Safety Analysis for the Operation Process of Electronic Systems Used Within the Mobile Critical Infrastructure in the Case of Strong Electromagnetic Pulse Impact

Abstract

The concept of electronic equipment and systems operation means all of the activities to be conducted by an operator after accepting a given technical object from a manufacturing plant and incorporating it into the operation process as per the intended use. The process of operating an electronic system shall be stable and the operating states as foreseen in the range of their permissible consequences – changes over the operation period. Electronic systems shall be maintained in constant readiness throughout an assumed period of time, especially in the case of technical objects used in buildings falling within the group of the so-called critical infrastructure (CI) structures. Electronic equipment and systems in CI structures operate in specific environmental conditions. However, their operating process shall also take into account extreme conditions of external and internal environmental interference, changes in the electro-climate and deliberately generated high-power electromagnetic fields. All activities aimed at maintaining the constant readiness of electronic equipment and systems are of technical and organizational nature. This elaboration discusses issues in the field of a reliability and operational analysis of electronic equipment and systems, which can be operated in an environment exposed to the impact of strong electromagnetic pulses. A relationship graph was developed for specific operating states.