Complexity and uncertainty in the assessment of the Viareggio LPG railway accident

Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 668-679

  Manca, Davide ^a   Brambilla, Sara ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Accident scenario; Dense gas dispersion; LPG release; Parametric analysis; Pool fire; Sensitivity analysis

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT SCENARIOS; DENSE-GAS DISPERSION; LPG RELEASE; PARAMETRIC ANALYSIS; POOL-FIRE;

DISPERSIONS; FIRES; LAKES; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

RAILROAD ACCIDENTS;

EID: 77956612792     PISSN: 09504230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jlp.2010.07.007     Document Type: Article

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