Guidelines for Vapor Cloud Explosion, Pressure Vessel Burst, BLEVE and Flash Fire Hazards 2e

List of Tables.
<p>List of Figures.</p>
<p>Glossary.</p>
<p>Acknowledgements.</p>
<p>1. INTRODUCTION.</p>
<p>2. MANAGEMENT OVERVIEW.</p>
<p>2.1. Flash Fires.</p>
<p>2.2. Vapor Cloud Explosions.</p>
<p>2.3. Pressure Vessel Bursts.</p>
<p>2.4. BLEVEs.</p>
<p>2.5. Prediction methodologies.</p>
<p>3. CASE HISTORIES.</p>
<p>3.1. Historical experience.</p>
<p>3.2. Flash fires.</p>
<p>3.3. Vapor Cloud Explosions.</p>
<p>3.4. Pressure Vessel Burst.</p>
<p>3.5. BLEVE.</p>
<p>4. BASIC CONCEPTS.</p>
<p>4.1. Atmospheric Vapor Cloud Dispersion.</p>
<p>4.2. Ignition.</p>
<p>4.3. Thermal Radiation.</p>
<p>4.4. Explosions VCE.</p>
<p>4.5. Blast Effects.</p>
<p>5. FLASH FIRES.</p>
<p>5.1. Overview of Experimental Research.</p>
<p>5.2. Flash–Fire Radiation Models.</p>
<p>5.3. Sample Calculations.</p>
<p>6. VAPOR CLOUD EXPLOSIONS.</p>
<p>6.1. Introduction.</p>
<p>6.2. Vapor Cloud Deflagration Theory and Research.</p>
<p>6.3. Vapor Cloud Detonation Theory and Research.</p>
<p>6.4. VCE Prediction Methods.</p>
<p>6.5. Sample problems.</p>
<p>7. PRESSURE VESSEL BURSTS.</p>
<p>7.1. Mechanism of a PVB.</p>
<p>7.2. Scaling Laws Used in PVB Analyses.</p>
<p>7.3. Blast Eeffects of Pressure–Vessel Bursts.</p>
<p>7.4. Methods for Predicting Blast Effects from Vessel Bursts.</p>
<p>7.5. Fragments from a PVB.</p>
<p>7.6. Predicting Fragment Effects from Vessel Bursts.</p>
<p>8. BASIC PRINCIPLES OF BLEVES.</p>
<p>8.1. Introduction.</p>
<p>8.2. Definition of a BLEVE.</p>
<p>8.3. Theory.</p>
<p>8.4. BLEVE Consequences.</p>
<p>8.5. Analytical Models.</p>
<p>8.6. Sample Problems.</p>
<p>9. REFERENCES.</p>
<p>APPENDIX A: VIEW FACTORS FOR SELECTED CONFIGURATIONS.</p>
<p>APPENDIX B: TABULATION OF SOME GAS PROPERTIES IN METRIC UNITS.</p>
<p>APPENDIX C: CONVERSION FACTORS TO SI FOR SELECTED QUANTITIES.</p>