• Journal of Ocean Engineering and Technology
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• v.27 no.2
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• pp.47-52
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• 2013

A subsea chemical injection system treats blockage problems in a subsea production system. It is important to treat problems quickly, because production delays cause fatal profit losses in a subsea production system. Therefore, the subsea industry requires a relatively higher reliability level for a production system compared to other industries. In this study, a subsea chemical injection system (linked to a control system) to inject chemicals into a subsea X-mas tree was analyzed. By using FSA (Formal Safety Assessment), the risk factors were defined and a quantitative risk analysis utilizing FTA (Fault Tree Analysis) and ETA (Event Tree Analysis) was performed. As a result, the effectiveness of a risk reduction option was evaluated.

• Korean Journal of Construction Engineering and Management
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• v.25 no.1
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• pp.42-49
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• 2024

In recent years, the construction industry has diligently focused on improving the quality and safety of buildings through smart technologies. However, there is a growing trend of leakage defects, especially in educational facilities, due to aging. The objective of this study is to analyze the causes of these defects in educational environments using the Fault Tree Analysis (FTA) technique and propose preventive measures based on the findings. The FTA technique is explained through a review of domestic literature, and data from the Educational Support Center from 2019 to 2021 are examined to identify major defects. The construction of the Fault Tree (FT) for leakage defects resulted in the identification of 12 basic events. Subsequently, a comprehensive understanding of the causes of leakage is achieved through FTA analysis, leading to the identification of the primary causes of defects. Leakage defects accounted for 46.8% of all reported issues in educational facilities, with roof (ceiling) leaks being the most common problem. FTA analysis revealed that poor substrate treatment was the main cause of roof (ceiling) leaks, which could be attributed to cracks in the waterproof layer, joint cracks, and microvoids in the waterproof layer. The primary achievement of this research is to provide essential data for preventing leakage defects in educational facilities and developing preventive measures through the FTA technique. These results are expected to significantly enhance the management of educational facilities and the prevention of leakage issues.

• Journal of IKEEE
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• v.23 no.4
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• pp.1218-1223
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• 2019

In HVDC systems, the full-bridge submodule increases the number of components compared to the half-bridge submodule, but the failure-rate can be reduced by securing 100 % redundancy. However, full-bridge submodules require more complex control algorithms to ensure the redundancy and to prevent arm-short with sufficient dead-time. To solve this problem, we analyse the failure-rate of the paralleled half-bridge configuration with the same number of components and 100 % redundancy as the full-bridge submodule. The fault tree analysis (FTA) method is applied to the conventional part failure analysis to reflect the operation risk of the submodule, thereby predicting the life-cycle of the submodule more accurately. To verify the validity, the failure-rate results of the proposed FTA based analysis method are compared with the failure rate obtained by the part failure method.

• Proceedings of the Safety Management and Science Conference
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• 2000.11a
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• pp.31-37
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• 2000

지금까지 고장예측에 관한 연구 논문들은 여러 분야에서 많이 다루어져 왔다. 그 대표적인 예측 방법 중에 하나인 FTA(Fault Tree Analysis)가 가장 많이 사용되어져 왔으며, 여러 산업분야에서 가장 활발하게 시스템 및 부품에 대한 고장 가능성 진단을 실시하여 왔다. 하지만 기존의 전통적인 FTA 방법을 사용하는데 있어서 몇 가지 문제점을 발견할 수가 있었다. 즉, 지금까지 FTA를 실시하는 과정에 있어서 시스템 및 부품에 대한 데이터의 자료가 정확하다는 전제하에 고장 값을 예측하여 왔다. 만일 시스템 및 부품에 대한 불확실한 데이터나 부정확한 자료를 동시에 가지고 있다면 지금까지 사용하여 왔던 전통적인 FTA를 사용하여 고장 값을 예측하여 정확한 값을 찾아내기란 어려운 것이라 할 수가 있다. 이와 같은 문제점을 해결하기 위해서는 본 연구에서 제시하는 Fuzzy FTA를 사용하는 것이 보다 바람직할 것이며, 이러한 방법을 사용하여 불확실하고 부정확한 데이터를 가지고 고장진단을 실시하여 고장가능성 값을 찾아내어 전체 시스템의 고장 발생 가능성을 예측하는 것이 이 논문의 목적이라 할 수가 있다.

• Journal of Korea Multimedia Society
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• v.18 no.11
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• pp.1342-1350
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• 2015

Due to rapid development of mobile device technologies, the mobile banking through Internet has become a major service of banking information systems as a security-critical information systems. Recently, lots of mobile banking information systems which handle personal and transaction information have been exposed to security threats in vulnerable security control and management processes, mainly software systems. Therefore, in this paper, we propose a process model for software security improvements in mobile banking information system by application of fault tree analysis(FTA) and failure modes and effects analysis(FMEA) on the most important activities such as 'user authentication' and 'access control' and 'virus detection and control' processes which security control and management of mobile banking information systems are very weak.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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• v.32 no.1
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• pp.41-46
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• 2017

In this paper, from making an electrical fire which is thought to be the most damaging among potential dangers as a top event, minimal cut sets (MCS) about it were analyzed. For this, components of a power substation were classified into 15 items. Failure rates and modes were extracted based on Korea Electrical Safety Corporation, IEEE Gold Book, and RAC. To analyze the top event (an electrical fire), main events were assorted into "safety devices for overcurrent" and "ampere meter of detecter". Failure of components was divided into failure of VCB, COS, and MCCB. A fault tree was composed of 3 AND gate, 5 OR gates and 17 basic events. Overlapped events among the basic events are things which occur from relevant components. They were attached to the tree by distinguishing identifiers. In case of FT, two minimal cut sets of "IO_METER", "MF_METER", "DO_MCCB" and "IO_METER", "MF_METER", "DO_VCB" take 46% of electrical fires. Therefore, about basic events which are included in the top two minimum cut sets, strict control is necessary.

• Journal of Korean Society of Industrial and Systems Engineering
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• v.35 no.4
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• pp.194-201
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• 2012

Because the difference between products and services are getting less and less, service and manufacturing companies' efforts are increasingly focused on utilizing services to satisfy customers' needs under today's competitive market environment. The value of services depends on service reliability that is identified by satisfaction derived from the relationship between customer needs and service providers. In this paper, we extend concepts from the fault tree analysis for reliability analysis of tangible systems to services. We use an event-based process model to facilitate service design and represent the relationships between functions and failures in a service. The objective of this research is to propose a method for evaluating service reliability based on service processes using service blueprint and FTA. We can identify the failure mode of service in a service delivery process with a service blueprint. The fuzzy membership function is used to characterize the probability of failure based on linguistic terms. FTA is employed to estimate the reliability of service delivery processes with risk factors that are represented as potential failure causes. To demonstrate implementation of the proposed method, we use a case study involving a typical automotive service operation.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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• v.21 no.1 s.73
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• pp.6-14
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• 2006

The development of automatic production systems have required intelligent diagnostic and monitoring functions to overcome system failure and reduce production loss by the failure. In order to perform accurate operations of the intelligent system, implication about total system failure and fault analysis due to each mechanical component failures are required. Also solutions for repair and maintenance can be suggested from these analysis results. As an essential component of a mechanical system, a bearing system is investigated to define the failure behavior. The bearing failure is caused by lubricant system failure, metallurgical deficiency, mechanical condition(vibration, overloading, misalignment) and environmental effects. This study described slab transfer equipment fault train due to stress variation and metallurgical deficiency from lubricant failure by using FTA.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Industrial Safety Conference
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• 2002.05a
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• pp.339-345
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• 2002

FTA(Fault free Analysis)는 시스템 고장을 발생시키는 사상(event)과 그의 원인과의 인과관계를 논리기호(AND 와 OR)를 사용하여 나뭇가지 모양의 그림으로 나타낸 고장수목(Fault Tree)을 만들고, 이에 의거하여 시스템의 고장확률을 구함으로써 문제가 되는 부분을 찾아내어 시스템의 신뢰성을 개선하는 정량적 고장해석 및 신뢰성 평가 방법이다.(중략)

• The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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• v.66 no.1
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• pp.33-39
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• 2017

A top priority in the design of underwater vehicle is to guarantee the dependability of the electric system because failure of the electrical power supply system is directly related to the life of the passengers. In this paper, we present four kinds of alternative designs to improve reliability of electrical system in underwater vehicle. To reduce the risk and to increase availability of the electrical system, we use the redundancy of the grid structure and power converter. For all design alternatives, we carry out Fault Tree Analysis. Based on the FTA result, we implement RAM simulation to compare the risk and availability for the proposed design alternatives.