Advanced multi-perspective computer simulation as a tool for reliable consequence analysis

Process Safety and Environmental Protection

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 129-140

  Sklavounos, Spyros ^a,b   Rigas, Fotis ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b Hellenic Army Academy   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cloud fire; Consequence analysis; Environmental impact; Explosion; Gas dispersion; Loss prevention

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTAL EVENT; COMPLEX GEOMETRIES; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMIC (CFD); COMPUTATIONAL PREDICTIONS; CONSEQUENCE ANALYSIS; DANGEROUS SUBSTANCES; EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLANNING; EMPIRICAL MODEL; EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATION; FLAMMABLE CLOUD; GAS DISPERSION; HEAVY GAS; INTERNATIONAL REGULATIONS; KEY FACTORS; LAND-USE PLANNING; MAJOR ACCIDENTS; MULTI-PERSPECTIVE; NONISOTHERMAL; PROCESS INDUSTRIES; QUANTITATIVE RESULT; SAFETY STUDIES; STATISTICAL PERFORMANCE;

ACCIDENTS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EXPLOSIONS; ISOTHERMS; LOSS PREVENTION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 84857916531     PISSN: 09575820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psep.2011.06.008     Document Type: Article

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