Failure Mode Effect Criticality Analysis
For each feature and/or component we need to construct a complete list of potential failures. These may include untimely operations, operational failures, and/or intermittent, erroneous, or missing output. Here we provide a couple of examples showing event-based and data-based failures for Dronology.
Event / Data item | Fault Type | Description | Effect | Criticality |
Route miscalculated (Event) | Faulty Algorithm | UAV’s route is miscalculated | UAV flies into airplane. | Catastrophic |
Minimum separation distance violated (Event) | Faulty Algorithm | Minimum separation distance is not preserved between UAVs during flight. | UAVs collide in midair | Major |
Payload is dropped (Event) | Faulty functionality | Payload is not properly attached to UAV | Payload falls on a person below | Major |
Battery Level Indicator (Data) | Faulty error detection | Low battery is not detected | UAV runs out of power and drops to the ground | Major |
Altitude level(Data) | Faulty error detection | Altitude reading is higher than the actual altitude of the UAV | UAV flies into hilly terrain | Hazardous |
One potential failures have been identified design constraints (also referred to as mitigating requirements or safety requirements) must be specified. Click here to learn more about mitigating requirements in Dronology.
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