The relationship between fragmentation landing speed and blast crater' depth

Wenling Guan, Juncheng Jiang, Jiajia Jiang, Fang Yu

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Abstract

In order to establish relationship between fragments from failure' vessels and blast crater in explosive spot of the chemical plant, the resistances of oval-shaped and end-cap fragments were deduced by cavity expansion theory when fragments penetrated into concrete target. On this basis, through Newton's second law, the formula was determined about relationship of fragment's velocity and blast crater's depth. Taking blast crater with 20 miles depth as an example, the initial velocity and kinetic energy of fragment about 20 kilograms was analyzed. Results showed that the initial input speed was about 42.35 m/s and kinetic energy was equal to about 8.76 KJ. Compared with the previous data, those results were reasonable. The above results provide theoretical basis to analyze the cause of vessels' failure in the view of energy equilibrium.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationICRMS'2011 - Safety First, Reliability Primary
Subtitle of host publicationProceedings of 2011 9th International Conference on Reliability, Maintainability and Safety
Pages1060-1063
Number of pages4
DOIs
StatePublished - 2011
Event2011 9th International Conference on Reliability, Maintainability and Safety: Safety First, Reliability Primary, ICRMS'2011 - Guiyang, China
Duration: 12 Jun 201115 Jun 2011

Publication series

NameICRMS'2011 - Safety First, Reliability Primary: Proceedings of 2011 9th International Conference on Reliability, Maintainability and Safety

Conference

Conference2011 9th International Conference on Reliability, Maintainability and Safety: Safety First, Reliability Primary, ICRMS'2011
Country/TerritoryChina
CityGuiyang
Period12/06/1115/06/11

Keywords

  • blast crater
  • cavity expansion theory
  • fragments
  • kinetic energy
  • oblique penetration

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