Introduction to Fault Tree Analysis using Reliability Workbench

By Joe Belland
Course Expiry: 30 Days
 

Prerequisites: Installation of Reliability Workbench.
Course duration: 8 hours.
Course objectives:
* Understand fault tree terminology and diagrams.
* Build fault tree diagrams in Reliability Workbench.
* Enter quantitative data (failure information) into Reliability Workbench.
* Understand methods used in qualitative and quantitative fault tree analysis
* Understand calculation options used in Reliability Workbench.
* Run an analysis in Reliability Workbench and understand results.

 

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Course Content

What is Fault Tree Analysis?

  • Introduction and Overview of basic Fault Tree terms & definitions

Constructing Fault Trees

  • Construction Theory & Guidelines: How to Read and Understand Fault Trees
  • Beginning Construction Workshop: Using Reliability Workbench to Create the Fault Tree Diagram
  • Advanced Construction Workshop: Tips & Tricks to Getting the Most out of Reliability Workbench

Minimal Cut Sets

  • Minimal Cut Sets: The Methods and Results of Qualitative Fault Tree Analysis

Probability Theory

  • Basic Probability Rules and Laws Used in Fault Tree Quantification

Failure and Repair Data

  • Component Failure Models: The Mathematical Models Used to Quantify Fault Tree Events
  • Failure Models Workshop: Entering Failure and Repair Data into Reliability Workbench

Quantifying Fault Trees

  • System Quantification: The Mathematical Methods Used to Quantify a Fault Tree

Importance Analysis

  • Component Importance Analysis: Determining Event Contribution to System Failure

Sensitivity Analysis

  • Special Sensitivity Analysis: Overview of Using Reliability Workbench's Special Sensitivity Analysis to Perform What-If Analysis

Common Cause Failures

  • Common Cause Failures: Modeling Faults that Affect Multiple Components

Confidence Analysis

  • Confidence Analysis: Calculating Bounds on Results Based on Statistical Uncertainty

Initiators, Enablers, & Event Sequencing

  • Initiators, Enablers, and Event Sequencing: How to Specify Order of Failure Events

Event Tree Analysis

  • Event Tree Analysis: Identifying and Quantifying Risk Following a Hazardous Event
  • Event Tree Workshop: Building an Event Tree in Reliability Workbench

Producing Reports

  • Report Designer - Beginner: An Introduction to Producing and Editing Reports
  • Report Designer - Advanced: An In-Depth Guide to Creating and Editing Reports

About Joe Belland

Joseph Belland is Isograph’s technical lead for support and training in North America. He has been with the company since 2003, conducting training sessions for clients from diverse industries. When not training clients or supporting Isograph’s software, he is sometimes tasked with development, and has written some of the modules within Isograph’s Reliability Workbench software suite, as well as miscellaneous bespoke software tools. In addition, his experience has informed his presentations at numerous conferences, such as ISSC, RAMS, PSAM, and GCPS. He is a graduate of the Franciscan University of Steubenville (Ohio) with a bachelor's degree in mathematics and computer science,