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A numerical simulation method for a repairable dynamic fault tree
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Xueli Li 3,4
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State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Power Safety Monitoring Technology and Equipment, China Nuclear Power Engineering Co., Ltd., Shenzhen 518172, China
 
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School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
 
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Key Laboratory of Neutronics and Radiation Safety, Institute of Nuclear Energy Safety Technology, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, Anhui 230031, China
 
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University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
 
 
Publication date: 2021-03-31
 
 
Eksploatacja i Niezawodność – Maintenance and Reliability 2021;23(1):34-41
 
HIGHLIGHTS
  • The adapted sequential failure region is developed to characterize the failure mechanism of a minimal cut sequence.
  • The proposed approach is applicable for nonexponential distribution situations.
  • The proposed approach is more efficient than the Markov chain state space methods.
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Dynamic fault trees are important tools for modeling systems with sequence failure behaviors. The Markov chain state space method is the only analytical approach for a repairable dynamic fault tree (DFT). However, this method suffers from state space explosion, and is not suitable for analyzing a large scale repairable DFT. Furthermore, the Markov chain state space method requires the components’ time-to-failure to follow exponential distributions, which limits its application. In this study, motivated to efficiently analyze a repairable DFT, a Monte Carlo simulation method based on the coupling of minimal cut sequence set (MCSS) and its sequential failure region (SFR) is proposed. To validate the proposed method, a numerical case was studied. The results demonstrated that our proposed approach was more efficient than other methods and applicable for repairable DFTs with arbitrary time-to-failure distributed components. In contrast to the Markov chain state space method, the proposed method is straightforward, simple and efficient.
 
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