Article | REF: SE4052 V1

Fault tree - Boolean context, analysis and mathematical foundations

Author: Jean-Pierre SIGNORET

Publication date: December 10, 2017

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4. Electrical analogy and concepts of minimum closure and disconnection paths

4.1 Electrical analogy

The electrical analogy is introduced in the article [SE 4074] and leads us to consider the BDF equivalent to an ADD as an electrical circuit where the blocks are closed or open switches.

This is illustrated in figure 12 , where working blocks are modelled as closed switches and faulty blocks as open switches. When the circuit...

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