Safety critical systems handbook : a straightforward guide to functional safety : IEC 61508 (2010 edition) and related standards : including process I /

Smith, David J.

Safety critical systems handbook : a straightforward guide to functional safety : IEC 61508 (2010 edition) and related standards : including process I / David J. Smith and Kenneth G L. Simpson - Third edition. - Amsterdam ; Oxford : Elsevier/Butterworth-Heinemann, c2011 - xvii, 270 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Includes index.

pt. A. The concept of safety integrity targets -- pt. B. Specific industry sectors -- pt. C. Case studies in the form of exercises and examples.

Electrical, electronic and programmable electronic systems increasingly carry out safety functions to guard workers and the public against injury or death and the environment against pollution. The international functional safety standard IEC 61508 was revised in 2010. This guide to the revised standard covers the 2010 amendments.

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INDUSTRIAL SAFETY -- STANDARDS -- EUROPEAN UNION COUNTRIES

T 55 .S65 2011