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Consequence analysis to buildings from bursting cylindrical vessels
Author(s) -
Ferradás Enrique González,
Alonso Fernando Díaz,
Pérez Juan Francisco Sánchez,
Miñarro Marta Doval,
Aznar Agustín Miñana,
Gimeno José Ruiz
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
process safety progress
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.378
H-Index - 40
eISSN - 1547-5913
pISSN - 1066-8527
DOI - 10.1002/prs.10311
Subject(s) - overpressure , doors , structural engineering , impulse (physics) , displacement (psychology) , attic , engineering , tile , roof , forensic engineering , geology , materials science , physics , composite material , psychology , quantum mechanics , psychotherapist , thermodynamics
Damage effects to buildings must be taken into account when performing consequence analysis, because people indoors can be affected by such damage. The objective of this article is to provide a methodology for estimating damage to buildings from the pressure wave produced by bursting cylindrical vessels, by combining characteristic overpressure‐impulse‐distance curves with PROBIT equations. This methodology allows the damage to be shown in the same diagram as the overpressure, impulse, and distance. Diagrams and equations are presented to determine minor damage to brick buildings of four or less floors (broken windows, displacement of doors and window frames, tile displacement, etc), major structural damage (cracks in walls, collapse of some walls), and collapse (the damage is so extensive that the building is partially or totally demolished). © 2009 American Institute of Chemical Engineers Process Saf Prog, 2009