Safety and security engineering III / editors, M. Guarascio, C.A. Brebbia, F. Garzia.

CONTENT

Section 1 . Infrastructure protection
Forensic study of structures for durability
Silver shield: a local government's approach to critical infrastructure protection
Smart high-performance materials for the for the multi-hazard protection of civil infrastructure
Aftermath of explosion in underground free space
Fire prevention and protection in civil buildings
straw bale fire test on cement plaster mixes
etc

Section 2.Risk Analysis, assessment and management
Safer by design: towards a conceptual assessment of safety
Proposal of a quali- quantitative assessment model for health and safety in small and medium enterprises
Audits related to safety management systems: Italian case studies
Combatting crime in Guateng, South Africa: a paradigm shift
Bayesian inference fo predicting potential oil spill related ecological risks
Analysis of hazard areas associated with toxic cloud releases by pipelines
etc


Section 3: Public Safety and Security
On the I deal concept of police for mexico City
Design and evaluation of a detection system for uniform dressing /undressing using intra-body communication technology
A study on the assessment criteria for the safety grade of public use buildings and facilities
A generation method of test scenarios based on models of application to the ERTMS/ETCS system
Assessment of Lithuanian power supply security depends on nuclear energy
etc

Section 4.Homeland Security
Next generation of supervision systems for public security
Automatic surveillance systems against security threats
System robustness against misuse
A simultaneous model for bioterrorism preparedness in urban areas
etc

Section 5. Surveillance Systems
Integrated access control system for ports
Operative ship monitoring system based on integrating AIS polls within synthetic aperture radar(SAR) imagery

Section 6. Injury Prevention special session chaired by F. Maestas
modelling physical injury to vehicle inhabitants - blast, fragment and acceleration environments resulting from the detonation of IEDs
Modelling physical injury to vehicle inhabitant-test methodologies and occupant survivability design requirements
Associated human factors for falls and fall-related injuries


Section 7. Safety culture
How to increase multi-plant collaboration within a chemical cluster and its impact on external domino initiatives
Is it Safe?
Construction Safety management accidents, law and practices in Kuwait

Section 8. Emergency and disaster management
Design of mass notification
An innovative approach to forest fires detection and monitoring: the EU-Fire project
A study on the appropriateness of the performance criteria of a smoke control system among the local fire safety standard for underground.

Section 9. Modelling and Theoretical studies
Impact response and ballistic performance of graphic foams
Charring rate determination of wood pine profiles submitted to high temperatures
Simulation-based design of vehicles exposed to blast threats for improved occupant survivability.
Modelling highway safety with data from Chinese freeways.
The Stabilization of the excavation face of a shallow tunnel in difficult times


Section 10. Earthquakes
Tsunami disaster assessment in the south western Pacific countries due to giant earthquakes near Japan
Earthquake protection for high speed rail traffic: risky business?
Earthquake damage detection in Terah's water distribution system.
Non-linear step by step seismic response and push-over analysis for reinforced concrete building in Mexico

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Includes Author Index: p. 559-560