Flixborough revisited - An explosion simulation approach

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 77, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 1-9

  Hoiset S ^a   Hjertager, B H ^b,c   Solberg, T ^b,c   Malo, K A ^d  

^a STATOIL   (Norway)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c Telemark Technol RD Ctr (Tel Tek)   (Norway)

^d NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Accident; CFD; EXSIM; Gas explosions; Process safety

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXPLOSIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

GAS EXPLOSIONS; SOFTWARE PACKAGE EXSIM;

HAZARDOUS MATERIALS;

CYCLOHEXANE;

ACCIDENT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DANGEROUS GOODS; EXPLOSION; GAS ANALYSIS;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYCLOHEXANES; EXPLOSIONS; GASES; HUMANS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 0034597405     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3894(00)00197-7     Document Type: Article

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