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Safety Assessment of a Chemical Reactor Vessel

by A. Wiedermann, Illinois Inst of Technology Research, Inst, Chicago, United States,
A. Longinow, Illinois Inst of Technology Research, Inst, Chicago, United States,
F. Calabrese, Illinois Inst of Technology Research, Inst, Chicago, United States,



Document Type: Proceeding Paper

Part of: Structures Congress XII

Abstract:

The potential explosion loadings on a chemical reactor vessel is described in this paper. The potential loads presented provide a basis for designing spherical storage vessels which will survive some prescribed vapor cloud explosion event.

Subject Headings: Pressure vessels | Structural safety | Ship collisions | Explosions | Chemicals | Ships | Load factors

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