Probabilistic modelling of offshore fires

Fire Safety Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 25-45

  Guedes Soares, C ^a   Teixeira, A P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLAME RESEARCH; HEAT RADIATION; JETS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METHOD OF MOMENTS; OFFSHORE STRUCTURES; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PROBABILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

JET FIRES; OFFSHORE FIRES; POOL FIRES; PROBABILISTIC MODELS;

FIRES;

EID: 0034139959     PISSN: 03797112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0379-7112(99)00051-X     Document Type: Article

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