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Fault Tree Analysis (FTA) is a graphical technique used to identify the causes of system-level failures through a top-down approach, utilizing events and logic gates. The process involves defining the primary failure, identifying contributors, and linking them using logical gates until basic causes are determined. While FTA offers advantages such as visual representation and inclusion of human errors, it also has disadvantages like complexity in large systems and difficulty in capturing time-related factors.

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RE fault tree analysis

Fault Tree Analysis (FTA) is a graphical technique used to identify the causes of system-level failures through a top-down approach, utilizing events and logic gates. The process involves defining the primary failure, identifying contributors, and linking them using logical gates until basic causes are determined. While FTA offers advantages such as visual representation and inclusion of human errors, it also has disadvantages like complexity in large systems and difficulty in capturing time-related factors.

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Fault Tree Analysis

It is a graphical tool (Technique) to explore the causes of system level failures. It is


basically a top-down approach to identify the component level failures (basic event) that cause the
system level failure (top event) to occur. It consists of two elements “events” and “logic gates”
which connect the events to identify the cause of the top undesired event.It uses boolean logic to
combine a series of lower level events. Fault tree analysis can be used to perform for all types of
system level risk assessment process.

FTA Symbols

Event Symbols in FTA

Gate Symbols in FTA


Step to Evaluate draw FTA diagram.

• Define the primary failure to be analyzed.


• Identify first level contributors which are just below the top level using the available
technical information. The starting point is the undesired event.
• Link these contributors to top level event by using logical gates
• Identify the second level contributors and link to top by using logical gates.
• Repeat the same steps till the basic causes.
• Finally complete and evaluate the FTA.

Example 1 :
Example 2 : A fire broke out at unit 1 , General Manager was very concern about the
accident and requests safety in-charge to evaluate the system. Initial analysis of the existing
system, safety team using FTA to identify the different causes for accident.

Advantages of Fault tree analysis


• Fault tree visually depict the analysis that will help team to work on cause of event in logical way
that leads to failure
• Highlights the critical components related to system failure
• Provides an efficient method to analyze the system
• Unlike other analysis methods, human errors are also include in the analysis
• It helps to prioritize the action items to solve the problem
• Provides qualitative and quantitative analysis
Disadvantages of Fault tree analysis
• Too many gates and events to be consider for large system analysis
• The basic disadvantage is that it examine only one top event
• Common cause failures are not always obvious
• Difficult to capture time related and other delay factors
• Needs experienced individuals to understand the logical gates.

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