A grid based approach for fire and explosion consequence analysis

Process Safety and Environmental Protection

Volumn 84, Issue 2 B, 2006, Pages 79-91

  Pula, R ^c   Khan, F I ^a   Veitch, B ^a   Amyotte, P R ^b  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Consequence modelling; Explosions; Fires; Grid based approach; Offshore risk modelling; Onsite ignition model; Quantitative risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; CRUDE PETROLEUM; EXPLOSIONS; FIRES; IGNITION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NATURAL GAS;

CONSEQUENCE MODELING; GRID BASED APPROACH; OFFSHORE RISK MODELING; QUANTITATIVE RISK ASSESSMENT;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 33646356208     PISSN: 09575820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1205/psep.05063     Document Type: Article

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