Design of a room against explosion
Design of a room against explosion
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I am designing a pressure test room where a pipe under 10000 psi pressure is tested. it is required by the owner to design the room so that to prevent any projectile, if the pipe under the pressure exploded, to get out of the room.
Can any one help me where to find a source to design such a room.
Note: I've faced a similar situation for designing a boiler room, but my superiors told me to design the walls for 2tons/meter-squared
Can any one help me where to find a source to design such a room.
Note: I've faced a similar situation for designing a boiler room, but my superiors told me to design the walls for 2tons/meter-squared






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These are just some things to keep in mind when trying chambers to "contain" expanding gas. At some point it can't be contained and must instead be vented as safely as possible.
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The usual structure was an open topped , double concrete reinforced block wall around the hammer mill, inside a metal framed building with tar paper explosion vents set for about 2 PSI in the upper portions of the metal wall. Shrapnel that blew straight up out of the concrete enclosure, was assumed to hit the roof and drop straight back down again.I never saw this tested.
B.E.
The good engineer does not need to memorize every formula; he just needs to know where he can find them when he needs them. Old professor
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Depending on the shrapnel size (and the velocity is accelerated to by the explosion), not much force should develop. I calculated the force developed by (low caliber) firearms striking a wall some years back and the force developed wasn’t that bad (IIRC).
The really hard part in that is determining the velocity the shrapnel is accelerated to by the explosion……not sure how to quantify that.