• 대한기계학회논문집
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.127-138
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• 1994

The application of fault tree technique to the analysis of compressor failure is considered. The techniques involve the decomposition of the system into a form of fault tree where certain basic events lead to a specified top event which signifies the total failure of the system. In this paper, fault trees are made by using fault train of screw type air compressor failure. The fault trees are used to obtain minimal cut sets from the modes of system failure and, hence the system failure rate for the top event can be calculated. The method of constructing fault trees and the subsequent estimation of reliability of the system is illustrated through compressor failure. It is proved that FTA is efficient to investigate the compressor failure modes and diagnose system.

• 한국안전학회지
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• 제32권1호
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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.

• 한국철도학회논문집
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• 제14권6호
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• pp.515-525
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• 2011

도시형 자기부상열차 실용화사업에 적용된 유도무선루프방식 열차제어시스템에 대하여 최상위 레벨에서 전체 시스템에 대한 시스템 분류, 기능 분석을 시행하고 차상신호설비, 지상신호설비로 나누어 신뢰도, 가용도, 유지보수도 및 안전도를 수식을 통하여 분석한 결과를 제시하였다. RAM 분석은 신뢰도 블록도(RBD)를 각 장치별로 적용하여 시스템 서비스 가용도를 산출하였고, 안전도 분석은 PHA(예비위험원 분석), FMEA (고장모드영향분석), HAZOP을 통한 각각의 정상사상(Top Event)의 FTA(고장트리분석)을 시행하고 그 결과를 제시하여 RAMS 목표 값에 도달함을 수식을 통하여 증명하였다.

• 대한안전경영과학회지
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• 제2권4호
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• pp.91-102
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• 2000

Nowadays, every kind of system is changed so complex and enormous, it is necessary to assure system reliability, product liability and safety. Fault tree analysis(FTA) is a reliability/safety design analysis technique which starts from consideration of system failure effect, referred to as “top event”, and proceeds by determining how these can be caused by single or combined lower level failures or events. So in fault tree analysis, it is important to find the combination of events which affect system failure. Minimal cut sets(MCS) and minimal path sets(MPS) are used in this process. FTA-I computer program is developed which calculates MCS and MPS in terms of Gw-Basic computer language considering Fussell's algorithm. FTA-II computer program which analyzes importance and function cost of VE consists. of five programs as follows : (l) Structural importance of basic event, (2) Structural probability importance of basic event, (3) Structural criticality importance of basic event, (4) Cost-Failure importance of basic event, (5) VE function cost analysis for importance of basic event. In this study, a method of initiation such as failure, function and cost in FTA is suggested, and especially the priority rank which is calculated by computer-aided decision analysis program developed in this study can be used in decision making determining the most important basic event under various conditions. Also the priority rank can be available for the case which selects system component in FMEA analysis.

• 한국가스학회지
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.81-86
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• 1997

본 연구에서는 다양한 위험성 평가 방법중에서 사고의 발생 경위를 연역적으로 추론해 나가는 이상 트리 분석 방법을 이용하여 정상사상을 일으킬 수 있는 시스템 요소들의 파악으로부터 화학공장의 사고 발생 가능성을 산정하였다. Gate-by-gate 방법과 최소 컷 ? 방법을 이용하여 공장내 존재하는 잠재위험에 대하여 정성적 및 정량적 위험성 평가를 수행하였다. 정량적인 위험성 평가 단계에서는 시스템 요소의 고장률 또는 신뢰율 자료로부터 정상사상의 사고 발생 확률 및 빈도를 계산하였다 결론적으로 이상 트리 분석방법을 이용하여 시스템/공정의 사고 발생확률을 논리 방식으로 계산할 수 있었으며, 중요도 분석을 이용하여 정상 사상이 발생하는데 가장 큰 영향을 미치는 손실 경로를 확인하여 보았다.

• 한국컴퓨터정보학회논문지
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• 제14권10호
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• pp.11-22
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• 2009

동적이고 자원 제한적인 무선 애드혹 네트워크 환경에서, 발행/구독을 위한 이벤트 라우팅 알고리즘은 네트워크의 성능을 결정하는 중요한 역할을 한다. 지금까지는 노드간의 거리 정보를 이용하여 네트워크 오버헤드를 최소화하려는 이벤트 라우팅 알고리즘이 대표적으로 사용되어 왔다. 본 논문에서는 네트워크 오버헤드 중심의 이벤트 라우팅 알고리즘을 기반으로, 구독되는 주제의 유사도를 추가적으로 고려하여 발행/구독 트리에서의 노드 부모를 결정하는 새로운 알고리즘, TopSim을 제안한다. 본 제안 알고리즘은 기반이 되는 ShopParent 알고리즘을 이용하여 네트워크 오버헤드를 계산하고, 이를 기반으로 부모 후보 집합을 만든 후 새로 가입하는 노드와 부모 후보 노드들의 구독주제의 유사도를 계산하여 이를 기반으로 부모를 결정한다. 그럼으로써 노드들이 다수의 구독 주제를 가지는 경우에 보다 효과적으로 네트워크 오버헤드를 줄이도록 하였다. 성능평가를 통해 기존의 네트워크 오버헤드기반의 알고리즘에 비해 제안 알고리즘이 네트워크 성능을 향상시키는 것을 확인하였다.

• 한국철도학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국철도학회 2006년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.1132-1139
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• 2006

Railway risk is evaluated by a method of linking event trees and fault trees as the general PSA(Probabilistic Safety Assessment) model for the risk assessment of complex systems. Accident scenarios causing undesirable events are modeled by event trees comprised of several accident sequences. Each branch located in the accident progression of the event tree is modeled by an fault tree or can be represented by some value too simply. We usually evaluate the frequency of the whole sequence by adding them after calculating the frequency of each sequence at a time. However, since there are quite a number of event trees and fault trees in the railway risk assessment model, the number of sequence to evaluate increases and preparation for the risk assessment costs much time all the more. Also, it may induce errors when analysts perform the work of quantification. Therefore, the systematic maintenance and control of event trees and fault trees will be essential for the railway risk assessment. In this paper we introduce an integrated assessment method using one-top model and develop a risk assessment tool for the maintenance and control of the railway risk model.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제37권3호
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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.

• 대한인간공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한인간공학회 1996년도 춘계학술대회논문집
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• pp.113-127
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• 1996

In Human Reliability Analysis(HRA), the uncertainties involved in many factors that affect human reliability have to be represented as the quantitative forms. Conventional probability- based human reliability theory is used to evaluate the effect of those uncertainties but it is pointed out that the actual human reliability should be different from that of conventional one. Conventional HRA makes use of error rates, however, it is difficult to collect data enough to estimate these error rates, and the estimates of error rates are dependent only on engineering judgement. In this paper, the error possibility that is proposed by Onisawa is used to represent human reliability, and the error possibility is obtained by use of fuzzy reasoning that plays an important role to clarify the relation between human reliability and human error. Also, assuming these factors are connected to the top event through Fault Tree structure, the influence and correlation of these factors are measured by fuzzy operation. When a fuzzy operation is applied to Fault Tree Analysis, it is possible to simplify the operation applying the logic disjuction and logic conjuction to structure function, and the structure of human reliability can be represented as membership function of the top event. Also, on the basis of the the membership function, the characteristics of human reliability can be evaluated by use of the concept of pattern recognition.

• 한국안전학회지
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• 제34권1호
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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.