>]

Greetings all,

What is the best way to evaluate all of the possible failure modes?

As my day job, I design automated equipment.  Recently, I designed a
system that worked great at our company.  This equipment was then
integrated into another company's automated system.  The customer
(end-user) nearly destroyed the system because of poor maintenance and a
lack of understanding of how the systems worked.  I was amazed that this
failure could have been possible, but it was real.
What does this have to do with submarines?  Well a submarine has many
more systems that all have to work together.  As you all know, single
flaw could kill you.

With that said, what is the best way to evaluate a submarine design to
eliminate as many of the failure modes as possible?

Best Regards,
Ken Schulze