Engineering catastrophes : causes and effects of major accidents /

There is much to be gained from the study of catastrophes. Likewise the records of accidents in industry and transport are of great importance, not only by indicating trends in the incidence of loss or casualties, but also as a measure of human behaviour. The third edition of this well received book...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lancaster, J. F. (John Frederick)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge : Boca Raton, FL : Woodhead ; CRC Press, 2005.
Edición:3rd ed.
Colección:Woodhead Publishing in materials.
Temas:
System failures (Engineering)
Engineering > Accidents > Investigation.
Engineering > Accidents > Prevention.
Disasters.
Accident investigation.
Disasters
Pannes.
Ing�enierie > Accidents > Enqu�etes.
Ing�enierie > Accidents > Pr�evention.
Catastrophes.
Accidents > Enqu�etes.
disasters.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Accident investigation
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Analysing casualty records
  • Accident and all-cause mortality : economic growth
  • Supercatastrophes
  • The technical background
  • How technological change affects safety
  • Natural catastrophes
  • Appendix 1: Mathematical models and statistical methods for accident data
  • Appendix 2: Units.

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