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2. Fault tree
2.1 Principles. Features. Objectives
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Principles
A fault tree summarizes all the combinations of events which, under certain conditions, produce a given event, the starting point of the study. Constructing a fault tree means answering the question "how can such and such an event occur?", or "what are all the possible sequences that could lead to this event?
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Features
A fault tree is generally presented from top to bottom (see figure 1...
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