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Lethality Criteria for Debris Generated from Accidental Explosions.

ADA532158

Publication Date	2010
Personal Author	Henderson, J.
Page Count	24
Abstract	The present criteria for the lethality of debris is based on work by conducted in the early part of the last century. The criteria for converting this lethality into separation distances for explosives storage is somewhat less clear but appears to be based on a conditional probability of lethality of around 1%. Investigations have indicated that the actual probability is considerably less than this level. This paper compares the criteria for establishing Inhabited Building Distances for the various Hazard Divisions and the different inherent explosion effects and recommends new criteria for use with HD 1.1 debris and details what effect this would have on the current QD tables.
Keywords	Explosion effects Debris Buildings United kingdom Lethality Range(Distance) Accidents Symposia Accidental explosions Inhabited building distances Component reports Foreign reports
Source Agency	Non Paid ADAS
NTIS Subject Category	79E - Detonations, Explosion Effects, & Ballistics 68G - Environmental Health & Safety 44G - Environmental & Occupational Factors
Corporate Authors	Ministry of Defence, London (England).
Supplemental Notes	See also ADM002313. Department of Defense Explosives Safety Board Seminar (34th) held in Portland, Oregon on 13-15 July 2010, The original document contains color images.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Conference paper.
NTIS Issue Number	201106

Lethality Criteria for Debris Generated from Accidental Explosions.

Lethality Criteria for Debris Generated from Accidental Explosions.
ADA532158

Publication Date	2010
Personal Author	Henderson, J.
Page Count	24
Abstract	The present criteria for the lethality of debris is based on work by conducted in the early part of the last century. The criteria for converting this lethality into separation distances for explosives storage is somewhat less clear but appears to be based on a conditional probability of lethality of around 1%. Investigations have indicated that the actual probability is considerably less than this level. This paper compares the criteria for establishing Inhabited Building Distances for the various Hazard Divisions and the different inherent explosion effects and recommends new criteria for use with HD 1.1 debris and details what effect this would have on the current QD tables.
Keywords	Explosion effects Debris Buildings United kingdom Lethality Range(Distance) Accidents Symposia Accidental explosions Inhabited building distances Component reports Foreign reports
Source Agency	Non Paid ADAS
NTIS Subject Category	79E - Detonations, Explosion Effects, & Ballistics 68G - Environmental Health & Safety 44G - Environmental & Occupational Factors
Corporate Authors	Ministry of Defence, London (England).
Supplemental Notes	See also ADM002313. Department of Defense Explosives Safety Board Seminar (34th) held in Portland, Oregon on 13-15 July 2010, The original document contains color images.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Conference paper.
NTIS Issue Number	201106