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Jun-Li Shi This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 1,2, Ya-Jun Wang1 , Hai-Hua Jin1 , Shuang-Jiao Fan1 , Qin-Yi Ma1 and Mao-Jun Zhou1

1School of Mechanical Engineering and Automation, Dalian Polytechnic University, Dalian 116034, P.R. China
2Institute of Sustainable Design and Manufacturing, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, P.R. China


 

Received: November 27, 2015
Accepted: April 21, 2016
Publication Date: June 1, 2016

Download Citation: ||https://doi.org/10.6180/jase.2016.19.2.08  


ABSTRACT


This study proposes a modified failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA) method based on fuzzy set theory and fuzzy analytic hierarchy process (FAHP) by analyzing the limitations of the traditional FMEA. First, the fuzzy language set of severity, occurrence, and detection is set up in this method. Second, the failure mode is evaluated by a triangular fuzzy number based on the fuzzy language set. Then, the weights of severity, occurrence, and detection are determined by the FAHP. Finally, the risk priority of the failure modes is determined by the modified risk priority number (RPN). The efficiency and feasibility of the modified FMEA method are verified by using it to deal with risk evaluation of the failure modes for a compressor crankshaft.


Keywords: Failure Mode and Effects Analysis, Fuzzy Language Set, Triangular Fuzzy Number, Fuzzy Analytical Hierarchy Process, Risk Priority Number


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