External pressures generated by vented gas and dust explosions

Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries

Volumn 13, Issue 3-5, 2000, Pages 411-417

  Forcier, Tom ^a   Zalosh, Robert ^a  

^a WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blast wave models; Explosions; External pressure

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTORS; CORRELATION METHODS; DUST; METHANE;

BLAST WAVE MODELS; DATA CORRELATIONS; EXTERNAL PRESSURES; VENTED GAS;

EXPLOSIONS;

EID: 0034188247     PISSN: 09504230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0950-4230(99)00044-3     Document Type: Article

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