Managing electrocution hazards in the US construction industry using VR simulation and cloud technology

eWork and eBusiness in Architecture, Engineering and Construction - Proceedings of the European Conference on Product and Process Modelling 2012, ECPPM 2012

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 759-764

  Zhao, D ^a   Thabet, W ^a   McCoy, A ^a   Kleiner, B ^a  

^a Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; PROCESS ENGINEERING;

CLOUD TECHNOLOGIES; ELECTRICAL FATALITY; ELECTRICAL HAZARDS; GENERAL FACTORS; HAZARDOUS ENVIRONMENT; PROTECTIVE ACTION; QUANTITATIVE APPROACH; TRAINING SCENARIO;

HAZARDS;

EID: 84863527066     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1201/b12516-120     Document Type: Conference Paper

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