common cause

基本解释

This paper presents the asymptotic stability of a two identical unit parallel system with a warm standby subject to common-cause failures.
讨论了具有热储备和两个独立相同部件的平行系统在由常规错误引起失效下的渐进稳定性。
The probability is hard to calculate primarily because of the possibility of what are called common-cause accidents, where the loss of off-site power and of on-site power are caused by the same thing.
这个几率很难去计算的原因主要是因为发生所谓共发生事故的可能性，也就是说造成站外及站内电源掉线的是同一个原因。
The probability is hard to calculate primarily because of the possibility of what are called common-cause accidents, where the loss of off-site power and of on-site power are caused by the same thing.
发生此类事故的概率很难估计，因为发生由于同种因素导致核电站内外同时断电的概率难以计算。

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