failure mode

collocation in English

meaningsoffailureandmode

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failure
noun
uk
/ˈfeɪ.ljər/us
/ˈfeɪ.ljɚ/
the fact of someone or something ...
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mode
noun
uk
/məʊd/us
/moʊd/
formal
a way of operating, living, ...
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(Definition offailureandmodefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Once these questions are properly answered, a list of symptoms or methods of detection of eachfailuremodeis formulated for safe operation.
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An ecological system does not consist of components that malfunction or subsystems that operate according to a specificfailuremode.
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Wires give a slight complication, as several wires joined in series are considered as a singlefailuremode.
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Thisfailuremodewas modeled in the simulation.
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Thisfailuremodeis described by changing the qualitative resistance values for the component.
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So, for example, take thefailuremodewhere wire 1, the output wire from the dipped beam switch, fails open.
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Each component has both normal andfailuremodebehaviours; however, there is no concept of the function that a system performs.
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Detection and identification at an early stage of an incipientfailuremoderequires reliable and robust techniques for accurate declaration without false alarms.
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Onefailuremodefor the necrophoric algorithm occurs when a retrieval robot collides with another retrieval robot or the walls in a high concentration of chemical.
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Given thatfailuremodedata is classified as a per formance-related issue, the technique for mapping failure mode data to components is a special case of this more general perspective.
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Moreover, functions have already been related to not only form, but also information of user actions, per formance parameters in the form of equations, andfailuremodedata.
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The mainfailuremodefor die casting dies is wear or erosion.
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Crankshaft fatigue for example is a commonfailuremodefor engine parts.
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According to one paper the following difference between the claddingfailuremodeof unused and used fuel was seen.
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Lamps that do not suffer failures of the emission mix or integral ballast electronics will eventually develop thisfailuremode.
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This usually explicitly prevents the metastablefailuremodethat will occur in the field from being seen or reported.
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These databases provide not only the failure modes, but also thefailuremoderatios.
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It should be combined with other analytical tools such asfailuremodeand effects analysis and fault tree analysis for example.
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Preliminary investigation of the accident revealed afailuremodesimilar to that seen in the earlier crashes, as both wings separated in flight.
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