Improved far-field blast predictions from fast deflagrations, DDTs and detonations of vapour clouds using FLACS CFD

Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries

Volumn 35, Issue , 2015, Pages 293-306

  Hansen, Olav R ^a   Johnson, D Michael ^b  

^a LLOYD'S REGISTER   (United Kingdom)

^b DNV GL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Blast waves; CFD; DDT; Detonations; FLACS; Gas explosions

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DETONATION; DRILLING PLATFORMS; DYNAMIC LOADS; EXPLOSIONS; FORECASTING; GASES; IONIZATION OF GASES;

BLAST WAVES; DDT; DEFLAGRATION TO DETONATION TRANSITION; FLACS; FULL-SCALE EXPERIMENT; GAS EXPLOSION LOADS; GAS EXPLOSIONS; MODIFIED PARAMETERS;

EXPLOSIVES;

EID: 84941265951     PISSN: 09504230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jlp.2014.11.005     Document Type: Article

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