Characteristic overpressure-impulse-distance curves for vapour cloud explosions using the TNO Multi-Energy model

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 137, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 734-741

  Alonso, Fernando Díaz ^a   Ferradás, Enrique González ^a   Pérez, Juan Francisco Sánchez ^a   Aznar, Agustín Miñana ^a   Gimeno, José Ruiz ^a   Alonso, Jesús Martínez ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b Unidad de Proteccion Civil   (Spain)

Author keywords

Impulse; Industrial accident; Overpressure; TNO Multi energy model; Vapour cloud explosion

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS; POWER EQUATIONS; TNO MULTI-ENERGY MODEL; VAPOUR CLOUD EXPLOSION;

EXPLOSIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; VAPOR PRESSURE;

INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING;

EXPLOSIONS; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; VAPOR PRESSURE;

CLOUD COVER; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; OVERPRESSURE; VAPORIZATION;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLOUD; CURVE FITTING; ENERGY; EXPLOSION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; TNO MULTI ENERGY MODEL; VAPOR;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; EXPLOSIONS; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PRESSURE;

EID: 33748547602     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2006.04.005     Document Type: Article

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