Consequence analysis by means of characteristic curves to determine the damage to humans from the detonation of explosive substances as a function of TNT equivalence |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22903, USA;2. Newtec Services, Edgefield, SC, USA;3. Engineering Department, Cambridge University, UK;1. Department of Safety Engineering, College of Mining and Safety Engineering, Shandong University of Science and Technology, 579 Qianwangang Road, Economic & Technical Development Zone, Qingdao, Shandong Province 266590, PR China;2. State Key Laboratory of Mining Disaster Prevention and Control Co-founded by Shandong Province and the Ministry of Science and Technology, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266590, China;3. Energy Flagship, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, P.O. Box 883, Kenmore, Brisbane, QLD 4069, Australia;4. Department of Chemical Engineering and Safety, Bin Zhou University, 391 Huanghe 5th Road, Bincheng Zone, Binzhou, Shandong Province 256600, PR China;5. Bin Zhou Safety Assessment Center, Sunshine Hotel Fuqian Road, Bincheng Zone, Binzhou, Shandong Province 256600, PR China |
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| Abstract: | In a previous paper, the characteristic overpressure–impulse–distance curves for the detonation of explosive substances were presented. They allow the overpressure and impulse to be determined at each distance from the detonation. When combined with damage criteria (such as those shown by the Probit equations), the characteristic curves allow consequence analysis for this kind of explosion to be carried out in only one step, as the damage is shown in the same diagram as the overpressure, impulse and distance. In this paper, diagrams and equations are presented to determine the damage to humans (eardrum rupture, death due to displacement and skull fracture, death due to displacement and whole body impact, and death due to lung damage or lung haemorrhage). |
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