Engineering Catastrophes
Subtitle: Causes and Effects of Major Accidents
Edition: 2 edition
Publisher: CRC
Published: November 17, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Loose leaf
Number of pages: 322
ISBN-13: 9780849338847
Subjects: Engineering: general; Occupational / industrial health & safety; Technology & Industrial Arts; Reliability Engineering; Technology; Science/Mathematics; Engineering - General; Industrial Health & Safety; Technology / Engineering / Civil; Quality Control
First sentence: It is natural to associate the word 'catastrophe' with some large-scale event such as the collision of two passenger aircraft, or the destruction by fire of a major offshore oil platform like Piper Alpha.