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fail-safe

Standard

ECSS-E-ST-32-01C Rev. 1

Definition

damage-tolerance design principle, where a structure has redundancy to ensure that failure of one structural element does not cause general failure of the entire structure during the remaining lifetime

Notes

Relations

ECSS-Q-ST-40C Rev.1 — cause
ECSS-S-ST-00-01C — design
ECSS-S-ST-00-01C — design
ECSS-S-ST-00-01C — element
ECSS-E-ST-32C Rev. 1 — failure
ECSS-Q-ST-70-45C — failure
ECSS-S-ST-00-01C — failure
ECSS-S-ST-00-01C — lifetime
ECSS-S-ST-00-01C — redundancy
ECSS-E-ST-32C Rev. 1 — structure
ECSS-E-ST-10-03C — tolerance

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