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Fault Tree Analysis

Fault trees are diagrams that are used to analyze causes of failures or accidents. They are built using gates and events (blocks), with the two most common gates being AND and OR gates. An OR gate connects basic events such that the occurrence of either event causes the top-level event, while an AND gate connects events such that both events must occur for the top-level event. The example fault tree diagram shows two basic events connected by an OR gate, meaning the top-level event will occur if either basic event A or B happens.

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Fault Tree Analysis

Fault trees are diagrams that are used to analyze causes of failures or accidents. They are built using gates and events (blocks), with the two most common gates being AND and OR gates. An OR gate connects basic events such that the occurrence of either event causes the top-level event, while an AND gate connects events such that both events must occur for the top-level event. The example fault tree diagram shows two basic events connected by an OR gate, meaning the top-level event will occur if either basic event A or B happens.

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FAULT TREE ANALYSIS

Drawing Fault Trees: Gates and Events

Fault trees are built using gates and events (blocks). The two most commonly used gates in a fault
tree are the AND and OR gates.
As an example, consider two events (or blocks) comprising a Top Event (or a system). If
occurrence of either event causes the top event to occur, then these events (blocks) are
connected using an OR gate. Alternatively, if both events need to occur to cause the top event to
occur, they are connected by an AND gate.
The fault tree diagram for this system includes two basic events connected to an OR gate (which
is the "Top Event"). For the "Top Event" to occur, either A or B must happen. In other words,
failure of A OR B causes the system to fail.

FAULT TREE DIAGRAM

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