accident pattern
1Anti-pattern — For the book, see AntiPatterns. In software engineering, an anti pattern (or antipattern) is a pattern that may be commonly used but is ineffective and/or counterproductive in practice.[1][2] The term was coined in 1995 by Andrew Koenig,[3]… …
2Behavior of nuclear fuel during a reactor accident — This page is devoted to a discussion of how uranium dioxide nuclear fuel behaves during both normal nuclear reactor operation and under reactor accident conditions such as overheating. Work in this area is often very expensive to conduct, and so… …
3Abbots Ripton rail accident — The Abbots Ripton rail disaster occurred on 21 January1876, when the Flying Scotsman express train from Edinburgh to London was involved in a double collision during a blizzard, [Report of the Court of Enquiry into the Circumstances Attending the …
4Chronologie de l'accident de la navette spatiale Challenger — La chronologie de la mission STS 51 L est la chronologie détaillée des événements depuis l allumage des moteurs principaux de challengers jusqu à la destruction des deux propulseurs d appoint à poudre, et comprend une transcription des… …
5life span — 1. the longest period over which the life of any organism or species may extend, according to the available biological knowledge concerning it. 2. the longevity of an individual. [1915 20] * * * Time between birth and death. It ranges from a… …
6japan — japanner, n. /jeuh pan /, n., adj., v., japanned, japanning. n. 1. any of various hard, durable, black varnishes, originally from Japan, for coating wood, metal, or other surfaces. 2. work varnished and figured in the Japanese manner. 3. Japans,… …
7Japan — /jeuh pan /, n. 1. a constitutional monarchy on a chain of islands off the E coast of Asia: main islands, Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, and Shikoku. 125,716,637; 141,529 sq. mi. (366,560 sq. km). Cap.: Tokyo. Japanese, Nihon, Nippon. 2. Sea of, the… …
8Italy — /it l ee/, n. a republic in S Europe, comprising a peninsula S of the Alps, and Sicily, Sardinia, Elba, and other smaller islands: a kingdom 1870 1946. 57,534,088; 116,294 sq. mi. (301,200 sq. km). Cap.: Rome. Italian, Italia. * * * Italy… …
9literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …
10United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …
