Risk and uncertainty analysis of gas pipeline failure and gas combustion consequence

Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1431-1446

  Alzbutas, Robertas ^a,b   Iešmantas, Tomas ^a   Povilaitis, Mantas ^a   Vitkute, Jurate ^b  

^a LITHUANIAN ENERGY INSTITUTE   (Lithuania)

^b KAUNAS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Age dependent reliability; Bayesian inference; Gas combustion; Natural gas pipelines; Risk parameters; Uncertainty and sensitivity analysis

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; COMBUSTION; HEAT FLUX; HEAT RADIATION; INFERENCE ENGINES; NATURAL GAS; NATURAL GAS PIPELINES; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

BAYESIAN INFERENCE; GAS COMBUSTION; PROBABILISTIC ANALYSIS; PROBABILISTIC UNCERTAINTY; QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK PARAMETER; STATISTICAL INFORMATION; UNCERTAINTY AND SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; COMBUSTION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIRE; GAS PIPELINE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; NATURAL GAS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84903532939     PISSN: 14363240     EISSN: 14363259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00477-013-0845-4     Document Type: Article

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