Safety of atmospheric storage tanks during accidental explosions

Accident Scenarios Caused by Lightning Impact on Atmospheric Storage Tanks

Accident Scenarios Caused by Lightning Impact on Atmospheric Storage Tanks Amos Necci*, Giacomo Antonioni, Elisabeth Krausmann, Francesca Argenti, Gabriele Landucci, Valerio Cozzani DICAM-Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile, Chimica, Ambientale e dei Materiali Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna, via Terracini n.28, 40131 Bologna, Italy European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Institute...

Prediction of fireball consequences caused by Boilover occurrence in the atmospheric storage tanks

Background and Objectives: Although Boilover occurs with a low frequency, but in case of occurrence, it can cause severe damage to people and equipment around the tank. The prediction of the fireball of Boilover phenomenon has an important role to play in adopting appropriate strategies for fire suppression of the atmospheric storage tank. The purpose of this study is to predict the consequence...

Loads Prediction Program for Accidental Explosions in Underground Munitions Storage Facilities

The KLOTZ Club is a multi-national group of explosives safety specialists concerned with the safe storage of military ammunition and munitions. One topic of present interest to the KLOTZ Club is the effects of the hazardous environment that would result from an accidental explosion in an underground military munitions storage facility. The necessary placement and/or design of nearby above-groun...

Fluid damping of cylindrical liquid storage tanks

A method is proposed in order to calculate the damping effects of viscous fluids in liquid storage tanks subjected to earthquakes. The potential equation of an ideal fluid can satisfy only the boundary conditions normal to the surface of the liquid. To satisfy also the tangential interaction conditions between liquid and tank wall and tank bottom, the potential flow is superimposed by a one-dim...

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