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Chapter 6:
RISK ASSESSMENT
By:
Dr. Mior Ahmad Khushairi Bin Mohd Zahari
Lecturer, FKKSA, UMP
09-5492837/0148290960
ahmadkhushairi@ump.edu.my;
ahmadkhushairi@gmail.com
Objectives
Describe risk assessment
Construct Fault Tree diagram
INTRODUCTION
The term risk assessment comes from the insurance
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Flat Tire
Well defined
accidents/Top
event
Flat Tire
Tire Failure
Defective
Tire
Road
Debris
Basic/Intermediate
events
Basic events
Worn Tire
Fire
Fuel
Leaking
joint
Oxygen
Drain
valve
open
Basic/Intermediate
events
Ignition
Welding
in
progress
Electric
motor
Basic events
event
EXTERNAL
event
Expanded
event
Advantages
It begins with a top event
Disadvantages
For complicated
Its specific
sets
Computer application with
reference libraries
processes, FT will be
enormous
Will take a long time
Not all failure modes
might have been
considered
Possibility of a partial
failure
Different structures if
developed by different
individual