Version 1.0, August 31, 2001, Copyright, Hugh Jack 1993-2001

8. SYSTEM DESIGN

 

· This field is largely overlooked, not because it is unimportant, but because most engineers are educated in selected disciplines, and this is an interdisciplinary topic.

 

· Most of the successful uses of this topic have been by computer system designers, electrical engineers, and aerospace designers.

 

· The basic set of problems in any system design are,

  1. - what functions are needed
  2. - how do the modules interact
  3. - what do we do when a module fails
  4. - how reliable is a system
  5. - etc.

 

 

8.1 SYSTEM FAILURE

8.2 PRACTICE PROBLEMS