Implementation of Exclusive OR and Priority AND gates in FTA inBlockSim

[bhargabd]

I have not seen any option to use Priority AND and Exclusive OR gates in FTA in BlockSim. Kindly let me know if any way is available to customise the existing AND/OR gates to the above mentioned gates.

Bhargab

[Tarik El-Azzouzi]

The priority AND gate can be modeled using the standby gate in BlockSim's FT. For more info check the following link: http://www.weibull.com/SystemRelWeb/new_blocksim_gates.htm

As for the Exclusive OR gate (XOR), BlockSim's FT doesn't have a gate that does that. However, the XOR does not apply in terms of system reliability. In system reliability, this would imply that a two-component system would function even if both components have failed. Can you tell me more about what you are trying to model with the XOR? Are the events time-dependent? Maybe the OR gate is sufficient