Fault Trees
By Nikolaos Limnios

List of Figures

Introduction

Figure 1: Problems, approach and models for evaluating the reliability of systems

Chapter 1: Single-Component Systems

Figure 1.1: Phase diagrams (a) non-repairable system and (b) repairable system 1 state of good functioning 0 state of breakdown

Chapter 2: Multi-Component Systems

Figure 2.1: Series system
Figure 2.2: Parallel system
Figure 2.3: System k-out-of-n
Figure 2.4: Parallel-series system
Figure 2.5: Series-parallel system
Figure 2.6: Example of a system with complex structure
Figure 2.7: Decomposition of a system by factorization

Chapter 3: Construction of Fault Trees

Figure 3.1: Fault tree
Figure 3.2: Series system and the OR operator
Figure 3.3: Parallel system of active redundancy and the AND operator
Figure 3.4: Parallel system with passive redundancy and the priority AND operator
Figure 3.5: DELAY operator
Figure 3.6: Fault tree graph
Figure 3.7: Hydraulic system
Figure 3.8: Fault tree of the hydraulic system

Chapter 4: Minimal Sets

Figure 4.1: FT CH
Figure 4.2: Dual FT of the FT CH
Figure 4.3: Resolving the operators in the MOCUS algorithm
Figure 4.4: FT for the qualitative analysis

Chapter 5: Probabilistic Assessment

Figure 5.1: Factorization of the FT CH

Chapter 6: Influence Assessment

Figure 6.1: FT of example 6.2
Figure 6.2: Binary system of order 3

Chapter 7: Modules - Phases - Common Modes

Figure 7.1: Fault tree
Figure 7.2: Best modular representation
Figure 7.3: Fault tree to be modularized
Figure 7.4: Intermediate fault tree
Figure 7.5: Modularized fault tree
Figure 7.6: Multiphase fault tree
Figure 7.7: Illustration of separable CM (a), FT with a common...
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