Modeling and analysis of domino effect in petrochemical storage tank farms under the synergistic effect of explosion and fire

X Li, G Chen, P Amyotte, M Alauddin, F Khan - Process Safety and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The synergistic effect of explosion and fire (SEEF) is one of the challenges of domino effect
risk assessment for petrochemical storage tank farms. However, the domino effect …

Blast test and probabilistic vulnerability assessment of a shallow buried RC tunnel considering uncertainty

L Zhou, X Li, Q Yan, S Li - International Journal of Impact Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
The purpose of this investigation is to analyze the failure probability of a blast in a shallow
RC tunnel. The field blast tests are carried out, and a refined finite element model (FEM) is …

Experimental and numerical study on earthquake-fire coupling failure mechanism of steel cylindrical tanks

J Men, G Chen, G Reniers, Y Wu, H Huang - Reliability Engineering & …, 2024 - Elsevier
An earthquake-triggered fire domino scenario (E-FDS) is an example of a typical multi-
hazard coupling event. The seismic damage can affect the fire resistance of engineering …

[HTML][HTML] Fires at the wildland-industrial interface. Is there an emerging problem?

E Planas, R Paugam, A Àgueda, P Vacca, E Pastor - Fire safety journal, 2023 - Elsevier
Over the past years, wildfires have raged with unprecedented intensity across the world,
becoming a growing problem, as weather conditions conductive to wildfire ignition and …

Advancing understanding of vulnerability assessment in process industries: A systematic review of methods and approaches

M Emkani, M Yazdi, E Zarei, K Klockner… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
In the context of process safety, vulnerability refers to the inherent susceptibility of a process
industry to exacerbate the potential for escalating negative outcomes resulting from natural …

Buckling failure analysis of storage tanks under the synergistic effects of fire and wind loads

C Chen, H Chen, L Mo, S Xiao, C Li, M Yang… - Journal of Loss …, 2024 - Elsevier
Fire-induced domino effect is one of the main threats to hazardous material storage tanks,
and many attempts have been conducted to assess the vulnerability of storage tanks …

Time-dependent earthquake-fire coupling fragility analysis under limited prior knowledge: A perspective from type-2 fuzzy probability

J Men, G Chen, G Reniers - Process Safety and Environmental Protection, 2024 - Elsevier
Earthquake-triggered fire domino scenarios (E-FDSs) arise frequently from the interaction
between earthquakes and chemical installations, resulting in catastrophic multi-hazard …

Development of fragility models for process equipment affected by physical security attacks

G Marroni, L Casini, A Bartolucci, S Kuipers… - Reliability Engineering & …, 2024 - Elsevier
The vulnerability of chemical and process facilities toward physical security attacks depends
on the equipment resistance against such attacks and on the performance of Physical …

Probabilistic capacity models and fragility estimate for NRC and UHSC panels subjected to contact blast

K Bhuyan, H Sharma - Reliability Engineering & System Safety, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract A Performance-based Design (PBD) framework for protective structural walls/slabs
susceptible to contact blast has been developed. Performance-based capacity models are …

[HTML][HTML] Verifying empirical predictive modeling of societal vulnerability to hazardous events: A Monte Carlo experimental approach

YV Wang, SH Kim, MC Kafatos - Reliability Engineering & System Safety, 2023 - Elsevier
With the emergence of large amounts of historical records on adverse impacts of hazardous
events, empirical predictive modeling has been revived as a foundational paradigm for …