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Title: Safety of high speed ground transportation systems: Analytical methodology for safety validation of computer controlled subsystems. Volume 2. Development of a safety validation methodology. Final report

Abstract

The evolution in the implementations of safety critical systems in the railroad industry from simple vital relays to more complex computer-based configurations has raised many issues among users as well as the Federal Railraod Authority (FRA). Foremost among these issues is the need to assure similar or improved levels of safety those currently provided by conventional fail-safe technology. This concern is heightened in newer high-speed rail and maglev systems which operate or are being designed to operate at considerably higher speeds and levels of automation than conventional rail systems. The overall objective of this program was to develop a safety validation methodology that could be considered (by the FRA) for use as a standard for manufacturers and users to help ensure the safe operation of safety critical computer-based system.

Authors:
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Department of Transportation, Cambridge, MA (United States). John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center
OSTI Identifier:
147354
Report Number(s):
PB-96-109780/XAB; DOT-VNTSC-FRA-95-8-2
CNN: Contract DOT-RR593/R5019; TRN: 53243681
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Resource Relation:
Other Information: DN: See also Volume 1, PB--96-109772; PBD: Sep 1995
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION; RAPID TRANSIT SYSTEMS; SAFETY ENGINEERING; LEVITATED TRAINS; SAFETY STANDARDS

Citation Formats

Luedeke, J F. Safety of high speed ground transportation systems: Analytical methodology for safety validation of computer controlled subsystems. Volume 2. Development of a safety validation methodology. Final report. United States: N. p., 1995. Web.
Luedeke, J F. Safety of high speed ground transportation systems: Analytical methodology for safety validation of computer controlled subsystems. Volume 2. Development of a safety validation methodology. Final report. United States.
Luedeke, J F. 1995. "Safety of high speed ground transportation systems: Analytical methodology for safety validation of computer controlled subsystems. Volume 2. Development of a safety validation methodology. Final report". United States.
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