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Document ID (ISN)63012
CIS number 94-1705
ISSN - Serial title 0304-3894 - Journal of Hazardous Materials
Year 1993
Convention or series no.
Author(s) van den Berg A.C., Lannoy A.
Title Methods for vapour cloud explosion blast modelling
Bibliographic information June 1993, Vol.34, No.2, p.151-171. Illus. 24 ref.
Abstract Methods for quantifying the explosive potential of a flammable fuel-air mixture are described and demonstrated in a simple case study concerning a storage site for liquefied hydrocarbons. While TNT-equivalent methods are easy to use, they are unsatisfactory in several respects. An alternative multi-energy method is described in which a flammable fuel-air mixture is considered to be explosive only if it is in a partially confined, congested or obstructed area in the cloud. The concept is shown to be a flexible one which makes it possible to incorporate current experimental data and advanced computational methods into the procedure of vapour cloud explosion hazard analysis.
Descriptors (primary) trinitrotoluene; hazard evaluation; vapour clouds; explosions
Descriptors (secondary) explosion pressure; case study; computer applications; results of explosions; mathematical models; shock waves
Document type D - Periodical articles
Country / State or ProvinceFrance; Netherlands
Subject(s) Fire and explosions
Broad subject area(s) Fires, explosions and major hazards
Browse category(ies) Risk evaluation
Aliphatic nitro compounds
Explosions