A probabilistic model for the failure frequency of underground gas pipelines

Risk Analysis

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 511-527

  Cooke, Roger ^a   Jager, Eric ^b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b N V NEDERLANDSE GASUNIE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Corrosion; Expert judgment; Risk analysis; Third party interference; Uncertainty analysis; Underground pipeline

Indexed keywords

CORROSION; DATA REDUCTION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; GAS PIPELINES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; UNCERTAIN SYSTEMS;

PROBABILISTIC MODELS; THIRD-PARTY INTERFERENCE;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

FAILURE ANALYSIS; GAS PIPELINE;

CORROSION; DECISION MAKING; EXPERT SYSTEM; PIPELINE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; CANADA; CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL; CORROSION; ENVIRONMENT; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; EUROPE; FOSSIL FUELS; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NETHERLANDS; PROBABILITY; SOIL;

EID: 0032143343     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.1998.tb00365.x     Document Type: Review

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