THE NAVY'S PLANS FOR DESIGN SAFETY OF FUZES

Abstract

An ad hoc group met during 1965 to review the Navy's guidelines for fuze safety which had remained unchanged since their issue in 1953. This group recommended that modifications and additions be adopted. Many of the modifications and additions were based on the similarity of problems in obtaining safety and reliability. Designers need safety objectives comparable to design objectives for reliability. The safety hazards analysis is proposed as a method to increase the engineering value of safety design objectives. The relation between redundancy for reliability and redundancy for safety is discussed. The safety analysis is safety's equivalent of reliability's failure modes and effects analysis. The fuze safety design program which is developing from the ad hoc group recommendations will show marked similarity to present day reliability programs. Because there is much unfinished work the full potential of this program will not be realized for about two years.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 10, 1967
Accession Number
AD0823002

Entities

People

  • Allen M. Corbin

Organizations

  • Naval Ordnance Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Ammunition
  • Engineering
  • Explosive Devices
  • Explosive Trains
  • Explosives
  • Failure Mode And Effect Analysis
  • Life Cycles
  • Materials
  • Munitions
  • Ordnance Laboratories
  • Redundancy
  • Reliability
  • Safety
  • Safety Analysis
  • Safety Engineering
  • Standards

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Mathematics or Statistics
  • Munitions and Ordnance Engineering
  • Systems Analysis and Design