The Safety Critical Systems Handbook
A Straightforward Guide to Functional Safety: IEC 61508 (2010 Edition), IEC 61511 (2015 Edition) and Related Guidance
- 5th Edition - January 15, 2020
- Latest edition
- Authors: David J. Smith, Kenneth G. L. Simpson
- Language: English
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Description
Description
The Safety Critical Systems Handbook: A Straightforward Guide to Functional Safety: IEC 61508 (2010 Edition), IEC 61511 (2015 Edition) and Related Guidance, Fifth Edition presents the latest guidance on safety-related systems that guard workers and the public against injury and death, also discussing environmental risks. This comprehensive resource has been fully revised, with additional material on risk assessment, cybersecurity, COMAH and HAZID, published guidance documents/standards, quantified risk assessment and new worked examples. The book provides a comprehensive guide to the revised IEC 61508 standard as well as the 2016 IEC 61511.
This book will have a wide readership, not only in the chemical and process industries, but in oil and gas, power generation, avionics, automotive, manufacturing and other sectors. It is aimed at most engineers, including those in project, control and instrumentation, design and maintenance disciplines.
Key features
Key features
- Provides the only comprehensive guide to IEC 61508 and 61511 (updated for 2016) that ensures engineers are compliant with the latest process safety systems design and operation standards
- Presents a real-world approach that helps users interpret the standard, with new case studies and best practice design examples using revised standards
- Covers applications of the standard to device design
Readership
Readership
Chemical, Process, Plant, Oil and Gas and related systems safety engineers and students
Table of contents
Table of contents
Part A.
1. The Meaning and Context of Safety Integrity Targets
2. Meeting IEC 61508 Part 1
3. Meeting IEC 61508 Part 2
4. Meeting IEC 61508 Part 3
5. Reliability Modeling Techniques
6. Failure Rate and Mode Data
7. Demonstrating and Certifying Conformance
Part B. Specific Industry Sectors
8. Second Tier Documents Process, Oil and Gas Industries
9. Machinery Sector
10. Other Industry Sectors
Part C. Case Studies in the Form of Exercises and Examples
11. Pressure Control System
12. Burner Control Assessment
13. SIL Targeting Some Practical Examples
14. Hypothetical Rail Train Braking System
15. Rotorcraft Accidents and Risk Assessment
16. Hydroelectric Dam and Tidal Gates
Product details
Product details
- Edition: 5
- Latest edition
- Published: January 15, 2020
- Language: English
About the authors
About the authors
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David J. Smith
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