Escalation thresholds in the assessment of domino accidental events

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 129, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 1-21

  Cozzani, Valerio ^a   Gubinelli, Gianfilippo ^b   Salzano, Ernesto ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Domino effect; Escalation; Major accident hazard; Quantitative risk analysis; Safety assessment of process plants

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; LAND USE; PLANNING; PROCESS ENGINEERING; RISK ASSESSMENT;

DOMINO EFFECT; ESCALATION; MAJOR ACCIDENT HAZARD; QUANTITATIVE RISK ANALYSIS; SAFETY ASSESSMENT OF PROCESS PLANTS;

ACCIDENTS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTS; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; LAND USE; PLANNING; PROCESS ENGINEERING; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTAL INJURY; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; DANGEROUS GOODS; DISASTER; EXPLOSION; FIRE; HYPERBARISM; LAND USE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; EXPLOSIONS; FIRES; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PRESSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 33644517542     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2005.08.012     Document Type: Article

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