For risk management and assessment you need a good understanding of
Fault Tree Analysis (FTA). Fault tree analysis is also the tool
for discovering product failure, engineering failure and the common
human error causes.
This 63 page eBook provides a complete, clear and thorough
description of Fault Tree Analysis. The development of a tree is
explained, along with a thorough description as to how the tree can
then be quantified. The eBook describes how to carry out an analysis,
and how to build a Fault Tree from the top down. The major elements
(Gates and Events) are described. A single worked example is used to
illustrate points as they are introduced. The eBook explains topics
such as:
Quantification
Risk ranking
Selecting the “Important Few” and ignoring the
“Unimportant Many”
Follow the “Path of the Greatest Resistance”
The importance of identifying the common cause events
Generic examples are provided for both Safety and Reliability
cases.
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Table of
Contents
Introduction
Worked Example
Terminology
Risk
Likelihood
Frequency Rate
Predicted Frequency Rate
Probability
Failure / Fault
Top-Down Development
1. Define the Top Event
2. Determine the Consequence of the Hazard
3. Create the Fault Tree
Events
Intermediate Events
Base Events
Gates
OR Gate
AND Gate
Voting Gate
Labeling
Example Tree
4. Identify the Cut Sets
1. Eliminate Repeat Sets
2. Eliminate Repeat Events in a Set
3. Eliminate Redundant Events
5. Quantify
Mathematics of an OR Gate
Mathematics of an AND Gate
Mathematics of a Voting Gate
Cut Set Quantification
6. Risk Rank
The Pareto Principle
Data Quality
Event Contribution
Important Few
Unimportant Many
Power of the AND Gate
Importance Equalization
Common Cause Effects
Utilities
Human Error
Corrosion
Reducing Risk
Path of Greatest Resistance
Cost-Benefit Analysis
Generic Trees
Generic Safety Tree
Top Event
Initiating Event
Failure of the Safe
guard(s)
Persons Present
Generic Reliability Tree
Generic Failures
External Events
Equipment by Area or Function
Software
Discussion of the Method
Qualitative Analysis
References
Figure 1 Sketch of Example
Figure 2 Top Event
Figure 3 OR Gate
Figure 4 Example of the Use of an OR Gate
Figure 5 AND Gate
Figure 6 Fire Triangle
Figure 7 Safety Fault Tree
Figure 8 Voting Gate
Figure 9 First Level OR Gate
Figure 10 Use of the AND Gate
Figure 11 Final Fault Tree (Page 1)
Figure 12 Final Fault Tree (Page 2)
Figure 13 2
003 Voting Gate Breakdown
Figure 14 Risk Ranking
Figure 15 Spare Pump System
Figure 16 Spare Pump System with Common Cause Effect
Figure 17 Generic Safety Tree
Figure 18 Generic Safety Tree Development
Figure 19 Generic Reliability Tree
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