Fault Tree
Fault Tree Handbook with Aerospace Applications
Version 1.1
Fault Tree Handbook with Aerospace Applications
Prepared for NASA Office of Safety and Mission Assurance NASA Headquarters Washington, DC 20546
August, 2002
Fault Tree Handbook with Aerospace Applications
Version 1.1
Fault Tree Handbook with Aerospace Applications
NASA Project Coordinators: Dr. Michael Stamatelatos, NASA Headquarters Office of Safety and Mission Assurance Mr. José Caraballo, NASA Langley Research Center
Authors: NASA Dr. Michael Stamatelatos, NASA HQ, OSMA Lead Author: Dr. William Vesely, SAIC Contributing Authors (listed in alphabetic order): Dr. Joanne Dugan, University of Virginia Mr. Joseph Fragola, SAIC Mr. Joseph Minarick III, SAIC Mr. Jan Railsback, NASA JSC
Fault Tree Handbook with Aerospace Applications
Version 1.1
Fault Tree Handbook with Aerospace Applications
Acknowledgements The project coordinators and the authors express their gratitude to NASA Office of Safety and Mission Assurance (OSMA) management (Dr. Michael Greenfield, Deputy Associate Administrator and Dr. Peter Rutledge, Director of Enterprise Safety and Mission Assurance) and to Mr. Frederick Gregory, NASA Deputy Administrator, for their support and encouragement in developing this document. The authors also owe thanks to a number of reviewers who provided constructive criticism.
Fault Tree Handbook with Aerospace Applications
Version 1.1
Fault Tree Handbook with Aerospace Applications
Foreword
NASA has been a leader in most technologies it has employed in its programs over the years. One of the important NASA objectives is now to add Probabilistic Risk Assessment (PRA) to its repertoire of expertise in proven methods to reduce technological and programmatic risk. Fault Tree Analysis (FTA) is one of the most important logic and probabilistic techniques used in PRA and system reliability assessment today. Methods to perform risk and reliability assessment in the
Version 1.1
Fault Tree Handbook with Aerospace Applications
Prepared for NASA Office of Safety and Mission Assurance NASA Headquarters Washington, DC 20546
August, 2002
Fault Tree Handbook with Aerospace Applications
Version 1.1
Fault Tree Handbook with Aerospace Applications
NASA Project Coordinators: Dr. Michael Stamatelatos, NASA Headquarters Office of Safety and Mission Assurance Mr. José Caraballo, NASA Langley Research Center
Authors: NASA Dr. Michael Stamatelatos, NASA HQ, OSMA Lead Author: Dr. William Vesely, SAIC Contributing Authors (listed in alphabetic order): Dr. Joanne Dugan, University of Virginia Mr. Joseph Fragola, SAIC Mr. Joseph Minarick III, SAIC Mr. Jan Railsback, NASA JSC
Fault Tree Handbook with Aerospace Applications
Version 1.1
Fault Tree Handbook with Aerospace Applications
Acknowledgements The project coordinators and the authors express their gratitude to NASA Office of Safety and Mission Assurance (OSMA) management (Dr. Michael Greenfield, Deputy Associate Administrator and Dr. Peter Rutledge, Director of Enterprise Safety and Mission Assurance) and to Mr. Frederick Gregory, NASA Deputy Administrator, for their support and encouragement in developing this document. The authors also owe thanks to a number of reviewers who provided constructive criticism.
Fault Tree Handbook with Aerospace Applications
Version 1.1
Fault Tree Handbook with Aerospace Applications
Foreword
NASA has been a leader in most technologies it has employed in its programs over the years. One of the important NASA objectives is now to add Probabilistic Risk Assessment (PRA) to its repertoire of expertise in proven methods to reduce technological and programmatic risk. Fault Tree Analysis (FTA) is one of the most important logic and probabilistic techniques used in PRA and system reliability assessment today. Methods to perform risk and reliability assessment in the