General considerations on fault trees
Fault tree - Boolean context, analysis and mathematical foundations
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General considerations on fault trees
Fault tree - Boolean context, analysis and mathematical foundations

Author : Jean-Pierre SIGNORET

Publication date: December 10, 2017 | Lire en français

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1. General considerations on fault trees

1.1 The basics of fault trees

The international standard defines the fault tree as follows CEI 61025 dedicated to him:

Fault tree: logical diagram showing sub-entity failures, external events or their combinations, causing a predefined undesired event.

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The international electrotechnical vocabulary IEV 192 uses the term "fault tree" instead of "fault tree". The IEV 192 name is more appropriate, as "panne" is the translation of "fault", i.e. the state reached when a failure has occurred. In France, however, the term "arbre de défaillance" (fault tree) prevails, and we have chosen...

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