Document ID (ISN) | 63012 |
CIS number |
94-1705 |
ISSN - Serial title |
0304-3894 - Journal of Hazardous Materials |
Year |
1993 |
Convention or series no. |
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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 Province | France; Netherlands |
Subject(s) |
Fire and explosions
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Broad subject area(s) |
Fires, explosions and major hazards
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Browse category(ies) |
Risk evaluation Aliphatic nitro compounds Explosions
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