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FAULT MODES EFFECTS ANALYSIS [1 record]

Record 1 2011-04-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Engineering Tests and Reliability
  • Quality Control (Management)
DEF

An interactive documented process of a systematic nature performed to identify basic faults at the part level and to determine their effects at a higher (assembly) level.

OBS

failure modes and effects analysis; FMEA: term, abbreviation and definition officially approved by the Defence Terminology Standardization Board.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fiabilité, contrôle et essais (Ingénierie)
  • Contrôle de la qualité (Gestion)
DEF

Processus interactif documenté de nature systématique, destiné à déceler les principales défaillances au niveau des pièces et à déterminer leurs répercussions sur l'ensemble du système.

OBS

FMEA : acronyme spécifique à RADARSAT accepté par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie spatiale.

OBS

analyse des modes de défaillances et de leurs effets; AMDE : terme, abréviation et définition uniformisés par le Conseil de normalisation de terminologie de la Défense.

Spanish

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