Parametric approach of the domino effect for structural fragments

Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 114-126

  Sun, Dongliang ^a,b   Jiang, Juncheng ^a   Zhang, Mingguang ^a   Wang, Zhirong ^a   Huang, Guangtuan ^b   Qiao, Jianjiang ^b  

^a NANJING TECH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Domino effect; Industrial explosion; Monte Carlo simulations; Number of fragments; Parametric approach

Indexed keywords

DOMINO EFFECTS; INDUSTRIAL EXPLOSION; MONTE-CARLO SIMULATIONS; NUMBER OF FRAGMENTS; PARAMETRIC APPROACH;

BOILING LIQUIDS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; EXPLOSIONS; EXPLOSIVES; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RANDOM VARIABLES; ROTATION;

PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

EID: 83255187230     PISSN: 09504230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jlp.2011.06.029     Document Type: Article

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