common cause

基本解釋

This paper presents the asymptotic stability of a two identical unit parallel system with a warm standby subject to common-cause failures.
討論了具有熱儲(chǔ)備和兩個(gè)獨(dú)立相同部件的平行系統(tǒng)在由常規(guī)錯(cuò)誤引起失效下的漸進(jìn)穩(wěn)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.
這個(gè)幾率很難去計(jì)算的原因主要是因?yàn)榘l(fā)生所謂共發(fā)生事故的可能性，也就是說造成站外及站內(nèi)電源掉線的是同一個(gè)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.
發(fā)生此類事故的概率很難估計(jì)，因?yàn)榘l(fā)生由于同種因素導(dǎo)致核電站內(nèi)外同時(shí)斷電的概率難以計(jì)算。

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