Consequence analysis by means of characteristic curves to determine the damage to humans from bursting spherical vessels

Process Safety and Environmental Protection

Volumn 86, Issue 2 B, 2008, Pages 121-129

  Ferradás, Enrique González ^a   Alonso, Fernando Díaz ^a   Miñarro, Marta Doval ^a   Aznar, Agustín Miñana ^a   Gimeno, José Ruiz ^a   Pérez, Juan Francisco Sánchez ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Consequence analysis; Damage; Sphere explosion; Tank rupture; Vessel burst

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERS; FRACTURE FIXATION; GRAPHIC METHODS; PRESSURE; WAVES;

CHARACTERISTIC CURVES; CHEMICAL ENGINEERS; COMPUTER PROGRAMS; CONSEQUENCE ANALYSIS; DAMAGE CRITERION; OPERATION CHARACTERISTICS; OVERPRESSURE (OP); PRESSURE WAVES; PROCESS SAFETY; SKULL FRACTURE; SPHERICAL VESSELS; SPHERICAL(PIVOT); WHOLE BODY (WB);

CURVES (ROAD);

EID: 42549104706     PISSN: 09575820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psep.2007.10.004     Document Type: Article

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