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Method and apparatus for generating a fault tree for a failure mode of a complex system

US10877471B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Reiner Heilmann · Egmating, DE
Kai Höfig · Hersbruck, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 28, 2015
Grant date	Dec 29, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 19, 2036

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F11/3452
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method and apparatus for generating a fault tree for a failure mode of a complex system including a plurality of components, the method includes the steps of providing component fault tree, CFT, elements of the components; linking the components according to their failure dependencies within the complex system; and generating the fault tree by incorporating for each dependency link from a first component to a second component the output failure modes of the component fault tree element of the second component into the component fault tree element of the first component to trigger the output failure modes of the first component.

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