Determination of Relief Vent Areas Required to Control Gasoline Explosions in Certain Boat Engine Compartments

Abstract

The work was performed to acquire necessary data to prepare a Design Guideline for pressure relief-flame deflectors installation in recreational boats of the inboard-stern drive type. Previous work had determined the feasibility of such pressure relief 'valves.' A model was constructed and carefully controlled explosion created with the simulated engine compartment over a range of explosion levels and with different compartment volumes and different area pressure relief values. The overpressures within the model were recorded for the various conditions using a unique acoustic vapor level detection system.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1975
Accession Number
ADA014091

Entities

People

  • R. Losey

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Coast Guard
  • Data Analysis
  • Equations
  • Explosions
  • Explosives
  • Fire Extinguishers
  • Fire Protection
  • Flame Deflectors
  • Frequency
  • Generators
  • Ignition
  • Instrumentation
  • Internal Combustion Engines
  • Manufacturing
  • Materials
  • Safety

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  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Combustion science or combustion engineering.
  • Emergency Management and Homeland Security.