• Title/Summary/Keyword: Fault tree analysis (FTA)

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Study on the Transport Reliability Concerning Risks Scenarios (위험사건(Risk)발생 시나리오를 고려한 운송 신뢰성 연구)

  • Kim, Eun-Ji;Ganbat, Enkhtsetseg;Kim, Hwan-seong
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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    • 2015.10a
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    • pp.256-257
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    • 2015
  • The trend of globalization and the development of the communication-Information technology not only complexified the supply chain, but also, led to the needs of the high quality of logistics service for customers. I t defines risks that can occur in truck transport under unexpected situation with Fault Tree Analysis(FTA) and calculates failure rate concerning relationship between each risks. Based on the 4 kinds of middle failure events that defined in FTA, Reliability function which is regarded about risks sequentiality and time flow is resulted in. I t is meaningful that it calculates reliability of logistics and transportation system with engineering methodology.

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Improvement Strategy of System Unavailability by Review of Logical Structure and Reliability Importance of Reliability Block Diagram (RED) and Fault Tree Analysis (FTA) (RBD와 FTA의 논리구조와 신뢰성 중요도의 고찰에 의한 시스템 비시간가동률 개선방안)

  • Choi, Sung-Woon
    • Journal of the Korea Safety Management & Science
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    • v.13 no.3
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    • pp.45-53
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    • 2011
  • The research proposes seven elimination rules of redundant gates and blocks in Fault Tree Analysis (FTA) and Reliability Block Diagram (RBD). The computational complexity of cut sets and path sets is NP-hard. In order to reduce the complexity of Minimal Cut Set (MCS) and Minimal Path Set (MPS), the paper classifies generation algorithms. Moreover, the study develops six implementation steps which reflect structural importance (SI) and reliability importance (RI) from Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) that a priority of using the functional logic among components is to reduce (improve) the system unavailability (or availability). The proposed steps include efficient generation of state structure function by Rare Event Enumeration (REA). Effective use of importance measures, such as SI and ill measures, is presented based on the number and the size of MCS and MPS which is generated from the reference[5] of this paper. In addition, numerical examples are presented for practitioners to obtain the comprehensive understanding of six steps that is proposed in this research.

Quantitative Safety Assessment for Hydrogen Station (수소 충전소에 대한 정량적 안전성 평가)

  • Seong, D.H.;Rhie, K.W.;Kim, T.H.;Oh, D.S.;Oh, Y.D.;Seo, D.H.;Kim, Y.G.;Kim, E.J.
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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    • v.27 no.3
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    • pp.111-116
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    • 2012
  • This study is about the quantitative safety assessment of hydrogen station in Korea operating with on-site type. This was written by background information that before qualitative safety assessment to write. For the qualitative safety assessment method, the study used FMEA(failure mode & effect analysis) and HAZOP(hazard & operability), and adopted the FTA(fault tree analysis) as the quantitative safety assessment method. To write the FTA, we wrote FT by Top event that hydrogen leakage can be called most serious accident of hydrogen station. Each base event collect reliability data by reliability data handbook, THERP-HRA and estimation of the engineering. Assessment looked at the high frequency and the possible risk through Gate, Importance, m.cutsets analysis.

A Study on Hazard Analysis and Risk Assessment of Railway Signal System Using FTA/ETA Method (FTA/ETA 기법을 이용한 철도신호시스템의 위험 분석 및 위험성 평가에 관한 연구)

  • 백영구;박영수;이재훈;이기서
    • Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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    • 2002.05a
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    • pp.473-480
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    • 2002
  • In this paper, it was proposed that hazard analysis and risk assessment about railway signal systems using FTA(Fault Tree Analysis) and ETA(Event Tree Analysis) one of the reliability analysis methods executed and output value based on the hazard baseline of CENELEC and EC 61508 producted, and also the SIL(Safety Integrity Level)/THR(Tolerable Hazard Rate) about the system set. On the basis of this principle, more systematic standardizations are required to operate railway system and in the future, we hope that safety and reliability of signal equipment will be better improved.

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THE APPLICATION OF PSA TECHNIQUES TO THE VITAL AREA IDENTIFICATION OF NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS

  • HA JAEJOO;JUNG WOO SIK;PARK CHANG-KUE
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • v.37 no.3
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    • pp.259-264
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    • 2005
  • This paper presents a vital area identification (VAI) method based on the current fault tree analysis (FTA) and probabilistic safety assessment (PSA) techniques for the physical protection of nuclear power plants. A structured framework of a top event prevention set analysis (TEPA) application to the VAI of nuclear power plants is also delineated. One of the important processes for physical protection in a nuclear power plant is VAI that is a process for identifying areas containing nuclear materials, structures, systems or components (SSCs) to be protected from sabotage, which could directly or indirectly lead to core damage and unacceptable radiological consequences. A software VIP (Vital area Identification Package based on the PSA method) is being developed by KAERI for the VAI of nuclear power plants. Furthermore, the KAERI fault tree solver FTREX (Fault Tree Reliability Evaluation eXpert) is specialized for the VIP to generate the candidates of the vital areas. FTREX can generate numerous MCSs for a huge fault tree with the lowest truncation limit and all possible prevention sets.

A Method of Reducing the Irrelevant Events in a Fault Tree (고장나무의 비관련 사상들에 대한 축소방법)

  • Lee, Hae-Sang;Hong, Jung-Sik;Lie, Chang-Hoon
    • Journal of Korean Institute of Industrial Engineers
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    • v.22 no.1
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    • pp.129-139
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    • 1996
  • Fault tree analysis is NP-hard problem. In this paper, we present a method which reduces size of the fault tree by eliminating the irrelevant events. Irrelevant event is the event which has no contribution to the system failure. In a fault tree, the irrelevant events occur due to the existence of the replicated events. By investigating the structure of the replicated events we establish the conditions which characterize the irrelevant events. Based on these conditions we present the computational algorithm which eliminate the irrelevant events. Complexity of the algorithm is shown to be polynomial and so, this algorithm can be utilized efficiently in FTA.

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An Integrative Method of FTA and FMEA for Software Security Analysis of a Smart Phone (스마트 폰의 소프트웨어 보안성 분석을 위한 FTA와 FMEA의 통합적 방법)

  • Kim, Myong-Hee;Toyib, Wildan;Park, Man-Gon
    • KIPS Transactions on Computer and Communication Systems
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    • v.2 no.12
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    • pp.541-552
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    • 2013
  • Recently software security of the smart phone is an important issue in the field of information science and technology due to fast propagation of smart technology in our life. The smart phone as the security critical systems which are utilizing in terminal systems of the banking, ubiquitous home management, airline passengers screening, and so on are related to the risk of costs, risk of loss, risk of availability, and risk by usage. For the security issues, software hazard analysis of smart phone is the key approaching method by use of observed failures. In this paper, we propose an efficient integrative framework for software security analysis of the smart phone using Fault Tree Analysis (FTA) and Failure Mode Effect Analysis (FMEA) to gain a convergence security and reliability analysis technique on hand handle devices. And we discuss about that if a failure mode effect analysis performs simpler, not only for improving security but also reducing failure effects on this smart device, the proposed integrative framework is a key solution.

A Study on Accident Frequency by Installing Safety Devices in the LPG Heating and Drying Furnace (LPG 가열로 및 건조로의 안전장치 설치에 따른 사고빈도에 관한 연구)

  • Song, Dong-Woo;Kim, Ki-Sung;Kim, Choong-Hee;Lee, Seong-Gueong;Lee, Su-Kyung
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Gas
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    • v.19 no.4
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    • pp.49-54
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    • 2015
  • The purpose of this study is to assess the risk of depending on the presence or absence of safety device of domestic heating and drying furnaces, by derivation and analysis of accident frequency of safety devices through FTA (Fault Tree Analysis). Installation standards are lacking in Korean for the safety device of LPG heating and drying furnace, which have a risk of explosion due to structure to trap the leaked gas. Four different safety devices were selected on the basis of NFPA and national standards for combustors of other equipment. Effects of frequency reduction in accidents were analyzed before and after installing the safety devices respectively. As a result, a minimal leakage safety device was presented for preventing damages from gas leak of domestic LPG heating and drying furnace.

Acyclic nonlinear graph의 빠른 신뢰도 계산의 구현

  • 이광원;이현규;성대현;윤승진
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Industrial Safety Conference
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    • 1997.11a
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    • pp.191-202
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    • 1997
  • 점점 과학의 고도화가 이루어지면서 산업 현장에서 사용하는 장비나 플랜트의 대형화, 복잡화가 이루어지고 있다. 이에 이러한 시스템들의 정량적 위험성 평가가 요구하기 시작했고, 이를 계산하기 위해서 ETA, FTA, CCA등 여러 가지 방법들이 사용되고 있다. 그 중에서도 가장 보편적으로 많이 사용하는 방법으로 FTA(Fault Tree Analysis)를 손꼽을 수 있다. 관찰하는 시스템이 커지는 경우 FTA를 수행하기 위해서는 복잡한 계산 과정을 거치면서 많은 항의 계산을 하게 된다. 이러한 계산시간을 줄이기 위해서 많은 노력들이 있었으며 이중 하나는 FT를 graph(acyclic nonliner graph)로 변형시킨 후 graph이론을 사용하여 신뢰도를 계산하는 것이다. (중략)

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Safety Assessment for PCS of Photovoltaic and Energy Storage System Applying FTA (FTA를 적용한 태양광 발전 및 ESS 연계형 PCS의 안전성 평가)

  • Kim, Doo-Hyun;Kim, Sung-Chul;Kim, Eui-Sik;Nam, Ki-Gong;Jeong, Cheon-Kee
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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    • v.34 no.1
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    • pp.14-20
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    • 2019
  • This paper presents a safety assessment based approach for the safe operation for PCS(Power Conditioning System) of photovoltaic and energy storage systems, applying FTA. The approach established top events as power outage and a failure likely to cause the largest damage among the potential risks of PCS. Then the Minimal Cut Set (MCS) and the importance of basic events were analyzed for implementing risk assessment. To cope with the objects, the components and their functions of PCS were categorized. To calculate the MCS frequency based on IEEE J Photovolt 2013, IEEE Std. 493-2007 and RAC (EPRD, NPRD), the failure rate and failure mode were produced regarding the basic events. In order to analyze the top event of failure and power outage, it was assumed that failures occurred in DC breaker, AC breaker, SMPS, DC filter, Inverter, CT, PT, DSP board, HMI, AC reactor, MC and EMI filter and Fault Tree was drawn. It is expected that the MCS and the importance of basic event resulting from this study will help find and remove the causes of failure and power outage in PCS for efficient safety management.