Title :
Fault TreesߞA State of the Art Discussion
Author :
Fussell, Jerry B. ; Powers, Gary J. ; Bennetts, R.G.
Author_Institution :
Aerojet Nuclear Company, Idaho Falls, Ida. 83401.
fDate :
4/1/1974 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Fault trees are a powerful technique for describing system reliability and safety. Their synthesis is a vital design function and their analysis gives a quantitative interpretation of failure consequences. This set of papers1 gives three different ideas about the state of the art of fault trees.
Keywords :
Aerospace engineering; Aerospace safety; Costs; Engineering management; Failure analysis; Fault trees; Management training; Performance analysis; Reliability engineering; System analysis and design;
Journal_Title :
Reliability, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TR.1974.5215704
