Fault Tree Analysis (FTA) is Covered in Reliability 101: Introduction to Reliability Engineering
Register for Reliability 101: Introduction to Reliability Analysis by Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025!
Reliability 101 is a foundational course to understanding basic reliability engineering principles and how to implement these principles during product design, manufacturing, test and field support. This course will develop your reliability knowledge whether you are new to the field or a manager who wants to discover the payoffs of different approaches and techniques.
Course Dates: Tuesday, Nov. 4 – Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025.
Course Location: DoubleTree Suites by Hilton Orlando – Disney Springs, Lake Buena Vista, FL 32830
Skills You Will Learn
Attendees will walk away from this course with the ability to perform basic reliability analyses for electrical designs and mechanical designs and interpret the results. Additionally, attendees will be able to apply:
- Fault Tree Analysis (FTA)
- Reliability Modeling
- Statistical Distributions
- Reliability Predictions
- Stress-Strength Analysis
- Stress Derating Analysis
- Failure Mode, Effects and Criticality Analysis (FMECA)
- Weibull Analysis
- Reliability Growth Models
- Reliability Demonstration Test Methods
- And other analyses
Receive a group discount of 10% off for groups of three to four, and 15% off for groups of five or more. Group discounts cannot be combined with the early bird discount.
Register for Reliability 101 by Oct. 23, 2025!
Fault Tree Analysis Video Training
Failure Mode, Effects and Criticality Analysis (FMECA) and Fault Tree Analysis (FTA)
FMECAs and FTAs are popular methods for determining the impact of failures on the product or system. This module focuses on these two popular approaches to system logic analysis. The discussion will begin with a discussion of the MIL-STD-1629 approach and then introduce the commercial IEC and SAE approaches to design FMECA’s. The FTA section focuses on the most popular basic symbols and high level prioritization techniques. The topics include:
- Terms used in Failure Mode Effect Analysis
- Criticality Analysis
- Fault Tree Construction
- Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis
Learn more about the Fault Tree Analysis (FTA) video training.
Fault Tree Analysis Publication
Fault Tree Analysis
A Fault Tree Analysis (FTA) is essentially a logical representation of all the ways a particular fault, or failure, can occur. In this type of analysis, one identifies a particular failure or fault they are trying to analyze (i.e., a top-level undesired event) and then proceeds to evaluate that condition through a set of intermediary fault states that, if present, would result in that failure. Fault states are assumed to exist when certain events happen. This can be a single event, multiple events or even precursor fault states that can, themselves, be further expanded. The analysis continues until all potential causes of the particular top level failure event have been identified. For this reason, the FTA is referred to as a “top-down” approach.
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Fault Tree Analysis Article
Reliability Engineering Terms – Fault Tree Analysis
Fault Tree Analysis (FTA) is a “top down” assessment of how a product or system failure (or other “undesired event”) can occur based on the behavior of lower-level functions, assemblies, parts, software, and human behavior. The analysis clearly and logically identifies the fault relationships, allowing the identification of design/process weaknesses and the probability of undesirable top-level events occurring.
Read the full Fault Tree Analysis (FTA) article to learn more about Fault Tree Analysis including the payoff and discover how Quanterion Solutions can help your company perform the analysis.
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