Case Studies in Review and Miscellaneous Information

Abstract

The information presented up to now gives a general overview of the situation on the transportation of dangerous goods. This includes methodology, statistical data for probabilistic risk assessment, and other information of interest. There has been different approaches concerning risk analysis, which were followed by the authorities or engineering companies in different countries. In this chapter we intend to present a short summary of selected case studies and miscellaneous information of interest to the reader, which may show different aspects of the methodologies in use and how a potential user might implement its own applications. The topics presented below are intended as examples, and in view of the restricted amount of space, this selection had to remain very limited, and is in this sense not exclusive.ⁱ