Domino Effects in the Process Industries

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Missile Projection Effects

Alessandro Tugnoli^∗, Valerio Cozzani^∗, Faisal Khan^† and Paul Amyotte^‡, ^∗LISES, Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile, Chimica, Ambientale e dei Materiali, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy, ^†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

6.1 Introduction

6.2 Escalation Caused by Fragments

6.2.1 Scenarios Leading to Fragment Projection

6.2.2 Fragment Formation

6.2.3 Fragment Impact

6.2.4 Fragment Damage

6.3 Identification and Characterization of Fragment Sources ...