fault tree

noun

1. a diagram providing a model of the interactions between the components of a system when a failure occurs

Example Sentences

They’re still doing a “fault tree analysis” that will ultimately point to a root cause of the scrub.

From Scientific American

“The accident investigation team worked systematically through an extensive fault tree analysis,” SpaceX said in its statement.

From Seattle Times

“The accident investigation team worked systematically through an extensive fault tree analysis,” SpaceX said in its statement.

From New York Times

In a statement, the company said the investigation is preliminary and that “all plausible causes are being tracked in an extensive fault tree and carefully investigated.”

From Washington Post

In engineering-speak it’s called a fault tree analysis.

From Washington Times