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A Systems Approach to the Development and Use of FMEA in Complex Automotive Applications

Journal Article
2014-01-0740
ISSN: 1946-3979, e-ISSN: 1946-3987
Published April 01, 2014 by SAE International in United States
A Systems Approach to the Development and Use of FMEA in Complex Automotive Applications
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Citation: Henshall, E., Campean, I., and Rutter, B., "A Systems Approach to the Development and Use of FMEA in Complex Automotive Applications," SAE Int. J. Mater. Manf. 7(2):280-290, 2014, https://doi.org/10.4271/2014-01-0740.
Language: English

Abstract:

The effective deployment of FMEAs within complex automotive applications faces a number of challenges, including the complexity of the system being analysed, the need to develop a series of coherently linked FMEAs at different levels within the systems hierarchy and across intrinsically interlinked engineering disciplines, and the need for coherent linkage between critical design characteristics cascaded through the systems levels with their counterparts in manufacturing.
The approach presented in this paper to address these challenges is based on a structured Failure Mode Avoidance (FMA) framework which promotes the development of FMEAs within an integrated Systems Engineering approach. The effectiveness of the framework is illustrated through a case study, centred on the development of a diesel exhaust aftertreatment system. This case study demonstrates that the structured FMA framework for function analysis supports an effective decomposition of complex interdisciplinary systems facilitating the DFMEA deployment through a series of containable, structured DFMEAs developed at successive system levels, with clear vertical integration of functional requirements and critical parameters cascade.
The paper also discusses the way in which the approach supports deployment across engineering disciplines and domains, ensuring the integrity of information flow between the design and manufacturing activities.