Properties of simulated gas explosions of interest to the structural design process

Process Safety Progress

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 278-287

  Holset S ^a   Hjertager, B H ^b   Solberg, T ^c   Malo, K A ^d  

^a Research Centre   (Norway)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c Telemark Technol R and D Centre   (Norway)

^d NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAM LISTINGS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXPLOSIONS; GAS HAZARDS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

GAS EXPLOSION SIMULATORS;

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN;

DESIGN; EXPLOSION; INDUSTRIAL PLANT; OFFSHORE PLATFORM; SAFETY; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

DESIGN METHOD; EXPLOSION; INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE; OFFSHORE STRUCTURE; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032436687     PISSN: 10668527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prs.680170409     Document Type: Article

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