Consequence analysis to determine damage to buildings from vapour cloud explosions using characteristic curves

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 159, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 264-270

  Alonso, Fernando Díaz ^a   Ferradás, Enrique González ^a   Pérez, Juan Francisco Sánchez ^a   Aznar, Agustín Miñana ^a   Gimeno, José Ruiz ^a   Miñarro, Marta Doval ^a  

^a Faculty of Medicine   (Spain)

Author keywords

Characteristic curves; Consequence analysis; Damage to buildings; Impulse; Overpressure; Vapour cloud explosion, VCE

Indexed keywords

EXPLOSIONS; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS); WINDOWS;

CHARACTERISTIC CURVES; CONSEQUENCE ANALYSIS; DAMAGE TO BUILDINGS; IMPULSE; OVERPRESSURE; VAPOUR CLOUD EXPLOSION, VCE;

BUILDINGS;

BUILDING; DAMAGE; EQUATION; EXPLOSION; FORCE; OVERPRESSURE;

ARTICLE; BLAST INJURY; BUILDING INDUSTRY; COMPUTER MODEL; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; EXPLOSION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; VAPOR;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ALGORITHMS; EXPLOSIONS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PRESSURE;

EID: 53149121348     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2008.02.015     Document Type: Article

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