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    • Jet fires: a "minor" major accident? 

      Casal Fàbrega, Joaquim; Gómez-Mares, Mercedes; Muñoz, Miguel Ángel; Palacios, Adriana (2012)
      Article
      Accés obert
      Jet fires have received only a rather reduced attention as compared to other types of fires; this is probably due to the fact that they are usually much smaller that fireballs, pool fires or tank fires. However, jet fires ...
    • La vulnerabilidad en el marco de la sostenibilidad fiscal de los países 

      Marulanda, Mabel C.; Cardona, Omar. D.; Barbat Barbat, Horia Alejandro (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Centre Internacional de Mètodes Numèrics en Enginyeria (CIMNE), 2009)
      Text en actes de congrés
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      El desastre y el riesgo son problemas sociales, económicos y ambientales ligados a procesos de acumulación de vulnerabilidades, que a su vez son producto de modelos de crecimiento no sostenibles, es decir, los desastres ...
    • Main features and mathematical modelling of flash fires 

      Villafañe, Diana; Darbra Roman, Rosa Maria; Casal Fàbrega, Joaquim (Associazione Italiana Di Ingegneria Chimica, 2011)
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      Accés obert
    • Methodology for the quantification of toxic dispersions originated in warehouse fires and its application to the QRA in Catalonia (Spain) 

      Seguí Julià, Xavier; Darbra Roman, Rosa Maria; Vílchez Sánchez, Juan Antonio; Arnaldos Viger, Josep (2014)
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      A tool for the quantification of the consequences of toxic dispersions coming from fires in warehouses has been developed. This tool is expected to be applied in the framework of the risk assessment in Catalonia, specifically ...
    • Midiendo el desempeño de la gestión del riesgo de desastres a nivel urbano 

      Carreño Tibaduiza, Martha Liliana; Cardona, Omar. D.; Suárez, Dora Catalina; Barbat Barbat, Horia Alejandro (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Centre Internacional de Mètodes Numèrics en Enginyeria (CIMNE), 2009)
      Text en actes de congrés
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      Este artículo presenta un índice, el DRMi (Disaster Risk Managment Index), que tiene como objetivo la medición del desempeño de la gestión del riesgo. Hace una medición cuantitativa de la gestión con base en niveles ...
    • Monte carlo simulation as a tool to show the influence of the human factor into the quantitative risk assessment 

      González Dan, José Roberto; Guix Pujolar, Alan; Martí Gregorio, Vicenç; Arnaldos Viger, Josep; Darbra Roman, Rosa Maria (2016-07)
      Article
      Accés obert
      The frequency of occurrence of an accident is a key aspect in the risk assessment field. Vari- ables such as the human factor (HF), which is a major cause of undesired events in process industries, are usually not considered ...
    • Practical aspects of modelling parameter uncertainty for risk capital calculation 

      Blanco de Tena Davila, David; Weng, Annegret (2019-02-11)
      Article
      Accés obert
      We assume that an insurance undertaking models its risk by a random variable X=X(¿0) with a fixed parameter (vector) ¿0. If the undertaking does not know ¿0 and can only estimate it from historical data, it faces parameter ...
    • Predicció de la volatilitat implícita a partir d’indicadors d’incertesa 

      Cera Piquet, Jaquelina (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya / Universitat de Barcelona, 2021-09)
      Treball Final de Grau
      Accés obert
      Aquest treball està compost de dues parts degut a que és un projecte de final de grau de la doble titulació d’economia i estadística que pretén relacionar els conceptes d’incertesa política-econòmica i risc geopolític amb ...
    • Probabilistic seismic risk assessment for comprehensive risk management: modeling for innovative risk transfer and loss financing mechanisms 

      Cardona, Omar. D.; Ordaz Schroder, Mario Gustavo; Yamín Lacouture, Luis Eduardo; Arámbula, S; Marulanda, Mabel C.; Barbat Barbat, Horia Alejandro (2008)
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      A specific catastrophic risk model has been developed to evaluate, building by building, the probabilistic losses and pure premiums of different portfolios, taking into account the seismic microzonation of cities. Understanding ...
    • Process design optimization and risk analysis 

      Medina, H; Arnaldos Viger, Josep; Casal Fàbrega, Joaquim (2009-09)
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      Hazard identification and risk assessment are key aspects in process plant design. They are often applied in the final stages of the process at whatever the cost, unless financial constraints are imposed. However, a much ...
    • Risk analysis active learning through the investigation of real cases 

      Darbra Roman, Rosa Maria; Casal Fàbrega, Joaquim; Pastor Ferrer, Elsa; Vílchez Sánchez, Juan Antonio; Arnaldos Viger, Josep; Planas Cuchi, Eulàlia (2012)
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      Risk analysis is a topic of high relevance in chemical engineering. Courses on this topic are being introduced increasingly into the university curricula. The investigation of real cases is an interesting opportunity to ...
    • Risk analysis of the Vidaa River System 

      Vinyals i Patón, Miquel (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2011-03-14)
      Projecte Final de Màster Oficial
      Accés obert
      The main goal of this hydraulic study is the asses of flooding in the Vidaa River system. In order to realize a complete assessment, the main water contributions to the river system have been included in the flood ...
    • Risk analysis of triethylaluminium storage 

      Moghadamfar, Tanaz (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2022-07-04)
      Projecte Final de Màster Oficial
      Accés obert
      En este siglo, el consumo global de materiales peligrosos ha aumentado. Esto se debe a que, en los últimos años, las actitudes de la industria con respecto a los compuestos peligrosos, que son componentes clave de muchos ...
    • Risk identification and evaluation of customer collaboration in product development 

      Zhang, Xuegeng; Yang, Yu; Su, Jiafu (OmniaScience, 2015-07)
      Article
      Accés obert
      Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to identify risk factors that caused by customer collaboration in new product development systematically, and propose an approach to judge which risk factors are critical and catch ...
    • Risk leveling in business environments. A novel approach for macro risk management 

      Rasheed, Shahid; Wang, ChangFeng; Yaqub, Faiza; Memon, Suhail (OmniaScience, 2015-07)
      Article
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      Purpose: The purpose of this study is to presents a specialized risk management approach and a structured risk management methodology for optimizing the macro business environments in turbulent business spheres. Desig ...
    • Study of business model CANVASes and feasibility studies for different platform technologies suited to the H2020 DISCOVERER project results 

      Riba Monzó, Mercè (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2021-01-13)
      Treball Final de Grau
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      Nowadays, the Earth Observation market segment is increasing and it is expected to keep growing during the next years. For optimising expenses, recently the Very Low Earth Orbits started being researched. Linked to that, ...
    • Study of the benefits and applications of passenger supersonic transport vehicles: case study of Starship-SpaceX 

      Esteve Rubio, Mireia (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2023-07-12)
      Treball Final de Grau
      Accés obert
      The demand that exists in commercial aviation is increasing more and more frequently, allowing the new space technologies that are being developed to come into play to tackle this problem, which could have a major impact ...
    • Study of the benefits and applications of passenger supersonic transport vehicles: case study of STRATOFLY, H2020 Project 

      Reñé Carles, Ramon (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2023-07-12)
      Treball Final de Grau
      Accés obert
      The need to reconsider new alternatives in the world of aviation to cope with the potential problems of the coming decades is becoming increasingly urgent. The use of high-speed vehicles to transport passengers in the ...
    • The UAVs threat to airport security: risk analysis and mitigation 

      Pyrgies, John (OmniaScience, 2019-12)
      Article
      Accés obert
      Purpose: This research studies the UAV incidents in the vicinity of worldwide airports in order to deliver a quantitative and qualitative analysis of this phaenomenon, to analyse the risks associated to this threat and ...
    • Theoretical and conceptual framework for the assessment of vulnerability to natural hazards and climate change in Europe: the MOVE framework 

      Birkmann, Joern; Cardona Arboleda, Omar Dario; Carreño Tibaduiza, Martha Liliana; Barbat Barbat, Horia Alejandro; Pelling, Mark; Schneiderbauer, Stefan; Kienberger, Stefan; Keiler, Margreth; Alexander, David; Zeil, P.; Welle, T. (Elsevier, 2014-08)
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      Assessment of Vulnerability to Natural Hazards covers the vulnerability of human and environmental systems to climate change and eight natural hazards: earthquakes, floods, landslides, avalanches, forest fires, drought, ...