Paper Info
Title
The analysis of domino accidents triggered by vapor cloud explosions
Abstract
Domino effect is a well-known cause of severe accidents in the chemical and process industry. Several studies pointed out that the more critical step in the quantitative assessment of domino hazards is the availability of reliable models to estimate the possibility and probability of the escalation of primary accidents. This work focused on the revision of available models for the quantitative estimation of damage probability to plant equipment caused by pressure waves generated by a primary accident. Available data on damages to process equipment caused by pressure waves were analyzed. Several specific probit functions for different elements of process equipment were obtained from the analysis of failure data. The analysis of blast wave propagation in different types of explosions allowed the estimation of the expected damage probability as a function of distance from the explosion center and of explosion strength. The results obtained were used to assess safety distance criteria and to evaluate the contribution to individual risk of domino effect due to pressure waves.
Year
DOI
Venue
2005
10.1016/j.ress.2004.11.012
Reliability Engineering & System Safety
Keywords
DocType
Volume
Domino effect,Explosion,Equipment damage
Journal
90
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
2
0951-8320
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
0
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Ernesto Salzano1143.32
Valerio Cozzani25711.98