Domino Effects in the Process Industries

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Overpressure Effects

Ernesto Salzano^∗, Pol Hoorelbeke^†, Faisal Khan^‡ and Paul Amyotte^§,    ^∗Istituto di Ricerche sulla Combustione, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Napoli, Italy, ^†Total Refining & Chemicals, Vice President Safety Division, Visiting Professor South Chine University of Technology, China, ^‡Safety and Risk Engineering Research Group, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada, ^§Department of Process Engineering and Applied Science, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Chapter Outline

4.1 Introduction

4.2 Overview of the Basics

4.2.1 Consequences of Blast Loads on Equipment

4.2.2 Overall Approach of a Response Analysis

4.3 Nonlinear Dynamic ...