Modeling Specific Functions of a Ring Network Topology in BlockSim

Modeling Specific Functions of a Ring Network Topology in BlockSim

November 9th, 2016

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Modeling Specific Functions of a Ring Network Topology in BlockSim

This is the second part of a two-part article that addresses how to create a reliability block diagram (RBD) model of a ring network with bi-directional communication paths using BlockSim that will provide information on both the system availability and the availability of particular communication paths. In the October 2016 issue of Reliability HotWire, we discussed how to create the system-level RBD model starting from the ring network schematic. In this article, we demonstrate how to augment the model to incorporate blocks that represent the state of communication between the HMI and the connected devices. Read more.

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