Difference between revisions of "Common Cause Failure"
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===Standard Definition=== | ===Standard Definition=== | ||
Revision as of 22:42, 23 May 2015
A common cause failure (CCF) is a failure where:
- The function of multiple CI is disrupted or destroyed by the same cause or hazard affecting the CI at the same location or area in the same time frame (e.g., a hurricane blocking roads and affecting telecommunication and power lines; a collapsed bridge which blocks inland shipping, road transport and caused disruption of gas, power and telecommunication lines)
- Item failures result from a single shared cause and coupling factor (or mechanism)
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Australia
Common mode failure is the coincident failure of two or more independent components as the result of a single cause; of particular concern in an instrument system incorporating redundancy where an event causes coincident failure of two or more of the normally independent channels. [1]
Standard Definition
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See also
- Geographical dependency - incorrect term often used for Common cause failure
