Session 5-Fault Tree Analysis

Fault Tree Analysis
MBB4333 Reliability and Maintenance

January 2012 Semester
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Session objectives
To understand the principles, objectives and applications of Fault Tree Analysis (FTA) To be able to construct a simple Fault Tree To be able to perform the following basic Fault Tree Analysis:
Finding minimal cut sets
Qualitative analysis
Quantitative analysis

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Content
Introduction to FTA
Steps in FTA
Minimal Cut Sets
Qualitative Analysis
Quantitative Analysis
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Content
Introduction to FTA
Steps in FTA
Minimal Cut Sets
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What is Fault Tree Analysis?

Fault Tree Analysis (FTA) is an analytical method whereby an undesired event of the system is specified and the system is then analyzed in the context of its environment and operation to identify all plausible ways in which the undesired event can occur.1 A fault tree is a logical representation of the relationship of primary events that cause the occurrence of a specific undesirable event called the top event and is described using a tree structure with OR, AND, etc. logic gates
FTA is basically a deductive (top-down) method of analysis aimed at pinpointing the causes or combination of causes that lead to the defined top event.2
FTA is the most commonly used technique for causal analysis in risk, safety and reliability studies
1. Vesely, W. E.,; et .al. (1981) Fault Tree Handbook, U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Report No. NUREG-0492 . 2. Reliability of systems, equipment and components. Part 7: guide to Fault Tree Analysis British Standard. BS 5760 -7:1991.
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History of FTA
First introduced by H.A. Watson of Bell Telephone Laboratories in early 1960s to conduct analysis on the Air Force Minuteman Missile Launch Control System The technique is further developed by Dave Haasl of Boeing company and used in the design and evaluation of commercial aircraft In 1970s, Nuclear Power Energy adopted it and further enhanced FTAs codes and algorithm By mid 1980s it was recognized globally and applied in various industries including Petrochemical and Computer Software
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FTA Objectives
Identifying critical part of the system with respect to the failure of interest
Understanding the functional relationship of system failures

Providing input to test, maintenance and operational policies against failures Understanding the level of protection that the design concept provides against failures Providing an integrated picture of some aspects of system operation Confirming the ability of the system to meet its imposed safety and jurisdictional requirements Providing a means for qualitative and quantitative reliability analysis

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When to perform FTA?

Investigating accident/incident/anomaly Evaluating corrective actions or design options Assessing criticality, importance, probability and risk of a system As required by customer or for certification Necessitated by the risk involved with the operation or product (risk is high) Investigating the effect of safety barriers Identifying weaknesses in the a system Finding out the root cause of failure

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Content
Introduction to FTA
Steps in FTA
Minimal Cut Sets
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What cause Challenger to explode?

How to perform FTA to find root causes of the accident?
O-ring failure
Extreme cold temperature

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Preparations for FTA

Thorough understanding of design, operation, and maintenance aspect of system under studied Clear definitions on What constitutes system failure : the undesirable event Scope and objective of analysis System physical bounds and boundary Well-defined level of analysis resolution
Clear identification of associated assumptions

Use the existing FMECA (Failure mode effect criticality analysis), system block diagram or P&ID (process and instrumentation diagram) as a starting point
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Steps in FTA
1. Define the system, TOP (top of event) and system boundaries
2. Construct the Fault tree

3. Identify the minimal cut sets 4. Perform Qualitative analysis 5. Conduct Quantitative analysis 6. Report the results

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FTA steps - Illustration

1 Define system, boundaries and TOP event 2 Construct Fault Tree
FMECA System block diagram
3 Find minimal cut sets
4 Qualitative Analysis 5 Quantitative Analysis 6 Report

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Define system and boundaries

Define the boundary of the system (the scope of the FTA) Which parts of the system are included in the analysis, and which parts are not? Boundary conditions with respect to external stresses (What type of external stresses should be included in the analysis war, sabotage, earthquake, lightning, etc?) Define the basic causal events to be considered (the resolution of the FTA ) - How detailed should the analysis be? Define the initial state of the system What is the system operational status when the TOP event occurs?

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Identify Top event
Define the undesired TOP event to be analyzed (the focus of the FTA)
Use FMECA, P&ID, system block diagram to define it the in a clear and unambiguous way Top event normally represents potential high risk event, either due to the severity of the outcome or frequency of occurrence State precisely what the fault is and when it occurs Examples: The door bell fails to sound when the button is pressed Car fails to start when ignition key is turned

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Fault tree construction

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Define TOP event Determine the immediate, necessary and sufficient (INS) causes for the TOP event to occur (1st level contributors). Contributors = Independent Fault or Failure condition Link 1st level contributors to TOP event via logic gates (AND or OR gate) Identify 2nd level contributors Link 2nd level contributor to 1st level contributor via logic gates Proceed in this way until we reach appropriate level (basic events) Appropriate level: Independent basic events Events for which we have failure data

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Fault tree construction - Illustration

1 Identify TOP event 3 Link 1st level contributors to TOP event 2 Identify 1st level contributors 5 Link 2nd level contributors to 1st level contributors 4 Identify 2nd level contributors Repeat same sequence until reaching basic events
Basic events

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Immediate, necessary and sufficient (INS) causes

Read the top / intermediate event wording Identify all INS events to cause the top / intermediate event

Immediate do not skip past events Necessary include only what is actually necessary Sufficient - do not include more than the minimum necessary
Test mentally the event and logic until satisfied

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Failure vs. Fault

It is very important to define clearly each event either as a failure or fault, so it can be identified as a basic cause or be further resolved Failure event
the occurrence of a basic component failure the result of an internal inherent failure mechanism, hence requires no further breakdown
Fault event
the occurrence or existence of an undesired state for a component, subsystem or system it can be further breakdown
All failures cause Fault; not all Faults caused by Failures

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Fault tree symbols

Category
Event description Input events (states)
Symbol
Description
Description of fault event that results from logical combination of fault events through the input of logic gate The basic fault event represents a basic equipment failure that requires no further development of failure causes The basic fault event whose causes have not been fully developed either because of lack of information or because its consequences are insignificant
Transfer
transfer in
The triangle signifies a transfer of a fault tree branch to another location within the tree, to avoid repeating segments of the fault tree
transfer out
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Fault tree symbols (cont'd)

Category
Logical gates
Symbol
output
Description
The AND-gate indicates that the output fault event occurs only if all the input fault events occur simultaneously
input
AND - Gate
output
The OR-gate indicates that the output fault event occurs if at least one of the input fault events occurs
input input
OR - Gate

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Example 1 : Fault Tree construction

Consider a simple pumping sub-system below. There is a need to find out causes of the "Total loss of output
STEPS 1. Identify TOP event = Total loss of output 2. Identify immediate, necessary and sufficient (INS) causes of TOP event. This can be caused either by: a. Filter blockage b. Pump failure c. Piping leakage
Total Loss of Output
Pump A
Filter
Pump B Electrical Supply
1
Filter blockage
Pump failure Piping leakage

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Example 1 : Fault Tree construction

STEPS (cont'd) 3. Identify the INS causes for pump failure. This can be caused either by: a. Failure of electrical supply b. Failure of both pump
(cont'd)
1
Filter blockage
Pump failure
2
Piping leakage
The corresponding Fault tree can be drawn as this

3
Electrical supply failure Failure of both pumps
4
Pump A failure
5
Pump B failure
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Exercise 1
In the system below, Liquid butane is pumped from a tank into a vaporizer where it is heated to form a gas. In the event of a pump surge the pressure in the vaporizer exceeds the rating of the vaporizer tubes. To prevent the tubes from rupturing, three safety systems have been placed in the system, which will shut down the process in case of pump surge. They include two trip loops which close a valve halting the butane flow, and a vent valve which opens allowing the butane to return to tank if the pressure exceeds the preset limit.
Q: Develop a Fault tree, where the top event is Vaporizer coil ruptures under high pressure Note: Assume the occurrence of a high pressure will definitely rupture the tank
Liquid butane
Vaporizer Trip loop 2
Trip loop 1 Pump
Vent valve
*Example is taken from Andrew, J.D. and Moss, T.R. (2002)
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Content
Introduction to FTA
Steps in FTA
Minimal Cut Sets
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Cut sets
CUT SET - any set of basic events which, if all occur, will cause the TOP event to occur. MINIMAL CUT SET - a least set of basic events which, if all occur, will cause the TOP event to occur. A cut set is said to be minimal if the set cannot be reduced without loosing its status as a cut set
The minimal cut set analysis provides a new fault tree, logically equivalent to the original, with an OR gate beneath the top event, whose inputs (bottom) are minimal cut sets.
Each minimal cut set is an AND gate with a set of basic event inputs necessary and sufficient to cause the top event. Once the minimal cut sets are identified the quantification of the fault tree can be carried out
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Finding minimal cut sets

1. Boolean expression reduction approach
A fault tree can be translated into an equivalent set of Boolean Expression Simplification of this expression is required to find the minimal cut sets Simplification is performed based on Boolean algebra rules Two commonly used approaches : Top-down Bottom-up
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Boolean Algebra rules

Rules 1. Associative Law 2. Distributive Law Expressions (A + B) + C = A + (B + C) = A + B + C (AB)C = A(BC) = ABC X (Y + Z) = XY + XZ X + YZ = (X + Y)(X + Z) 3. Cumulative Law AB = BA A+B=B+A 4. Absorption Law X + XY = X X (X + Y) = X 5. Idempotent Law AA = A A+A=A
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Boolean Expressions OR Gate
A0 = A1 + A2 + A3 + + Am
A1
A2
A3
Am

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Boolean Expressions AND Gate
X0 = X1 . X2 . X3 . . Xk
X1
X2
X3
Xk

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Example 2: Top-down approach

Q: Find the minimal cut sets T Solution T=Z+D+E
substitute Z = XY
T = XY + D + E
substitute X = A + B, Y = A + C
T = (A + B)(A + C) + D + E = AA + AC + BA + BC + D + E
apply Idempotent law (AA = A)
T = A + AC + AB + BC + D + E
apply Absorption law (A + AB = A)
T = A + BC + D + E
Minimal cut sets
Note: alternatively use Distributive law MBB4333 Reliability and Maintenance (A + B)(A + C) = A + BC
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Example 2: Top-down approach (cont'd)

The minimal cut sets expression for the TOP event can be represented by the fault tree below
T
T = A + BC + D + E
BC
This equivalent fault tree is a repeated event free fault tree

B C

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Example 3: Bottom-up approach

(A + BC)(C + A + B) T Solve for T T = (A + BC)(C + A + B) = AA+AB+AC+ABC+BBC+BCC (AA =A) A + BC Y Z = A+AB+AC+ABC+BC+BC (A+A =A) = A+AB+AC+ABC+BC (A+AB =A) BC W A C X A+B = A+BC
Equivalent Fault tree
C+A+B
A B C A B B C
Find Boolean expression at each gate starting from the bottom i.e. W, X, Y, Z
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Exercise 2
Q: i. Find the minimal cut sets for the given Fault Tree ii. Its new equivalent Fault tree Y T

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Content
Introduction to FTA
Steps in FTA
Minimal Cut Sets
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Qualitative analysis involved ranking of the order of minimal cut sets based on the criticality importance Ranking based on the type of basic events involved Human error (most critical) Failure of active equipment Failure of passive equipment
For large cut sets with dependent items

Rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 Basic event 1 Human error Human error Human error Failure of active unit Failure of active unit Failure of passive unit Basic event 2 Human error Failure of active unit Failure of passive unit Failure of active unit Failure of passive unit Failure of passive unit
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Content
Introduction to FTA
Steps in FTA
Minimal Cut Sets
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Based on the minimal cut sets, we can calculate the probability of the occurrence of the TOP event This probability is obtained by estimating the probability of occurrence of the output events of lower and intermediate logic gates, i.e. AND gate and OR gate

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Probability of occurrence single OR Gate

P (A0) = 1 - {1 P(Ai)}
i=1 m
A0
Example, for m = 3
P (A0) = 1 - [1 P(Ai)]
i=1
= 1 [1 - P(A1)][1 - P(A2)][ 1 - P(A3)]

A1 A2
A3 Am

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Probability of occurrence single AND Gate

P (X0) = Xi
i=1 k
X0
Example, for k = 4 P(X0) = P(X1)P(X2)P(X3)P(X4) X1 X2
X3
Xk

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Probability of occurrence - comparison
OR Gate
PT PA + PB
AND Gate
PT = PA PB
A PA
B PB Union ( ) A and B are INDEPENDENT Events
A PA
B PB
Intersection( )
PT = PA + PB - PA PB
PT = PA PB
Normally ignored insignificant, when Pi < 0.1 (Rare event approximation), (PT is accurate to within about ten percent of the true probability)

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Example 5: Quantitative Analysis

Q: Assume that the probability of occurrence of basic events are as follows :
E9
Room without light
Compute the probability of occurrence of the room without light, P (E9). Steps 1. Calculate P(E7) = P(E1) P(E2) P(E3) = (0.12)(0.13)(0.11) = 0.00172 2. Compute P(E8) = P(E4) + P(E5) - P(E4) P(E5) = (0.07) + (0.08) - (0.07) (0.08) = 0.1444
E6
Switch fails to close
All bulbs burn out
No electricity
E7
E8
3. Calculate P(E9)
Bulb # 1 burnt out Bulb # 2 burnt out Bulb # 3 burnt out Power failure Fuse failure
E1
E2
E3
E4
E5
= 1 [1- P(E6)][1 - P(E7)][1 - P(E8)] = 1 [1- 0.05][1 0.00172][1 0.1444] = 0.1886

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Example 5: Quantitative Analysis

In Summary E9
0.1886
(cont'd)
P(E7) = (0.12)(0.13)(0.11) = 0.00172 P(E8) = (0.07) + (0.08) - (0.07)(0.08) = 0.1444 E6

0.05
0.00172
0.1444
E7
E8
P(E9) = 1 [1- 0.05][1 0.00172][1 0.1444] = 0.1886
0.12
0.13
0.11
0.07
0.08
E1
E2
E3
E4
E5

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Example 6 : Quantitative Analysis

From Example 2 the minimal cut sets is 3 1 2 Equivalent Fault Tree Q: Calculate PT ,given the event probability (Pe) , P1 = 0.03 , P2 = 0.04 and P3 = 0.05
Solution Let Pk = cut set probability Pk = Pe = P1 x P2 x.. x Pn PT Pk PT P3 + P1 x P2

3 1 2
PT 0.03 + (0.04 x 0.05 ) = 0.032

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Note: Calculating PT based on Boolean Indicated cut sets, instead of minimal cut sets will result in inaccurately high PT PT P1xP3 + P2xP3 + P3 + P1xP2 + P1xP2 + P1xP2xP3 PT 0.05596 !
2 3 3 1 2 1 2
1 2 3

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Exercise 3
Refer to Example 1 (Pumping sub-system)
Q: Assume that the probability of occurrence of basic events are as follows :

Event Prob. 1 0.01 2 0.05 3 0.05 4 0.1 5 0.05
1
Filter blockage
Pump failure
2
Piping leakage
Estimate the probability of occurrence of total loss of output for the pumping subsystem
3
Electrical supply failure
Failure of both pumps
4
Pump A failure
5
Pump B failure
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References
Books / Handbooks Vesely, W. E., Goldberg, F. F., Roberts, N. H., & Haasl, D. F. (1981) Fault Tree Handbook, U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Report No. NUREG0492. Reliability of systems, equipment and components. Part 7: guide to Fault Tree Analysis, British Standard; BS 5760-7:1991. Dhillon, B.S. (1999) Design reliability fundamental and applications , ( chapter 7: Fault tree analysis), CNC Press. Andrew, J.D. and Moss, T.R. (2002) Reliability and Risk Assessment, Professional Engineering Publishing Limited, Suffolk, UK Davidson, J. (1988) The reliability of Mechanical Systems, Mechanical Engineering Publications Limited for the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, London. Rausand , M. and Hoyland, A. (2004). System Reliability Theory: models, statistical methods, and applications. 2nd ed., Wiley. Vesely, W. et al (2002) Fault tree handbook with Aerospace Applications, NASA Office of Safety and Mission Assurance, Washington.
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References
Internet / website P.L. Clemens, P.K. (2002) Fault Tree Analysis [PowerPoint slides]. Retrieved from http://180.151.36.4/quality/QulandRelTools%5Cfta.pdf Andrew, J. (1998) Tutorial : Fault Tree Analysis, Proceeding of the 16th International System Safety Conference-1998 [PowerPoint slides]. Retrieved from http://www.fault-tree.net/papers/andrews-fta-tutor.pdf Ericson, C.A. (2000) Fault Tree Analysis [PowerPoint slides]. Retrieved from http://www.fault-tree.net/papers/ericson-fta-tutorial.pdf Rausand, M. (2005) Chapter 3 System Analysis Fault Tree Analysis [PowerPoint slides]. Retrieved from http:// www.ntnu.no/ross/srt/slides/fta.pdf


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What are the steps involved in Fault Tree Analysis?

What are the steps involved in Fault Tree Analysis?

What are minimal cut sets and how are they used in FTA?

What are minimal cut sets and how are they used in FTA?

Fault Tree Analysis

MBB4333 Reliability and Maintenance

Finding minimal cut sets

MBB4333 Reliability and Maintenance

Minimal Cut Sets

Minimal Cut Sets

What is Fault Tree Analysis?

Understanding the functional relationship of system failures

MBB4333 Reliability and Maintenance

When to perform FTA?

MBB4333 Reliability and Maintenance

Minimal Cut Sets

What cause Challenger to explode?

Extreme cold temperature

MBB4333 Reliability and Maintenance

Preparations for FTA

Clear identification of associated assumptions

2. Construct the Fault tree

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FTA steps - Illustration

3 Find minimal cut sets

4 Qualitative Analysis 5 Quantitative Analysis 6 Report

Define system and boundaries

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Identify Top event

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Fault tree construction

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Fault tree construction - Illustration

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Immediate, necessary and sufficient (INS) causes

Test mentally the event and logic until satisfied

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Failure vs. Fault

All failures cause Fault; not all Faults caused by Failures

Fault tree symbols

Fault tree symbols (cont'd)

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Example 1 : Fault Tree construction

Pump B Electrical Supply

Pump failure Piping leakage

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Example 1 : Fault Tree construction

The corresponding Fault tree can be drawn as this

Vaporizer Trip loop 2

Trip loop 1 Pump

*Example is taken from Andrew, J.D. and Moss, T.R. (2002)

Minimal Cut Sets

Finding minimal cut sets

Boolean Algebra rules

Boolean Expressions OR Gate

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Boolean Expressions AND Gate

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