## Functional Safety Suite 6.0
User’s Guide

Thomas Brunnengr äber
2021-12-19

Functional Safety Suite 6.0 including the documentation is provided “as is” without any warranty to performance, correctness or fitness for any particular purpose.

Copyright (C) 2010-2021 by Thomas Brunnengräber, Munich, Germany.

Email: fusasu@thomas-brunnengraeber.de

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Contents
1 Overview
1.1 Terms and abbreviations
1.2 Conventions
2 Introduction and user interface
2.1 Principles
2.2 The Desktop
2.3 Evaluation parameters
2.4 Hierarchy of models: Links
3 Projects
3.1 Packages
3.2 Models
3.3 Files
3.4 The Project Properties Dialog
4 Generic Basic Events and Libraries
4.1 The Library View
4.2 General properties of Generic Basic Events
4.3 Types and probabilistic values of Generic Basic Events
5 Event trees
5.1 Introduction
5.2 The Event Tree Properties Panel
5.3 The Condition and the Crotch Properties Panel
5.4 The Case Properties Panel
5.5 The Damage Properties Panel
5.6 Editing of event trees
5.7 Hints and recommendations
6 Architectures
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Concepts
6.3 The Architecture Properties
6.4 Component and Component Part Properties
6.5 Net Properties
6.6 Deriving a Fault Tree
6.7 Symbol Libraries and the Symbol Editor
7 Fault trees
7.1 Introduction and overview
7.2 The Fault Tree Properties
7.3 The Tree Basic Event Properties Panel
7.4 The Gate Event Properties Panel
7.5 Quantitative evaluation of fault trees
7.6 Modularization and Common Causes
7.7 Specifics of qualitative fault trees
7.8 Editing of fault trees
8 Reliability block diagrams
8.1 Conjunctions Properties Panel
8.2 Transfer-In gates
8.3 Editing of reliability block diagrams
8.4 NULL blocks
8.5 Pro’s and Con’s of RBDs versus FTAs
9 Markov models
9.1 Introduction and overview
9.2 The Markov Model Properties
9.3 The Edge Properties Panel
9.4 The State Properties Panel
9.5 Evaluation of Markov models
9.6 Editing of Markov models
10 Complex components
10.1 Introduction
Summary
10.2 The Component Properties Panel
10.3 Values handed over to higher level models
10.4 The component failure mode properties panel
10.5 Editing of complex components
10.6 The Component Chart Window
11 Menus and Commands
11.1 Generals
11.2 The File Menu
11.3 The Edit Menu
11.4 The Library Menu
11.5 The Zoom Menu
11.6 The Calculate Menu
11.7 The Export Menu
11.8 The Help and Configuration Menu
11.9 The tool bar
11.10 Menus and Commands of the Symbol Editor
A Importances
A.1 Partial Derivative (PD) and Birnbaum-Importance (BI)
A.2 Criticality Importance (CRI) and statistical confidence
A.3 Risk Reduction (RR)
A.4 Risk Reduction Worth (RRW)
A.5 Fussel-Vesely-Importance (FV)
A.6 Risk Achievement (RA)
A.7 Risk Achievement Worth (RAW)
A.8 Importancies for generic basic events
B Reports
B.1 Create a Report
B.2 Update a Report
B.3 Important notes related to reports
References