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3. Fault tree for a fire detection system
3.1 System overview
The purpose of this example is to illustrate how the fault tree technique can be used to determine the minimum combinations of events that lead to the loss of a system's main function, based on a tree decomposition, and to determine the importance factors of the initiating events that lead to the dreaded event.
Consider a fire detection system in a production workshop with closed doors. It comprises :
a heat detection system;
a smoke detection system ;
a manually operated alarm system as shown in figure 25...
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Bibliography
Websites
Advanced Logistics Developments Ltd
Air Force Quality Institute
American Society for Quality
Standards and norms
When it comes to standardization in the field of Dependability, there are a considerable number of international, national and industry-specific bodies and institutions which issue their own standards. In this section, we will only mention the main standards used in all industrial sectors and in the contractual clauses of invitations to tender. However, to avoid any ambiguity about the term "standard", the definition...
Digital media
GIDEP database
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FIDES data bank
Software tools
Software Suite TDC – Design – Dependability
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Software SIMFIA, SIMLOG, DIAGSYS
Software Fracas, RAM Commander, LCC
Regulations
SEVESO Directive, For the prevention of major risks :
http://www.ecologie.gouv.fr/La-directive-SEVESO-Pour-une.html
Installations Classées pour la Protection de l'Environnement (ICPE) regulations
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Organizations (non-exhaustive list)
ADEME French Environment and Energy Management Agency http://www.ademe.fr
AFAV French Association for Value Analysis http://www.afav.eu/
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