Fire safety design based on calculations: Uncertainty analysis and safety verification

Fire Safety Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 305-334

  Magnusson, Sven Erik ^a   Frantzich, Håkan ^a   Harada, Kazunori ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b BUILDING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; APPROXIMATION THEORY; BUILDINGS; CALCULATIONS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; FIRE ALARM SYSTEMS; FIRE PROTECTION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; RANDOM PROCESSES; RISKS; SPRINKLER SYSTEMS (FIRE FIGHTING);

COMPLEMENTARY CUMULATIVE DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION; EVACUATION; FIRST ORDER SECOND MOMENT METHOD; PUBLIC ASSEMBLY BUILDING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

FIRES;

EID: 0030282587     PISSN: 03797112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0379-7112(96)00050-1     Document Type: Article

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