Use of the CCPS Generic Failure Rate Data Base

4 Use of the CCPS Generic Failure Rate Data Base 

As explained in Section 3.3, failure rate data for a piece of equipment or system can be located by the taxonomy number for the equipment. The number can be found by using the CCPS Taxonomy, Appendix A, or the alphabetized hardware list in the Equipment Index, Appendix B. Table 5.2 shows whether the CCPS data base contains failure rate data for that numbered data cell or for an appropriate higher-level cell. Alternatively, the user may look directly for the desired taxonomy cell in the data tables. 

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Section 5.4 describes the use of the CCPS Generic Failure Rate Data Base. Lastly, Section 5.5 contains tables of data in the Generic Failure Rate Data Base, organized by the numbers used to structure the CCPS Taxonomy. 

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