• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.41 no.4
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• pp.331-340
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• 2021

The blast damage behavior of reinforced concrete (RC) structures exposed to unexpected extreme loading was investigated. To enhance the accuracy of numerical simulation for blast loading on RC structures with seven blast points, the calculation of blast loads using the Euler-flux-corrected-transport method, the proposed Euler-Lagrange coupling method for fluid-structure interaction, and the concrete dynamic damage constitutive model including the strain rate-dependent strength and failure models was implemented in the ANSYS-AUTODYN solver. In the analysis results, in the case of 20 kg TNT, only the slab member at three blast points showed moderate and light damage. In the case of 100 kg TNT, the slab and girder members at three blast points showed moderate damage, while the slab member at two blast points showed severe damage.

• Explosives and Blasting
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• v.37 no.3
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• pp.1-12
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• 2019

The analysis methods of blast analysis models are classified into direct analysis and indirect analysis, and the latter is divided into semi-empirical and numerical analysis methods. In order to evaluate the applicability of the ELS blast analysis program, which is a program for analyzing the semi-empirical models, this study selected a simplified analytical model and examined the blast load characteristics of free-air burst explosion and surface burst explosion by using AT-Blast, RC-Blast, and Kinney and Graham's empirical equations, which are the semi-empirical analysis programs. As a result of analyzing the explosion pressure for the scaled distance and the incidence angle for the simplified analytical model, an appropriate analysis can be performed when the range of the scaled distance in the free-air burst explosion analysis was 0.3~0.461 and when the range of the scaled distance in the surface burst explosion analysis was 0.378~0.581. In terms of the incidence angle, the results analyzed within $45^{\circ}$ were considered to be appropriate.

• Explosives and Blasting
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• v.41 no.3
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• pp.73-92
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• 2023

With the increase of risk of gas explosion, various methods for indirectly estimating the explosion paramaters, which are required for the prediction of gas explosion scale and impact. In this study, the characteristics of the most frequently used methods such as TNT equivalent method, TNO multi-energy method, and BST method and the processes for determining the parameters of the methods were compared. In the case of TNT equivalent method, an adequate selection of the efficiency factor for various conditions such as the type of vapor cloud explosion and explosion material is needed. There is no objective guidelines for the selection of class number in TNO multi-energy method and it is not possible to estimate negative overpressure. It was found that there were some mistakes in the reported parameter values and suggested corrected values. BST method provides more detailed guidelines for the estimation of the explosion parameters including negative overpressure, but the graphs used in this methods are not clear. In order to overcome the problem, the graphs were redrawn. A more convenient estimation of explosion parameters with the numerical expression of the redrawn graphs will be available in the future.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Industrial Safety Conference
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• 1998.05a
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• pp.193-196
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• 1998

화학플랜트는 폭발성, 유독성 물질의 제조와 취급하므로 사고 발생에 의한 영향은 대단히 크고, 또한 사고 후 몇 년에 걸쳐 그 주변사회에 영향을 미친다. 따라서 화학공장의 화재, 폭발 및 독극물 누출에 의한 사고 등과 같은 가능한 모든 유형의 위험을 예측하고 예방하기 위해서 위험성 평가를 수행해야 한다. 이에 공정안전관리(Process Safety Management, PSM)에 대한 사회적인 관심이 증가하면서 많은 연구자들이 위험성 평가방법을 개발하여 잠재적 위험을 발견하고 안전대책(safety guard)을 제시하여 공정의 안전성을 확보하고자 노력해 왔다. 그러나 개발된 위험성 평가기법은 대부분 전문가들의 수작업을 통해서 이루어짐으로 신뢰성과 안전성을 항상 보장해 주지 못한다. 따라서 근래에 위험성 평가과정을 자동화하고자 하는 연구가 활발히 진행되고 있다. (중략)

• Journal of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea
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• v.36 no.5
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• pp.307-314
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• 2023

This study aims to evaluate the blast performance of shear and flexure failure modes of reinforced concrete columns using finite-element analyses. To accomplish this goal, finite-element models of flexure- and shear-governed columns were developed and validated using previous experimental results. A blast simulation model was developed using a coupling-modeling method, and the modeling method was applied to the validated-column models. Blast responses were obtained for various blast loading scenarios, and the blast performance was determined using limits based on ductility and axial loading capacity.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• v.55 no.5
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• pp.618-622
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• 2017

Gasoline is a widely used product as a source for energy in homes, the automotive industry, and for industrial power generation, and it is also a product with a high risk of fire and explosion. In this study, to examine the risk for explosion for gasoline, PG, MG and RG, which are categorized according to octane number, were used as test specimens to measure their explosion limit according changes in oxygen concentration. The explosion limit for 21% oxygen concentration in air were confirmed to be 1.5~10.9%, 1.4~8.1%, and 1.3~7.6%, respectively, and the MOC for each of the test sample were confirmed to be 10.9%. The explosion limit measured in the test performed in this study confirmed between a 1.2%~7.6% wider explosion limit for the currently accepted MSDS for gasoline, and therefore it is considered that the results of this study can provide significant reference for preventing fires and explosions for process used gasoline.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Marine Environment & Energy
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• v.10 no.4
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• pp.218-226
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• 2007

In modern naval ships, the design of submarines has continually evolved to improve survivability and it is also important to design ship against shock response. Exiting underwater ship design has been peformed due to results of static analysis considering shock acceleration by simple method. However, it can not be anticipated good assesment. The present study applied the Arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian (ALE) technique, a fluid-structure interaction approach, to simulate an underwater explosion and investigate the survival capability of a damaged submarine liquefied oxygen tank. The Lagrangian-Eulerian coupling algorithm and the equations of state for explosives and seawater were also reviewed. It is shown that underwater explosion analysis using the ALE technique can accurately evaluate structural damage after attack. This procedure could be applied quantitatively to real structural design.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• v.58 no.3
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• pp.356-361
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• 2020

Propylene is widely used in petrochemical manufacturing at over 200 ℃. However, since propylene is a flammable gas with fire and explosion risks, inert nitrogen is injected to prevent them. In this study, experiments were conducted using propylene-nitrogen-oxygen upon pressure changes at 200 ℃. At 21% oxygen, as pressure increased from 0.10 MPa to 0.25 MPa, lower explosion limit (LEL) decreased from 2.2% to 1.9% while upper explosion limit (UEL) increased from 14.8% to 17.6%. In addition, minimum oxygen concentration (MOC) decreased from 10.3% to 10.0%, indicating higher risks with the expanded explosive range as pressure increased. With increase of pressure from 0.10 MPa to 0.25 MPa, explosion pressure increased from 1.84 MPa to 6.04 MPa, and the rate of rise of maximum explosion pressure increased drastically from 90 MPa/s to 298 MPa/s. It is hoped that these results can be used as basic data to prevent accidents in factories using propylene.

• Korean Journal of Hazardous Materials
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• v.6 no.2
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• pp.39-46
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• 2018

최근 전자제품 생산업체에서 EPS를 직접생산하게 되면서 EPS 공정이 증가하고 있다. EPS에는 펜탄이 포함되어 있으며, 펜탄은 하이브리드 혼합물로 구분할 수 있어 높은 화재폭발의 위험성을 가지고 있다. 각 공정별 펜탄의 누출률은 발포기, 사일로실, 저장실 순이나 발포기의 경우 일반적으로 밀폐되어 있으므로 사일로 실이 가장 화재폭발 위험성이 높다고 판단하였다. 사일로실의 누출률 중 70%는 사일로 상단을 통해 누출되며, 사일로 상단을 통해 누출되는 펜탄의 거동을 분석하여 사일로실 위험성 완화대책을 수립하였다. 1. 폭발위험구역 2종으로 관리, 2. 사일로상단 50cm이내 환기설비 설치 또는 Push-Pull 구조의 환기설비설치, 3. 사일로 하단 1.4m이내에 가스감지기 설치, 4. 60%이상의 습도유지

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Gas
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• v.1 no.1
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• pp.49-55
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• 1997

Destruction phenomena of structure by gas explosion is due to the explosion pressure and heat. Explosion pressure is a kind of energy converted from the gas mixture explosion. In this paper, we tried to find the relationship between explosion characteristics and combustion heat of the hydrocarbon-oxygen mixtures. Experiment were carried out with the volume of $5916cm^3$ cylindrical explosion vessel. Hydrocarbon gases which used in this study were methane, ethylene, propane, and buthane Experimental parameter was the concentration of the gas mixtures. Explosion characteristics were measured with strain type pressure transducer through the digital storage oscilloscope. From the experimental result, it was found that explosion pressure depend upon the combustion heat.