Fire safety assessment and optimal design of passive fire protection for offshore structures

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 61, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 139-149

  Shetty, N K ^a   Guedes Soares, C ^b   Thoft Christensen, P ^c   Jensen, F M ^c  

^a ATKINS   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^c Computational Safety and Reliability ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIRE PROTECTION; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; OFFSHORE STRUCTURES; OPTIMIZATION; PROBABILITY; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE; RELIABILITY; RISK MANAGEMENT;

FIRE SAFETY ASSESSMENT; FIRST ORDER RELIABILITY METHODS; QUANTITATIVE RISK ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY BASED DESIGN OPTIMIZATION; SECOND ORDER RELIABILITY METHODS; STRUCTURAL SYSTEM RELIABILITY ANALYSIS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0032108543     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0951-8320(97)00124-5     Document Type: Article

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