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Critical Infrastructures: Risk and Vulnerability Assessment in Transportation of Dangerous Goods - Transportation by Road and Rail
Preface
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Acknowledgments
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Contents
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1 Introduction
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Abstract
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1.1 Critical Infrastructures
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1.2 Major Themes
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1.3 Transportation of Hazardous Materials
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References
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2 Risk Assessment
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Abstract
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2.1 Risk Assessment in Hazmat Transportation
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2.1.1 The Hot Spots Approach
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2.1.1.1 Representing Risk in the Hot Spot Method: The Risk Matrix
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2.1.2 The Statistical Approach
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2.1.2.1 The Framework
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2.1.2.2 The Statistical Method
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2.2 Extension of the Risk Assessment Methodology for Multimodal Transportation
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2.2.1 The ‘Hot Spot’ Method
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2.2.2 The Statistical Method
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2.2.3 The Complementary Cumulative Distribution Function as a Risk Expression of the Health Impact
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References
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3 Quantitative Probability Assessment of Loc Accident
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Abstract
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3.1 The Methodology: Loc Accident Probability Computation
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3.1.1 Tools and Techniques
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3.2 Models and Algorithms: Loc Accident Probability in Transportation by Rail
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3.2.1 Computational Scheme for LOC Accident by Rail
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3.3 Models and Algorithms: Loc Accident Probability in Transportation By Road
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3.3.1 Deductively Model the Reality—MLD Development for LOC During Road Transportation
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3.3.2 Computational Scheme for LOC Accident by Road
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References
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4 Loc Consequence Assessment
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Abstract
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4.1 Physical to Biological Effects’ Relationship
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4.2 Fire Consequence Assessment
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4.2.1 Pool Fire Consequence Assessment
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4.2.1.1 Inputs
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4.2.1.2 Risk-Relevant Output
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4.2.1.3 Computational Steps
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4.2.1.4 Effects Computation
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4.2.2 Flare Fire Consequence Assessment
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4.2.2.1 Saturation Pressure Constants
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4.2.2.2 Inputs
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4.2.2.3 Risk-Relevant Output
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4.2.2.4 Computational Steps
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4.2.2.5 Effects Computation
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4.2.3 BLEVE Consequence Assessment
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4.2.3.1 Input Data
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4.2.3.2 Risk-Relevant Output
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4.2.3.3 Computational Steps
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4.2.3.4 Effects Computation
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4.3 Explosion Consequence Assessment
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4.3.1 The Algorithm
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4.3.1.1 Constants
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4.3.1.2 Inputs
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4.3.1.3 Computational Steps
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4.3.1.4 Lethality Percentage Due to Overpressure
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4.3.1.5 Lethality Percentage Due to Fragments
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4.4 Acute Intoxication Consequence Assessment
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4.4.1 Computing the Risk Radii
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4.4.2 Computing the Lethality Percentage
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4.4.3 An Algorithm for Acute Intoxication Assessment
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4.4.3.1 Inputs
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4.4.3.2 Computational Steps
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References
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5 The Vulnerability Issue
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Abstract
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5.1 Definitions and Conceptualization
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5.2 Methodological Aspects in Quantitative Vulnerability Assessment in Transport Systems
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5.2.1 Transportation System Definition
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5.2.2 Defining the System by Indicators
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5.2.3 The Vulnerability Assessment of Transportation System
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References
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6 Consensus-Driven Models for QVA in Transportation Corridors
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Abstract
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6.1 The Index Method
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6.1.1 Designing the System
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6.1.2 The Risk-Management Capability Index and Weights Computation
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6.1.2.1 Weights Computation
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6.1.2.2 Computing the Level Weights
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6.1.2.3 Computing the Final Weights
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6.1.2.4 Assessment Results: The Vulnerability Index
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6.1.3 The Index Method: Transportation Corridor Vulnerability Assessment
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6.1.3.1 System Description by Indicators and Classification Structure
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6.1.3.2 Transportation System Vulnerability Assessment
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6.2 The Relevance Matrices Method
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6.2.1 The Method
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6.2.2 Transportation Corridor Vulnerability Assessment Model with the Relevance Matrices Method
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References
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7 Physical Analogies-Based Model for Quantitative Vulnerability Assessment of Transportation Corridors
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Abstract
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7.1 Quantitative Vulnerability Assessment Method; Modeling Cooperative Phenomena in Multi-component Systems
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7.1.1 System Description by Indicators
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7.1.2 The Control Variables
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7.1.3 System Constituents—System State Space
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7.1.4 Vulnerability Basins—The Instability Region
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7.1.5 The Quantitative Vulnerability Assessment
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7.2 Applying QVA Model for the Vulnerability Assessment of Transportation Corridors
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7.2.1 Indicators Selection
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7.2.2 Computing the Physical Indicators—YUi and YVj
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7.2.3 Transportation System Vulnerability Assessment
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References
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8 An Illustrative Example—The Case for Aarau-Zurich
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Abstract
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8.1 Transportation Description
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8.1.1 Graph Coordinate Axis Limits
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8.1.2 Transportation Statistics
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8.2 Representation Maps of the Transportation
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8.2.1 ‘Aarau-Zurich’ TRANSPORTATION Map Representation
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8.2.1.1 TRIP ‘S0 Aarau-Zurich 35 t’
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8.2.1.2 TRIP ‘S1 Zurich’
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8.2.1.3 TRIP ‘S2 Zurich 5 t’
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Appendix ATools and Techniques for PRAand RAMs: A Primer
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Appendix BDesign Guidelines for HazmatTransportation Decision Support Systems
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Appendix CImplementation Guideline for HazmatTransportation DSS
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Appendix DArriving at Equation for State of a Systemwith many Bi-stable Entities
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Index
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