Compressed natural gas bus safety: A quantitative risk assessment

Risk Analysis

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 377-387

  Chamberlain, Samuel ^a   Modarres, Mohammad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

CNG bus; CNG risk; Fire risk; Natural gas; Risk comparison

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; DATA REDUCTION; DIESEL FUELS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIRE HAZARDS; NATURAL GAS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

BUS FLEETS; COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS (CNG); FAILURE DATA; PROBABILISTIC RISK ASSESSMENT (PRA);

BUSES;

DIESEL FUEL; NATURAL GAS;

BUS TRANSPORT; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRANSPORTATION SAFETY;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FIRE PROTECTION; HAZARD; MODEL; MOTOR VEHICLE; PIPELINE; PREDICTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 18744413709     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2005.00596.x     Document Type: Article

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