Vapor cloud explosion analysis

Process Safety Progress

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 106-109

  Baker, Quentin A ^a   Tang, Ming Jun ^b   Scheier, Ephraim A ^c   Silva, Gustavo J ^d  

^a BAKER ENGINEERING AND RISK CONSULTANTS INC   (United States)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c Occidental Chemical Corporation   (United States)

^d Occid Intl Explor and Prod Co   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ESTIMATION; FLAME RESEARCH; FORECASTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURE; REACTION KINETICS;

AIRBLAST PARAMETERS; BLAST CURVES; CLOUD CONFINEMENT; EXPLOSION ENERGY; FUEL REACTIVITY; IMPULSE; MAXIMUM FLAME SPEED; MULTI-ENERGY METHOD; VAPOR CLOUD EXPLOSION;

EXPLOSIONS;

EID: 0030174223     PISSN: 10668527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prs.680150211     Document Type: Article

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