Fault Tree Analysis - Common Misconceptions Prof

摘要

Fault Tree Analysis is a technique commonly used to assess the system failure like ihood or frequency in terms of failure and repair parameters of its components. It is a mathematica modelling method used to assess engineering systems in a very diverse range of industries. It has become apparent during my involvement in systems reliability quantification projects that there are several misconceptions involving the use of the method. These misconceptions range through all aspe ts of the fault tree method from the construction of the failure logic diagram through qualitative analysis and quantitative analysis. This paper deals with some of these misconceptions and the problems that can result.