Risk Calculations Involved in Storing Explosives (Risicoberekeningen Ten Aanzien van het Opslaan van Explosieven)

Abstract

This report gives a description of the structure and contents of RISKANAL, a computer program developed at the TNO Prins Maurits Laboratory, the Netherlands. It can also be used as a manual for RISKANAL. The internal and external risks involved in storing explosives can be calculated with RISKANAL. The program uses the quantity-distances according to the NATO AC/258 recommendations 1 and the probit functions as given in the Dutch 'Green Book' 2. The final result of the program is the average number of lethalities to be expected if a magazine on a complex should accidentally explode. With these figures, it can be decided whether a situation is acceptable or not by including the probability of an accidental explosion.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1992
Accession Number
ADA263377

Entities

People

  • R. J. Van Amelsfort

Organizations

  • Prins Maurits Laboratorium TNO

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter IED
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Ammunition
  • Classification
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Detonations
  • Dynamic Loads
  • Explosion Effects
  • Explosions
  • Explosives
  • High Explosives
  • Lethality
  • Netherlands
  • Periodicals
  • Probability
  • Risk
  • Risk Analysis
  • Sympathetic Detonations

Readers

  • European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP).
  • Explosive Engineering.
  • Marine Propulsion Engineering and Naval Architecture