Risk assessment and security for pipelines, tunnels, and underground rail and transit operations

• Tác giả: Anna Maricel Doro-on
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• ISBN: 1466569328 (hardback : acid-free paper)
• ISBN: 9781466569324 (hardback : acid-free paper)
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 621.8 Machine engineering
• Mô tả vật lý: xxiv, 390 pages : , illustrations ; , 25 cm.
• Bộ sưu tập: Khoa học ứng dụng
• ID: 284146
• Chủ đề: 1. Pipelines--Risk assessment--United States; 2. Pipelines--Safety measures--United States; 3. Transportation--Risk assessment--United States; 4. Transportation--Safety measures--United States; 5. Tunnels--Risk assessment--United States; 6. Tunnels--Safety measures--United States

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Tóm tắt

"This volume presents an integrated quantitative risk assessment methodology systematically analyzing alternatives for protecting underground rail, oil and gas pipelines, pipeline freight transportation, and other tunnel systems from threats of terrorism and other disasters. The book analyzes engineering, environmental, and economic impacts and addresses both direct and collateral damages. The book also presents regulations, standard processes, and risk assessment models recommended by the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and other governmental and state agencies"-- Provided by publisher.