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Fault Tree Analysis

What Is Fault Tree Analysis?

The Fault Tree Analy­sis is a method that uses log­ic and prob­a­bil­i­ties to iden­ti­fy and address the caus­es of equip­ment-relat­ed fail­ures. Learn the com­po­nents of the fault tree and the steps to cre­at­ing the diagram.

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Five Ground Rules for Constructing Fault Trees

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The Fault Tree Analy­sis is a top-down, deduc­tive approach to under­stand­ing how a series of low­er-lev­el events can com­bine to result in an unde­sired event such as an acci­dent or an equip­ment fail­ure. Learn how log­ic sym­bols and sta­tis­ti­cal prob­a­bil­i­ties are used to iden­ti­fy and address the caus­es of failures.‘