Structural fragments and explosions in industrial facilities. Part I: Probabilistic description of the source terms

Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 408-416

  Mebarki A ^a   Mercier, F ^b   Nguyen, Q B ^a,b   Saada, R Ami ^a  

^a Université Paris Est Créteil   (France)

^b INSTITUT NATIONAL DE L ENVIRONNEMENT INDUSTRIEL ET DES RISQUES INERIS   (France)

Author keywords

Domino effect; Fragments; Industrial vessel explosion; Probability; source

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTAL EXPLOSION; DEPARTURE ANGLE; DOMINO EFFECT; FRAGMENTS; INDUSTRIAL EXPLOSION; INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES; INDUSTRIAL SITES; INDUSTRIAL VESSEL EXPLOSION; KINETIC FEATURES; MAXIMUM ENTROPY PRINCIPLE; MECHANICAL DAMAGES; PROBABILISTIC DESCRIPTIONS; PROBABILISTIC DISTRIBUTION; SOURCE; SOURCE TERMS; SPHERICAL VESSELS; STOCHASTIC FRAMEWORK; STRUCTURAL FRAGMENTS; TOTAL ENERGY;

EXPLOSIONS; EXPLOSIVES; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; PROJECTILES; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY FACTOR;

INDUSTRY;

EID: 67149144545     PISSN: 09504230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jlp.2009.02.006     Document Type: Article

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