Reliability analysis for complex systems based on generalized stochastic petri nets and EDA approach considering common cause failure

• Published in: Engineering computations Vol. 37; no. 5; pp. 1513 - 1530
• Main Authors: Zeng, Yining, Duan, Rongxing, Huang, Shujuan, Feng, Tao
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bradford Emerald Publishing Limited 11.05.2020; Emerald Group Publishing Limited
• Subjects: Common cause failures; Complex systems; Failure analysis; Fault diagnosis; Fault trees; Fuzzy sets; Impact analysis; Logic; Markov analysis; Methods; Petri nets; Probability distribution; Quantitative analysis; Reliability analysis; Reliability aspects; System reliability; Systems analysis; Common cause failure; Dynamic fault tree; EDA theory; Petri net

Purpose This paper aims to deal with the problems of failure dependence and common cause failure (CCF) that arise in reliability analysis of complex systems. Design/methodology/approach Firstly, a dynamic fault tree (DFT) is used to capture the dynamic failure behaviours and converted into an equiva...