Fault tree
Fault, cause and event trees

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Fault tree
Fault, cause and event trees

Author : Yves MORTUREUX

Review date: September 2, 2020 | Lire en français

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2. Fault tree

2.1 Principles. Features. Objectives

  • Principles

    A fault tree summarizes all the combinations of events which, under certain conditions, produce a given event, the starting point of the study. Constructing a fault tree means answering the question "how can such and such an event occur?", or "what are all the possible sequences that could lead to this event?

  • Features

    A fault tree is generally presented from top to bottom (see figure

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