Fault Tree Reliability Analysis of the Naval Postgraduate School Mini-Satellite (ORION).

Abstract

Fault tree analysis, which has proved to be a useful analytical tool for the reliability and safety analysis of complex systems, is applied to the Naval Postgraduate School Mini-Satellite (ORION). A general background to reliability analysis, fault tree analysis, and fault tree construction is given. Impact of a phased mission is included in the analysis. A fault tree for ORION is constructed and used to indentify minimal cut sets and minimal path sets. The cuts sets and path sets are, in turn, used to calculate an estimate of ORION's reliability to perform a three year mission. The reliability model was constructed in a Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheet to enable the designers to do what-if analysis. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1987
Accession Number
ADA186283

Entities

People

  • Trenton G. Keeble

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artificial Satellites
  • Complex Systems
  • Data Storage Systems
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Engineers
  • Failure Mode And Effect Analysis
  • Fault Tree Analysis
  • Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles
  • Minisatellites
  • Operations Research
  • Propulsion Systems
  • Safety
  • Safety Analysis
  • Space Systems
  • Spacecraft
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Graph Algorithms and Convex Optimization.
  • STEM Education
  • Software Engineering

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Satellites