Fault-tree minimal cut sets: a worked redundant-pump example
Two 1% pump-failure events, one AND gate, one order-two minimal cut set—and the assumptions required before the familiar 0.0001 result means anything.
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faulttree "Both pumps fail"
analysis: cutsets, probability
top T = AND(PA, PB)
basic PA "Pump A fails" p: 0.01
basic PB "Pump B fails" p: 0.01RESEARCH LIBRARY / 2026
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