Reliability of a timber structure exposed to fire: Estimation using fragility function

Mechanika

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 35-42

  Vaidogas, E R ^a   Juocevičius, Virmantas ^a  

^a VILNIUS GEDIMINAS TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISASTERS; FUNCTIONS; LOGGING (FORESTRY); PROBABILITY; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RAILROAD PLANT AND STRUCTURES; RANDOM PROCESSES; TIMBER;

DEMAND VARIABLES; FAILURE PROBABILITIES; FIRE DAMAGES; FRAGILITY FUNCTIONS; IN BUILDINGS; NATURAL FIRES; TIMBER STRUCTURES;

FIRES;

EID: 57749206183     PISSN: 13921207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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