A reduced combustion model for vapor cloud explosions validated against full-scale data

Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 181-192

  Clutter, J Keith ^a  

^a Analytical and Computational Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

CFD; Combustion; Explosions; Vapor clouds

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXPLOSIONS; PETROCHEMICALS;

FLAME SPEEDS;

LOSS PREVENTION;

EXPLOSION;

EID: 0035341810     PISSN: 09504230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0950-4230(00)00044-9     Document Type: Article

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