Explosion modeling and analysis of BP Deepwater Horizon accident

Safety Science

Volumn 57, Issue , 2013, Pages 150-160

  Dadashzadeh, Mohammad ^a   Abbassi, Rouzbeh ^a   Khan, Faisal ^a   Hawboldt, Kelly ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accident modeling; BP accident modeling; Explosion analysis; Explosion modeling; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

CFD MODELS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS (CFDS); DEEPWATER HORIZONS; ENGINE ROOMS; FLAMMABLE GAS; MODELING AND ANALYSIS; OVERPRESSURE; VAPOR CLOUD;

ACCIDENTS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DISPERSIONS; FIREDAMP; RISK ASSESSMENT; VAPORS;

EXPLOSIONS;

HYDROGEN; LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS;

ARTICLE; COMBUSTION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DISPERSION; EXPLOSION; HYPERBARISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 84875233975     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: 18791042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2013.01.024     Document Type: Article

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