A methodology to select a wire insulation for use in habitable spacecraft

Risk Analysis

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 471-484

  Paulos, Todd ^a   Apostolakis, George ^b  

^a Acoustics Group   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; DATA REDUCTION; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; INSULATED WIRE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SPACECRAFT;

ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS; HABITABLE SPACECRAFTS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

ELECTRICITY; FIRE PROTECTION; MICROGRAVITY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPACE FLIGHT;

NON-PROGRAMMATIC;

CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL; CORROSION; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; ELECTRICITY; ENVIRONMENT, CONTROLLED; HEAT; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMOKE; SPACECRAFT; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TIME FACTORS; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

EID: 0032143966     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.1998.tb00362.x     Document Type: Review

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