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Title
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Vulnerability of industrial facilities to attacks with improvised explosive devices aimed at triggering domino scenarios
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Author
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Abstract
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| Process- and chemical plants may constitute a critical target for a terrorist attack. In the present study, the analysis of industrial accidents induced by intentional acts of interference is carried out focusing on accident chains triggered by attacks with home-made (improvised) explosives. The effects of blast waves caused by improvised explosive devices are compared with those expected from a net equivalent charge of TNT by using a specific methodology for the assessment of stand-off distances. It is demonstrated that a home-made explosive device has a TNT efficiency comprised between 0.2 and 0.5. The model was applied to a case study, demonstrating the potentiality of improvised explosives in causing accident escalation sequences and severe effects on population and assets. The analysis of the case-study also allowed obtaining suggestions for an adequate security management. |
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Language
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English
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Source (journal)
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Reliability engineering and system safety. - Barking
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Publication
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Barking
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2015
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ISSN
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0951-8320
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DOI
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10.1016/J.RESS.2015.03.004
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Volume/pages
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143
(2015)
, p. 53-62
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ISI
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000360417100006
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Full text (Publisher's DOI)
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Full text (publisher's version - intranet only)
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