• Magazine of the Korean Society of Hazard Mitigation
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• v.11 no.1
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• pp.15-23
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• 2011

백두화산의 재 폭발 후에 발생할 재해에 대해 검토한 결과, 화산의 풍하측에 낙하하는 화산재에 의한 피해보다, 폭발 후 수년간 이어질 지구 냉각과 장기 가뭄 그리고 이로 인한 사회격변의 위험성이 더 큰 것으로 검토되었다. 근거로 10세기 전후 백두화산이 폭발하던 시기에, 지구냉각과 연속 대 가뭄의 재앙이 발생했으며, 후백제와 후고구려의 건국과 멸망, 신라와 발해의 멸망 등 대규모 사회격변 현상들이 있었음이 확인되었다. 백두화산의 다음 폭발시기, 그리고 이 재 폭발과 한반도의 극대가뭄이 동시에 발생할 가능성 등도 검토 되었다. 결과로서 백두산 재 폭발이 한반도의 극대 가뭄의 주기(124년)와 연관되어 동시에 발생할 가능성이 없지 않으며, 이 경우, 2025년이 재앙의 정점이 될 것으로 추론되었다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Industrial Safety Conference
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• 1997.11a
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• pp.103-108
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• 1997

가연성 분진이 존재하는 곳에서는 업종과 취급상태를 불구하고 분진에 의한 화재 및 폭발의 가능성이 존재하며, 폭발이 발생하면 작업자 뿐만 아니라 주위에 큰 피해를 입힐 수 있는 잠재적 위험성을 가지고 있다. 분진에 의한 화재ㆍ폭발사고 사례를 보면 탱크, 혼합기, 사일로, 집진기 둥의 시설에서 알루미늄, 마그네슘 등의 금속류와 플라스틱, 프탈산 등의 화학제품류 및 합성수지류, 고무ㆍ천연수지류, 농산물 섬유류, 목분류 등의 가연성 분진에 의한 다종다양한 중대 재해가 발생하였다1). 따라서 이들 분진을 취급하고 있는 산업현장에서의 화재ㆍ폭발사고를 방지하기 위해서는 분진폭발에 대한 잠재적 위험성을 파악하는 것이 대단히 중요하다. (중략)

• Fire Science and Engineering
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• v.24 no.3
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• pp.66-71
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• 2010

In order to evaluate the fire and explosion involved and to ensure the safe and optimized operation of chemical processes, it is necessary to know combustion properties. Explosion limit is one of the major combustion properties used to determine the fire and explosion hazards of the flammable substances. In this study, the lower explosion and upper explosion limits of esters were predicted by using the heat of combustion. The values calculated by the proposed equations agreed with literature data within a few percent. From the given results, using the proposed methodology, it is possible to predict the explosion limits of the other ester flammable substances.

• Proceedings of the Korean Nuclear Society Conference
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• 1995.05a
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• pp.531-537
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• 1995

본 논문에서는 증기폭발의 전파과정을 해석하기 위한 수학적 모델을 제시하였다. 이 모델은 용융물, 용융파편, 그리고 냉각재 기상과 액상 둥 4상 유체의 2차원적인 천이거동을 지배방정식 및 관련상관식의 수치적 해를 구함으로써 증기폭발의 전파속도 및 폭발압력 등을 예측할 수 있다. 모델에 사용된 주요 상관식은 용융물 분쇄, 냉각재 상변화, 에너지 교환, 그리고 운동량 교환함으로 구성되어 있다. 냉각재의 상태를 결정하는데 있어서 냉각재의 기상과 액상 사이의 열역학적인 비평형을 허용할 수 있도록 냉각재의 상태방정식을 구성하였다. 주석/물의 증기폭발에 대한 예제계산을 수행한 결과 폭발의 전파속도 및 압력 등에 있어서 합당한 것으로 밝혀졌다. 또한 중요한 초기변수(중기 분율, 용융물 분율) 및 관련상관식에 대한 민감도 분석을 수행함으로써 모델개선을 위한 중요인자를 제시하였다.

• Fire Science and Engineering
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• v.19 no.4 s.60
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• pp.26-31
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• 2005

In order to evaluate the fire and explosion involved and to ensure the safe and optimized operation of chemical processes, it is necessary to know combustion properties. Explosion limit is one of the major combustion properties used to determine the fire and explosion hazards of the flammable substances. In this study, the explosion limits of alcohols were predicted by using the normal boiling points and the flash points based on a solution theory. The values calculated by the proposed equations agreed with literature data within a few percent. From the given results, using the proposed methodology; it is Possible to Predict the explosion limits of the other flammable substances.

• Fire Science and Engineering
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• v.26 no.4
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• pp.63-69
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• 2012

Explosion limit is one of the major combustion properties used to determine the fire and explosion hazards of the flammable substances. In this study, the lower explosion limit (LEL) and upper explosion limit (UEL) of organic halogenated hydrocarbons were predicted by using the heat of combustion and chemical stoichiometric coefficients. The calculated explosion limits by the proposed equations agreed with literature data within a few percent. From the given results, using the proposed methodology, it is possible to predict the explosion limits of the other organic halogenated hydrocarbons.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Gas
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• v.16 no.6
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• pp.1-6
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• 2012

Using the Siwek 20 L spherical explosion vessel, the explosion properties have been examined to understand the influence of magnesium content in Mg-Al alloy dusts with different concentration. For this purpose, the Mg-Al alloy dusts (volume mean diameter : $151{\sim}160{\mu}m$) with magnesium content ratio were used. As the results, the increase of Mg content in Mg-Al alloy causes an decreased minimum explosion concentration and an increased maximum explosion pressure. Also the maximum explosion pressure and maximum rate of pressure rise in Mg-Al alloy dusts mainly depended on the dust concentrations. However, for the explosion index (Kst) of Mg-Al (40:60 wt%), Mg-Al (50:50 wt%) and Mg-Al (60:40 wt%), it was founded to increase the Kst with increasing of magnesium content ratio.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Gas
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• v.21 no.4
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• pp.1-5
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• 2017

Leaking of natural gas, which is mostly methane, in a confined living space creates flammable atmosphere and gives rise to explosion accident. The minimum amount of leaked methane for explosion is highly dependent on the degree of mixing in the confined space. This paper proposes a method for estimating minimum amount of flammable gas for explosion by using Gaussian distribution explosion model(GDEM) and experimental explosion data. The explosion pressure in the confined space can be estimated by assuming the Gaussian distribution of flammable gas along the height of an enclosure and estimating the maximum amount of gas within flammable limits, combustion of the estimated gas with constant volume and adiabatic or isothermal mixing in the confined space. The predicted minimum gas amount for an explosion is tied to explosion pressure that results in a given building damage level. The result shows that very small amount of methane leaking in the confined space may results in a serious gas explosion accident. This result could be applied not only to setting the leak criteria for developing a gas safety appliance but also to accident investigating of explosion.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Gas
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• v.15 no.5
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• pp.13-18
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• 2011

Experimental studies were carried out to investigate the characteristics of explosion mitigations by varying concentrations of agar gel barriers in an explosion chamber, 1400 mm in length, with a square cross-section of $100{\times}100mm^2$. Another extension chamber, $100{\times}100{\times}300mm^3$, was made to hold a gel barrier. Four different gel concentrations were used in the measurements: 2, 3, 4, 5 %(by weight of gel). Displacement of the gel barrier was measured using a high speed camera, and pressure development was measured using pressure transducers and a data acquisition system. It was found that as the concentrations of the gel barriers increased, the gel rupture time and the time taken to reach the maximum pressure increased. It was also found that the increment of gel concentrations increased the reduction percentage in the maximum pressure between before and after gel barrier.

• Journal of Korean Tunnelling and Underground Space Association
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• v.13 no.5
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• pp.413-430
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• 2011

Consideration on the explosion resistant design of infrastructure has increased in the recent years. The explosion load is caused by gas explosion or bomb blast. In this study an analytical model is developed, whereby the tunnel structure is divided in several elements that are schematized as single degree of freedom mass-spring-dashpot systems on gas explosion. Using this simple model a sensitivity analysis has been carried out on tunnel structure design parameters such as explosive peak pressure, duration of the load, thickness of structure, burial depth. Finite element method was used to investigate the dynamic response and plastic zone of a tunnel under gas explosion. And it was found from the comparison of the analysis results that there are slight differences in the response of the intermediate wall between the single degree of freedom mass-spring-dashpot model and FEM.