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MATEC Web Conf.
Volume 290, 2019
9th International Conference on Manufacturing Science and Education – MSE 2019 “Trends in New Industrial Revolution”
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| Article Number | 12023 | |
| Number of page(s) | 9 | |
| Section | Safety and Health at Work | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/201929012023 | |
| Published online | 21 August 2019 | |
Consequence modelling of a truck explosion
National Institute for Research and Development in Mine Safety and Protection to Explosion – INSEMEX, 32-34 G-ral Vasile Milea street, 332047, Petrosani, Hunedoara county, Romania
* Corresponding author: vlad.pasculescu@insemex.ro
Nowadays, the transportation of hazardous substances required for various industrial works is a very common activity. In each national economy, safe transport of hazardous materials on land is an important issue. Much of these materials are either moved by trucks or trains. However, hazardous materials transportation is very likely to generate major accidents with irreversible consequences on surrounding population and on the environment along transportation routes. The current paper deals with analysis and simulation of the consequences of an explosion involving a truck transporting flammable gas cylinders materials. Consequence modelling involves the graphic representation or the calculation and estimation of numerical values which best describe the physical results of loss of containment scenarios which involve flammable/explosive/toxic materials with regard to their impact on surrounding assets or people. In the present study, state of the art software has been used for modelling and simulating the accident scenario, namely the initial fire and the subsequent explosion of the gas cylinders.
© The Authors, published by EDP Sciences, 2019
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