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Root cause failure analysis methods

Author: Gilles ZWINGELSTEIN

Publication date: May 10, 2018

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5. Glossary

RCA: root cause analysis

Systematic process aimed at identifying the causes of a stress event.

Cause of failure; failure cause

Reason for failure.

Note :

the reasons may be due to at least one of the following factors: failure due to design, manufacture, installation, misuse, faulty operation or maintenance.

Initial cause; root cause

An unprecedented causal factor relevant to the analysis.

Défaillance; failure

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