What Do Quantity-Distances Mean?
Abstract
Quantity-Distances ensure the minimum practicable risk to life and property, including ammunition. Several kinds of QD are traditionally provided by safety manuals towards internal facilities (explosive magazines and workshops, other workshops and office buildings) and external facilities (public traffic routes, inhabited buildings, other categories of meeting places and buildings). Levels of protection against instantaneous propagation of explosion for 1.1. products, and against propagation of combustion for 1.3 products are well described. Levels of damage to persons and properties are well described from 1.1. products. They have to be precised from 1.2 and 1.3 products. This implies to define consistent levels of acceptable damage towards each category of possible exposed item. French regulation defines six potential damage zones, separated by five (red, orange, yellow, green, blue) lines with defined decreasing potential damage. It provides a list of accepted exposed items, to be tolerated in these damage zones.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 01, 1990
- Accession Number
- ADA529588
Entities
People
- Jean G. Goliger