This diploma thesis is dealing with researching the EU legislative and mapping the welding process of simple pressure vessel, elaborating the FMECA analysis of this process with subsequent proposal of precautional measures in critical points of this process, arising from this analysis.

This thesis presents a reliability analysis of a technical system. It is divided into three main sections. The first section introduces some of the most significant problems of reliability. It deals with a definition and an expresion of reliability, a reliability diagram selection and a detailed description of the reliability analysis. This part also includes an overview of reliability analysis types. Some of the most widely used reliability analyses are briefly described; further advantages and disadvantages of using each method are listed. Failure Modes and Effects Analysis - FMEA is then described in a greater detail. The second section contains an analysis of aviation conditions as well as a design of a reliability analysis that concerns a selected digital system; the system under analysis is a pitch trim indicator. The main design issue lies in a choice of a most suitable method. This choice stems from the overview of reliability analyses presented in the first section of the thesis. In the last section, a FMEA reliability analysis of the pitch trim indicator is conducted. This part includes a discussion of the results as well as a design action that is to lead to an increase in reliability of the analyzed system.

This thesis is an introduction into quality management of electrotechnical production. It consists of a theoretical treatise on FMEA analysis and process mapping. The FMEA analysis was applied to the manufacturing process in an electrotechnical company. Selected critical failures were analyzed and corrective measures were suggested.

The aim of the diploma thesis is to provide a complex analysis of risk management in engineering company EST Stage Technology a.s. In the first part of the thesis, the research study focused on the risk management from the economic and technical point of view was conducted. The next chapter deals with case study including the description of mentioned company, considering the history, business sector and selected economic indicators. In this part, PESTLE and SWOT analysis is also performed. Further part provides the analysis of profitability, liquidity, activity and debt indicators. The following chapter describes the process of industrial contract solution. The last part of the diploma thesis deals with the failure mode, effects and criticality analysis (FMECA). The detailed analysis of failures, which can arise in various phases of contract solution, is provided. The causes and consequences of that failures are also mentioned, while the measures lowering the risk of particular failure to acceptable level are suggested.

<p>More than twenty-five percent of the risk of failure for the 9-1-1 system can be contributed to blocked lines. The second major failure mode is unhelpful or improperly trained telecommunicators. The quick dispatch of emergency response teams in the event of any disaster or accident through the use of the 9-1-1 system is crucial to the well-being of the public. These potential failure modes prevent desperately awaited help from arriving as soon as possible. Therefore, the reliability and effectiveness of the system must be evaluated.</p> <p> The objective of this report is to identify failure modes of the 9-1-1 system, calculate their criticality, prioritize them in order of risk, and propose economical and feasible alternative solutions.</p> <p> Failure mode, effects, and criticality analysis (FMECA) is an evaluation tool that proves extremely useful when a system is desired to be kept highly effective and reliable. In this report, it is applied within the Systems Engineering Process to analyze areas of weakness throughout the New Jersey 9-1-1 system. FMECA is widely used throughout the military and commercial industry. It illustrates the interrelationships between causes and effects of failure modes, and helps to focus attention on high risk areas so that proper precautions may be taken.</p> <p> First, the use of FMECA is reviewed. The step-by-step procedures are next illustrated, and it is noted that FMECA must be tailored to each system relative to its characteristics and desired application. The New Jersey 9-1-1 system is analyzed in detail and is found to be an effective emergency communications network. However, technology has not yet provided solutions to all possible failures. In fact, technology adds to the failure possibilities. Possible future areas of development are included.</p> <p> / Master of Science

L'énergie stockée dans le Large Hadron Collider est sans précédent. La perte des particules du faisceau peut endommager gravement les aimants supraconducteurs, ayant pour résultat des temps significatifs d'arrêt pour la réparation. Le système des moniteurs de pertes du faisceau (en anglais: BLMS) détecte les gerbes de particules secondaires créées par les pertes faisceau et provoque l'extraction du faisceau avant que des dommages sérieux de l'équipement ne puissent se produire. Cette thèse définit les caractéristiques du BLMS en termes de la fiabilité. Le but principal est la conception d'un système réduisant au minimum soit la probabilité de ne pas détecter une perte dangereuse, soit le nombre de fausses alarmes produites. La théorie et les techniques de fiabilité utilisées sont décrites. La Prédiction de fiabilité, Analyse des Modes de Défaillance de leurs Effets et de leur Criticité (en anglais: FMECA), et l'Analyse par Arbre de Défaillance ont été employées pour fournir une évaluation de la probabilité d'endommager un aimant, du nombre de fausses alarmes et du nombre d'avertissements produits. Les composants les plus faibles dans le BLMS ont été précisés. Les chiffres de fiabilité du BLMS ont été calculés en utilisant un logiciel commercial (IsographTM). L'effet de la variation des paramètres sur les résultats obtenus a été évalué avec une Analyse de Sensibilité. Le modèle de fiabilité a été complété par les résultats des tests d'irradiation. Des améliorations de la conception du système, comme la transmission optique redondante, ont été mises en application grâce à un processus itératif. Le système proposé est conforme aux requêtes de fiabilité. Les incertitudes du modèle proviennent de la connaissance limitée des niveaux de seuils des aimants supraconducteurs et de la localisation des pertes autour de l'anneau. Le modèle mis en œuvre permet des modifications du système, suivant la mesure des taux de risque pendant la durée de vie du LHC. Il peut également fournir des valeurs de référence à d'autres accélérateurs qui mettront en application des technologies semblables.

Les systèmes hospitaliers sont des lieux de soins caractérisés par la variété des activités et des situations auxquelles ils sont confrontés. Ceci engendre des interactions induisant des situations imprévues liées à plusieurs risques.La gestion des risques apparaît donc comme une préoccupation importante pour les décideurs. Plus particulièrement, la gestion des risques dans les blocs opératoires est d’une grande importance étant donné que ces derniers présentent des lieux hautement stratégiques par rapport aux nombreuses activités qu’ils regroupent et des coûts qu’ils engendrent. Le risque zéro n’existe pas, il peut néanmoins être réduit.Ce travail de recherche a pour objectif de maîtriser la gestion des risques dans les blocs opératoires. Cette recherche s’intègre dans le cadre d’une collaboration entre l’Ecole Centrale de Lille et le CHU Sahloul de Sousse, terrain d’étude choisi pour mettre en œuvre l’approche proposée. Étant donné qu’aucun système de gestion des risques n’a été mis en place dans cet établissement, ce travail représenté un apport important et original pour le CHU Sahloul.Notre démarche se déroule en plusieurs étapes. Tout d’abord, suite à une comparaison entre les méthodes de gestion des risques existantes, nous avons choisi d’adapter la méthode de gestion des risques AMDEC (Analyse des Modes de Défaillances, de leurs Effets et de leurs Criticités) aux blocs opératoires du CHU Sahloul de Sousse.Nous proposons ensuite un système d’aide à la décision pour la gestion des risques GRAMA (Gestion des Risques par une Approche Multi - Agent) afin d’orienter les intervenants dans les blocs opératoires vers les meilleures décisions pour minimiser les risques pouvant survenir. Enfin, une simulation basée sur l’approche proposée est mise en œuvre au CHU Sahloul / The hospital systems are a place of health care distinguished by the variety of activities and situations with which they are confronted. This creates interactions leading into unexpected situations related to several risks.The risk management appears as an important concern for the decisions makers. More particularly, the risk management in the operating theatres has a major importance given that they are about a highly strategic in relation to the many activities they include and the costs they generate. The zero risk does not exist. Never theless, it can be reduced.This research aims to control risk management in operating rooms. This research gets in collaboration between l’Ecole Centrale de Lille and the University Hospital (UH) of Sousse Sahloul, field of study chosen to implement the proposed approach. Since non system of risk management has been implemented in this establishment, this work is significant and original for the UH Sahloul.Our approach is made up of several steps. First, following a comparison between the existing methods of risk management, we chose to adapt the method of risk management FMECA (Failure Modes, Effects and Criticality Analysis) in operating rooms of UH Sahloul, Sousse. We propose a decision support system for risk management based on multi-agent approach in order to guide contributors in the operating rooms making the best decisions to minimize risks which occur in UH Sahloul. Finally, a simulation based on the proposed approach is implemented in the UH Sahloul.

abstract: This is a two part thesis: Part – I This part of the thesis involves automation of statistical risk analysis of photovoltaic (PV) power plants. Statistical risk analysis on the field observed defects/failures in the PV power plants is usually carried out using a combination of several manual methods which are often laborious, time consuming and prone to human errors. In order to mitigate these issues, an automated statistical risk analysis (FMECA) is necessary. The automation developed and presented in this project generates about 20 different reliability risk plots in about 3-4 minutes without the need of several manual labor hours traditionally spent for these analyses. The primary focus of this project is to automatically generate Risk Priority Number (RPN) for each defect/failure based on two Excel spreadsheets: Defect spreadsheet; Degradation rate spreadsheet. Automation involves two major programs – one to calculate Global RPN (Sum of Performance RPN and Safety RPN) and the other to find the correlation of defects with I-V parameters’ degradations. Based on the generated RPN and other reliability plots, warranty claims for material defect and degradation rate may be made by the system owners. Part – II This part of the thesis involves the evaluation of Module Level Power Electronics (MLPE) which are commercially available and used by the industry. Reliability evaluations of any product typically involve pre-characterizations, many different accelerated stress tests and post-characterizations. Due to time constraints, this part of the project was limited to only pre-characterizations of about 100 MLPE units commercially available from 5 different manufacturers. Pre-characterizations involve testing MLPE units for rated efficiency, CEC efficiency, power factor and Harmonics (Vthd (%) and Ithd (%)). The pre-characterization test results can be used to validate manufacturer claims and to evaluate the product for compliance certification test standards. Pre-characterization results were compared for all MLPE units individually for all tested parameters listed above. The accelerated stress tests are ongoing and are not presented in this thesis. Based on the pre-characterizations presented in this report and post-characterizations performed after the stress tests, the pass/fail and time-to-failure analyses can be carried out by future researchers. / Dissertation/Thesis / Masters Thesis Engineering 2015

Arctic Canada has seen significant ecological changes since the 1990s, leading to sea ice melt, increased temperatures, and increased accessibility to the Northwest Passage. The increased accessibility to the Northwest Passage has allowed for vessels to easily access maritime routes that were not previously accessible. Changes to the Arctic landscape has led to the beginning of open water shipping seasons in Arctic waters, attracting international audiences for trade, tourism, fisheries, and other economic activity. This new passageway increases options for companies to reduce costs in shipping, while also facilitating new and emerging hazards and risks for operational vessels. Comprehensive risk analysis and full assessments need to be completed to aid policy- and decision-makers to support and manage the increasing maritime traffic in Canadian Arctic waters. To fill this knowledge gap, the overarching aim of this master’s level research was to identify and preliminarily evaluate a comprehensive list of hazards (impact drivers) and risks (future impacts) for Maritime ship operations within Arctic Canada and to complete a preliminary assessment of identified maritime shipping hazards and risks throughout Arctic Canada. Hazards and risks were identified using several text-based sources, including social media, grey literature, and peer reviewed journal articles, in order to conduct a comprehensive content analysis to identify the perspectives and trends emerging among the online community. Natural language processing methods were then used, such as word frequencies, word correlation, and topic modelling to identify key phrases, terminology, and thematic groups. This allowed for the creation of an inventory of relevant hazard and risk themes and categories that could be used as a strong basis for informing a risk analysis. Emerging themes included: sea ice, navigability issues, geopolitical concerns, and operational challenges, among others. Following the identification of hazard and risk factors, a ‘failure modes, effects, and criticality analysis’ (FMECA) approach was used, along with a consequence-probability Rettinger ix matrix, as means of performing a preliminary risk analysis. The method enables the collection of information regarding hazard and risk descriptors, consequence, probability, control mechanisms, impacts, and data quality information, to establish a validated risk rating score. Risk rating scores are calculated using consequences and probability scores to determine average risk ratings for individual hazards and risks and at the sector-based category level. A total of 154 variables were inventoried: 55 hazards were identified and 99 risks were noted that influence maritime ship operations in Arctic Canada. Five variables were classified as ‘VERY HIGH’: three hazards (hydrocarbon releases, transportation of dangerous goods, and multiyear sea ice) and two risks (community member displacement and socioeconomic impacts on indigenous peoples). Five thematic groups were seen as priority risk ratings, two of which identified with “HIGH” data quality indexes (Sea Ice, Environmental). A total of 35 hazards and 36 risks are recommended for further investigation, being classified with a ‘VERY HIGH’ or ‘HIGH’ data quality score. Results of this research supports a preliminary attempt at a comprehensive risk analysis that can be used in the future to conduct a full risk assessment.

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