• 한국안전학회지
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• 제31권3호
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• pp.60-67
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• 2016

The gas leak and explosion accident is able to give a fatal injury to nearby people from the explosion center and interest in effect of the explosion on the human body is increased. Accidents by Portable Butane Gas Range of a gas explosion accident occupy the most share. As a result, the injury on the human body frequently occur. However, It is situation that are experiencing difficulties in consequence analysis of explosion accidents owing to shortage of explosion power data and lack of research on the effect of the human body by the gas explosion. This paper acquire human injury data by performing the actual explosion experiment with Portable Butane Gas Range and evaluate power by explosion and effect of explosion on the human body to perform explosion simulation with LS-DYNA program. It is intended to contribute to the exact cause of the accident investigation and the same type of accident prevention.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제87권4호
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• pp.297-304
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• 2023

Targeted introduction of explosion-resisting and energy-absorbing materials and optimization of explosion-resisting composite structural styles in underground engineering are the most important measures for modern engineering protection. They could also improve the survivability of underground engineering in wartime. In order to test explosion-resisting and energy-absorbing effects of high-performance equal-sized-aggregate (HPESA) concrete, the explosive loading tests were conducted on HPESA concrete composite plates by field simple explosion craters. Time-history curves of the explosion pressure at the interfaces were obtained under six conditions with different explosion ranges and different thicknesses of the HPESA concrete plate. Test results show that under the same explosion range, composite plate structures with different thicknesses of the HPESA concrete plate differ significantly in terms of the wave-absorbing ability. Under the three thicknesses in the tests, the wave-absorbing ability is enhanced with the growing thickness and the maximum pressure attenuation index reaches 83.4%. The energy attenuation coefficient of the HPESA concrete plate under different conditions was regressively fitted. The natural logarithm relations between the interlayer plate thickness and the energy attenuation coefficient under the two explosion ranges were attained.

• 한국안전학회지
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• 제7권3호
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• pp.66-72
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• 1992

An experimental study was carried out to analyse the explosion characteristics of flammable gas-air mixtures. Used flammable gases were hydrogen, methane, acethylene, ethylene and pro-pane, explosion Pressure, explosoin pressure rising rate, and flame propagation velocity were measured experimentaly. The maximum explosion pressure and rising rate of flammmalbe gas air mixtures were appeared at the range of slightly higher concentration than the stoichiometric concentration. Initial pressure before explosion was controlled from 0.6 to 2.0kg/cm absolutly. Explosion pressure was increased with increment of the initial pressure, and the relationship between initial pressure and explosion pressure was Pe = KPi. The effect of vessel size on explosion characteristics was also analysed In this experiment. Explosion pressure was increased with in-creasing the vessel size, otherwise explosion pressure rising rate was decreased. When we locate a dummy material in vessel explosion pressure was decreased with increasing the dummy volume but exlosion pressure rising rate was increased.

• 한국가스학회지
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.60-64
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• 2006

카본블랙 제조공정에서 발생되는 부생가스의 폭발한계와 폭발특성을 연구하였다. 부생 가스의 75% 가량은 수분과 질소였으며 가연성 성분으로는 수소를 비롯한 메탄, 아세틸렌, 일산화탄소 등을 포함하고 있어 연료로 활용하고 있다. 부생 가스중의 가연성 가스 성분들에 의해 공정상에 폭발 및 연소의 위험이 있다. 실험결과 얻어진 폭발한계범위는 17.1%에서 70.7%였으며 르샤틀리에 법칙을 이용하여 예측한 값과는 상당한 차이가 있었다. 또한 폭발특성 실험 결과 폭발압력은 최대 $5.4kg/cm^2$이었고 평균 폭발압력 상승속도는 $39.2kg/cm^2/s$였다. 이러한 결과들은 부생 가스의 취급 및 이용에 따른 폭발이나 화재 사고시 공정과 시설 등에 치명적인 손상을 입힐 수 있으므로 가스폭발 방지 및 방호조치가 필요하다.

• 한국위험물학회지
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.62-67
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• 2018

It is very important to classify explosion hazardous area in order to prevent an accident explosion. In order to prevent such a explosion, the Industrial Safety and Health Standards Rules stipulates the establishment and management of explosion hazards in accordance with the criteria set by the Korean Industrial Standards. This study has investigated the range of the explosion hazardous area according to various hole sizes, pressures, vapor densities, and wind velocities in the outdoor flammable liquid tank using KS C IEC-60079-10-1 $2^{nd}$ Ed.(=IEC CODE) and PHAST. The results show that the explosion hazardous areas by IEC CODE have circle shapes. However, the areas by PHAST show ellipse shapes. The different of the explosion hazardous areas increases with the increase of wind velocity.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제20권7호
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• pp.599-606
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• 2019

위험물질에 의한 제조물을 취급하는 설비와 시설은 대부분 고온, 고압으로 공정을 운전을 한다. 이로 인해 화재폭발로 인한 위험성이 증대되고 있다. 특히, 폭발 사고는 석유 화학 가스설비 등 위험물 시설의 가장 주된 위험요인으로 작용하고 있으며, 그 중, 프로필렌은 석유화학 플랜트의 기초 원료 및 첨가 중합반응에 의한 합성물질을 제조하는 현장에서 많이 사용되고 있다. 산소농도의 변화에 대한 폭발범위를 구함으로써 프로필렌을 사용하는 사업장에서 발생 될 수 있는 폭발을 예방하기 위하여 불활성 가스인 $CO_2$를 이용하여 온도와 압력의 변화에 따라 산소농도의 변화에 대한 폭발범위를 구하였다. 온도는 $25^{\circ}C$, $100^{\circ}C$, $200^{\circ}C$로 변화시켜 측정하였으며, 용기 내 압력을 $1.0kgf/cm^2.G$, $1.5kgf/cm^2.G$, $2.0kgf/cm^2.G$, $2.5kgf/cm^2.G$로 $CO_2$를 가압시켜 측정하였다. 폭발한계는 온도, 압력 및 산소농도와 관계가 있으며, 온도와 압력이 높아질수록 최소산소농도는 낮아지고, 산소농도가 낮아질수록 폭발범위는 좁아졌다. 또한, 최소산소농도 이하의 농도에서는 프로필렌의 증기와 점화원이 존재하여도 폭발이 발생하지 않는 것을 알 수 있다.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제56권6호
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• pp.811-818
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• 2018

A fire and explosion accident caused by a liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) welding and cutting torch gas leak occurred 10 m underground at the site of reinforcement work for bridge columns, killing four people and seriously injuring ten. We conducted a comprehensive investigation into the accident to identify the fundamental causes of the explosion by analyzing the structure of the construction site and the properties of propane, which was the main component of LPG welding and cutting work used at the site. The range between the lower and upper explosion limits of leaking LPG for welding and cutting work was examined using Le Chatelier's formula; the behavior of LPG concentration change, which included dispersion and concentration change, was analyzed using the fire dynamic simulator (FDS). We concluded that the primary cause of the accident was combustible LPG that leaked from a welding and cutting torch and formed a explosion range between the lower and upper limits. When the LPG contacted the flame of the welding and cutting torch, LPG explosion occurred. The LPG explosion power calculation was verified by the blast effect computation program developed by the Department of Defense Explosive Safety Board (DDESB). According to the fire simulation results, we concluded that the welding and cutting torch LPG leak caused the gas explosion. This study is useful for safety management to prevent accidents caused by LPG welding and cutting work at construction sites.

• 화약ㆍ발파
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• 제37권3호
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• pp.1-12
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• 2019

폭발 해석 모델의 해석 방법은 직접적 해석과 간접적 해석으로 구별되며, 간접적 해석으로는 반경험적 해석 방법과 수치 해석적 방법으로 나뉜다. 본 연구에서는 반경험적 모델 해석의 프로그램인 ELS 폭발 해석 프로그램의 적용성을 평가하기 위해, 단순 해석 모델을 선정하고 다양한 반경험적 해석 프로그램인 AT-Blast, RC-Blast와 Kinney와 Graham의 경험식을 이용하여 자유 공중 폭발과 지표면 폭발에서의 폭발 하중 특성을 검토하였다. 단순 해석 모델에 대해 환산거리와 입사각에 대한 폭발 압력을 해석한 결과, 자유 공중 폭발 해석에서 환산거리의 범위는 $0.3{\sim}0.461m/kg^{1/3}$이고, 지표면 폭발 해석에서 환산거리의 범위는 $0.378{\sim}0.581m/kg^{1/3}$ 일 때 적합한 해석을 수행할 수 있으며, 입사각의 경우에는 $45^{\circ}$ 이내에서 해석한 결과가 적합한 것으로 판단된다.

• Tribology and Lubricants
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• 제11권5호
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• pp.1-9
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• 1995

The mechanism of various spherical particles formation from wide range of tribo-systerns is suggested and deduced by the action of micro-explosion on the basis of the thermally-activated wear theory, in which the flash temperature at contact could be reached clearly upto the material molten temperature due to the secondary activation energy from the exothermic reactions involving lubricant thermo-decomposition, metals oxidation, hydrogen reactions and other possible complex thermo-reactions at the contacts. Various shapes of spherical particles generated from the tribosystem can be explained by the toroidal action of micro-explosion accompanied with the complex thermo-chemical reactions at the contact surfaces or sub-surfaces.

• 한국안전학회지
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.109-114
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• 2001

Explosive characteristics of the city gas were determined by using the gas explosion apparatues. The explosive range is determined between lower explosive limit of 5.0% and upper explosive limit of 15.3% at atmosphere and even though the oxygen concentration is decreased, lower explosive limit is not changed, but upper explosive limit is rapidly decreased. The minimum oxygen for combustion is determined 10%. The maximum explosion pressure is determined 5.72$\textrm{cm}^2$ and the maximum rate of explosion pressure rise is oxygen concentration of 12% to determined 160.12$\textrm{cm}^2{\cdot}$sec.