A common cause failure model for components under age-related degradation

This paper discusses component age-related degradation and failure initiated from a shared cause and coupling factor (or mechanism) and the likelihood of the resulting common cause failure (CCF). For these components a CCF model that includes the impacts of any maintenance-related renewal is proposed. Limitations and gaps in the state-of-the-art parametric CCF models for properly handling impacts of shared causes leading to accelerated...