An overview on BLEVE

Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 740-754

  Shaluf, Ibrahim Mohamed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAWIA   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

Author keywords

Disasters; Explosions; Modelling

Indexed keywords

EID: 36448959419     PISSN: 09653562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09653560710837037     Document Type: Article

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