NEA-1824 KCUT.

KCUT, code to generate minimal cut sets for fault trees

NAME OR DESIGNATION OF PROGRAM, COMPUTER, DESCRIPTION OF PROGRAM OR FUNCTION, METHODS, RESTRICTIONS ON THE COMPLEXITY OF THE PROBLEM, TYPICAL RUNNING TIME, STATUS, REFERENCES, HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS, LANGUAGE, SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS, NAME AND ESTABLISHMENT OF AUTHORS, MATERIAL, CATEGORIES

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1. NAME OR DESIGNATION OF PROGRAM: KCUT.

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2. COMPUTERS

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Program name	Package id	Status	Status date
KCUT	NEA-1824/01	Tested	28-JUN-2012

Machines used:

Package ID	Orig. computer	Test computer
NEA-1824/01	PC Windows	PC Windows

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3. DESCRIPTION OF PROGRAM OR FUNCTION

KCUT is a software to generate minimal cut sets for fault trees.

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4. METHODS

Expand a fault tree into cut sets and delete non minimal cut sets.

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5. RESTRICTIONS ON THE COMPLEXITY OF THE PROBLEM: Size and complexity of the fault tree.

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6. TYPICAL RUNNING TIME

Depends on the complexity of the fault tree model. Most of the standard KCUT examples take from a few seconds to an hour.

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9. STATUS

Package ID	Status date	Status
NEA-1824/01	28-JUN-2012	Tested at NEADB

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10. REFERENCES

NEA-1824/01, included references:

- KCUT Manual (Version 4.8), 2006.7

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11. HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS: PC Windows.

NEA-1824/01

Tested at the NEA Databank on:
- COMPUTER : Dell INTEL Duo E6550, 2.33 GHz (for Windows)
- OPERATING SYSTEM : DOS, under Windows XP Pro SP 3

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12. PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE(S) USED

Package ID	Computer language
NEA-1824/01	Microsoft VISUAL

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13. SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS: Windows XP, NT.

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15. NAME AND ESTABLISHMENT OF AUTHORS

Sang Hoon HAN
Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute
Integrated Safety Assessment Center
P.O. Box 105,
Yuseong-Gu,
Daejon, 305-600
Rep. of Korea

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16. MATERIAL AVAILABLE

NEA-1824/01

Input and output files
KCUT execution file
KCUT user's manual
Source files

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17. CATEGORIES

G. Radiological Safety, Hazard and Accident Analysis
P. General Mathematical and Computing System Routines

Keywords: fault tree analysis, probability safety analysis, system failure analysis.