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FTA

Term · Industrial and trades · MLC-T-IND-002468

An abbreviation for Fault Tree Analysis, a top-down, deductive failure analysis method in which an undesired state of a system is analyzed using Boolean logic to combine lower-level events. This technique is used to identify potential causes of system failures and to calculate the probability of a top event occurring. FTA diagrams visually represent the logical relationships between events.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-IND-002468
FieldIndustrial and trades
SubjectAviation maintenance
TranslationsGerman: FTA; Spanish: FTA; French: FTA
Record as JSON
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  "id": "MLC-T-IND-002468",
  "term": "FTA",
  "field": "Industrial and trades",
  "definition": "An abbreviation for Fault Tree Analysis, a top-down, deductive failure analysis method in which an undesired state of a system is analyzed using Boolean logic to combine lower-level events. This technique is used to identify potential causes of system failures and to calculate the probability of a top event occurring. FTA diagrams visually represent the logical relationships between events.",
  "subject": "Aviation maintenance",
  "translations": {
    "de": "FTA",
    "es": "FTA",
    "fr": "FTA"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/fta/"
}

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