HAZX Part 2. An Explosives Safety Risk Tool
Abstract
HAZX is an explosives safety software tool that can be used to assess the hazards and/or risks when Quantity-Distance (Q-D) safe separation distances are violated. Part 2 of the presentation focuses on the HAZX risk module which includes a GUI/GIS interface to simplify user inputs, spatial analyses and the display of results and reports. The risk tool is being initially developed using the algorithms and methods documented in DDESB's Technical Paper No. 14. The risk tool will eventually incorporate several new sub-models including: a) air blast consequences, b) roof and wall fragment penetration, c) physics-based fragment throw, d) human vulnerability, and e) uncertainty. The HAZX risk tool's architecture and the development process used to meet the technical and software requirements for alternative software per DOD 6055.9-STD are presented. The current HAZX risk tool is demonstrated on a complex explosives siting problem involving multiple PES's, each with multiple hazard divisions, and each affecting multiple ES's (buildings, vehicles, and people in the open).
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jul 01, 2010
- Accession Number
- ADA532253
Entities
People
- George Lloyd
- Jon D. Chrostowski
- Lyn Little
- Paul Cummins