Review on the assessment of safety and risks

Propellants, Explosives, Pyrotechnics

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 296-301

  Leiber, Carl Otto ^a   Doherty, Ruth M ^b  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY ICT   (Germany)

^b NAVAL SURFACE WARFARE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; DETONATION; EXPLOSIONS; EXPLOSIVES; HAZARDS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY TESTING;

EXPLOSION ACCIDENTS;

EXPLOSION TESTING;

EID: 0035691578     PISSN: 07213115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1521-4087(200112)26:6<296::AID-PREP296>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Review

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