Rocket missiles generated by failure of a high pressure liquid storage vessel

Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 11-24

  Baum, M R ^a  

^a Berkeley Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

'rocket' missiles; high pressure liquid storage vessels; rupture; upper limit velocities

Indexed keywords

DEPRESSURIZATION; UPPER LIMIT VELOCITIES;

BOILING LIQUIDS; BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STORAGE (MATERIALS); VAPORIZATION; VELOCITY;

PRESSURE VESSELS;

EID: 0031972182     PISSN: 09504230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0950-4230(97)00035-1     Document Type: Article

References (3)

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2. Baum M. R. Rupture of a gas-pressurised cylindrical pressure vessel: The velocity of rocketing fragments. Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries. 4:1991;73-85.
3. Baum M. R. Rupture of a gas-pressuresed cylindrical pressure vessel: The velocity of a detached end-cap. Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries. 8(3):1995;149-161.