• 한국지열·수열에너지학회논문집
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.79-90
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• 2021

This paper presents a study to reduce the effect of blast pressure on the blast valves installed in protection tunnels, where the shape of the tunnel entrance and the blast pocket is optimized based on the predetermined basic shape of the protective tunnels. The reliability of the numerical tunnel models was examined by performing analyses of mesh convergence and overpressure stability and with comparison to the data in blast-load design charts in UFC 3-340-02 (DoD, 2008). An optimal mesh size and a stabilized distance of overpressure were proposed, and the numerical results were validated based on the UFC data. A parametric study to reduce the blast overpressures in tunnel was conducted using the validated numerical model. Analysis was performed applying 1) the entrance slope of 90, 75, 60, and 45 degrees, 2) two blast pockets with the depth 0.5, 1.0, and 1.5 times the tunnel width, 3) the three types of curved back walls of the blast pockets, and 4) two types of the upper and lower surfaces of the blast pockets to the reference tunnel model. An optimal solution by combining the analysis results of the tunnel entrance shape, the depth of the blast pockets, and the upper and lower parts of the blast pockets was provided in comparison to the reference tunnel model. The blast overpressures using the proposed tunnel shape have been reduced effectively.

• 한국공간구조학회논문집
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.25-34
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• 2023

This paper presents a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis to investiagate the effect of expansion chamber on overpressure reduction in protective tunnels subjected to detonation of high explosives. A commercial CFD code, Viper::Blast, was used to model the blast waves in a protective tunnel with a length of 160 m, width of 8.9 m and height of 7.2 m. Blast scenarios and simulation matrix were establihsed in consideration of the design parameters of expansion chamber, including the chamber lengths of 6.1 m to 12.1 m, widths of 10.7 m to 97 m, length to width ratios of 0.0 to 5.0, heights of 8.0 m and 14.9 m, and ratios of chamber to tunnel width of 1.2 to 10.9 m. A charge weight of TNT of 1000 kg was used. The mesh sizes of the numerical model of the protective tunnel were determined based on a mesh convergence study. A parametric study based on the simulation matrix was performed using the proposed CFD tunnel model and the optimized shape of expansion chamber of the considered tunnel was then proposed based on the numerical results. Design recommendations for the use of expansion chamber in protective tunnel under blast loads to reduce the internal overpressures were finally provided.

• 한국지열·수열에너지학회논문집
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.7-18
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• 2022

Secondary batteries used in electric vehicles have a potential risk of ignition and explosion. Various safety measures are being taken to prevent these risks. A numerical study was performed using a computational fluid dynamics code on the cases where pressure relief vents that can reduce the blast overpressures of batteries were installed in the through-compression test room, short-circuit drop test room, combustion test room, and immersion test room in facilities rleated to battery used in electric vehicles. This study was conducted using the weight of TNT equivalent to the energy release from the battery, where the the thermal runaway energy was set to 324,000 kJ for the capacity of the lithium-ion battery was 90 kWh and the state of charge (SOC) of the battery of 100%. The explosion energy of TNT (△H_TNT) generally has a range of 4,437 to 4,765 kJ/kg, and a value of 4,500 kJ/kg was thus used in this study. The dimensionless explosion efficiency coefficient was defined as 15% assuming the most unfavorable condition, and the TNT equivalent mass was calculated to be 11 kg. The internal explosion generated in a test room shows the very complex propagation behavior of blast waves. The shock wave generated after the explosion creates reflected shock waves on all inner surfaces. If the internally reflected shock waves are not effectively released to the outside, the overpressures inside are increased or maintained due to the continuous reflection and superposition from the inside for a long time. Blast simulations for internal explosion targeting four test rooms with pressure relief vents installed were herein conducted. It was found that that the maximum blast overpressure of 34.69 bar occurred on the rear wall of the immersion test room, and the smallest blast overpressure was calculated to be 3.58 bar on the side wall of the short-circuit drop test room.

• 한국지열·수열에너지학회논문집
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.21-28
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• 2018

This paper presents two-step simulations to calculate the influence of blast-induced pressures on explosion-protection valves installed at the boundary between a protection facility and a tunnel entering the facility. The first step is to calculate the respective overpressure on the entrance and exit of the tunnel when an explosion occurs near the tunnel entrance and exit to approach the protection facility. Secondly, the blast pressures on the explosion-protection valves mounted to walls located near the tunnel inside approaching the protection facility are analyzed with a 0.1 ms time variation using the results obtained from the first-step calculations. The following conclusions could be derived as a results: (1) The analysis of the entrance tunnel scenario, P1, leads to the maximum overpressure of 47 kPa, approximately a half of the ambient pressure, at the inner entrance due to the effect of blast barrier. For the scenario, P2, the case not blocked by the barrier, the maximum overpressure is 628 kPa, which is relatively high, namely, 5.2 times the ambient pressure. (2) It is observed that the pressure for the entrance tunnel is effectively mitigated because the initial blast pressures are partially offset from each other according to the geometry of the entrance and a portion of the pressures is discharged to the outside.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제52권6호
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• pp.706-712
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• 2014

폭약은 높은 에너지를 포함하는 반응성 물질이며 폭발이 발생할 경우 강한 빛, 높은 열, 소음 및 고압을 발생시킨다. 폭발 지점 주변의 손상은 대부분 높은 과압과 폭풍파에 영향을 받는다. 따라서 폭발에 의한 압력 및 폭풍파의 분석이 매우 중요하다. 본 연구에서는 HMX와 같은 고폭화약의 최대 과압 및 폭풍파 속도를 분석하였다. 먼저 HMX 폭발에 관하여 4가지 경우를 선정하고 폭발현상을 모델링하였으며 HMX의 양에 따른 폭발시뮬레이션을 통하여 최대 과압 및 폭풍파 속도를 도출하였다. 또한, 폭발이 Geometry 중심에서 일어난다고 가정하고 계산된 과압과 폭풍파 속도로부터 폭심에서 인접해 있는 위치의 영향을 분석하였다. 대조군으로 이용된 TNT도 함께 시뮬레이션 및 분석하였으며 HMX 시뮬레이션 결과와 비교함으로써 HMX의 상대적인 과압 및 폭풍파속도를 확인하였다. 본 연구는 HMX가 포함된 복합화약이 폭발하였을 경우 최대 과압 및 폭풍파속도 산정 시 기초데이터로 활용할 수 있다.

• 화약ㆍ발파
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• 제34권4호
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• pp.28-34
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• 2016

화약류, 인화성 액체와 가스 또는 먼지 등의 폭발에 의해 유발된 폭발효과를 평가하는데 경험적모델, 현상학적모델 및 전산유체역학모델이 사용된다. 경험적모델의 한 종류인 TNT등가법은 사용이 매우 단순하기 때문에 현재까지도 널리 사용되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 TNT 폭발 실험으로부터 얻어진 최대과압-환산거리 곡선과 환산충격량-환산거리 곡선을 피팅하여 새로운 회귀식을 유도하였다. 폭발성 물질의 TNT 등가질량만 알면 본 연구에서 유도한 회귀식을 이용하여 거리에 따른 최대과압과 충격량을 평가하는 것이 가능하다. TNT등가법의 한 성분인 수율계수의 크기를 달리하여 최대과압을 구한 결과 압력의 증가가 급격히 나타나는 폭원으로부터 근접한 거리에서는 수율계수에 따라 최대과압의 차가 크게 발생하는 반면에 거리가 증가함에 따라 그 차이는 감소하는 것으로 나타났다.

• Architectural research
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.151-158
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• 2013

Offshore oil and gas process plants are exposed to hazardous accidents such as explosion and fire, so that the structural components should resist such accidental loads. Given the possibilities of thousands of different scenarios for the occurrence of an accidental hazard, the best way to predict a reasonable size of a specific accidental load would be the employment of a probabilistic approach. Having the fact that a specific procedure for probabilistic accidental hazard analysis has not yet been established especially for explosion and fire hazards, it is widely accepted that engineers usually take simple and conservative figures in assuming uncertainties inherent in the procedure, resulting either in underestimation or more likely in overestimation in the topside structural design for offshore plants. The variation in the results of a probabilistic approach is determined by the assumptions accepted in the procedures of explosion probability computation, explosion analysis, and structural analysis. A design overpressure load for a sample offshore plant is determined according to the proposed probabilistic approach in this study. CFD analysis results using a Flame Acceleration Simulator, FLACS_v9.1, are utilized to create an overpressure hazard curve. Moreover, the negative impulse and frequency contents of a blast wave are considerably influencing structural responses, but those are completely ignored in a widely used triangular form of blast wave. An idealistic blast wave profile deploying both negative and positive pulses is proposed in this study. A topside process module and piperack with blast wall are 3D FE modeled for structural analysis using LS-DYNA. Three different types of blast wave profiles are applied, two of typical triangular forms having different impulse and the proposed load profile. In conclusion, it is found that a typical triangular blast load leads to overestimation in structural design.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제10권5호
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• pp.429-455
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• 2010

The current research presents a detailed methodology for generating air blast loading for use within a finite element context. Parameters describing blast overpressure loading on a structure are drawn from open literature sources and incorporated within a blast load generation computer code developed for this research. This open literature approach lends transparency to the details of the blast load modeling, as compared with many commonly used approaches to blast load generation, for which the details are not publicly available. As a demonstration, the load generation code is used with the finite element software LS-DYNA to simulate the response of a steel plate and girder subjected to explosions modeled using these parameters as well as blast parameters from other sources.

• 화약ㆍ발파
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• 제35권1호
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• pp.1-17
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• 2017

공기를 통해 이동하는 폭발파에 의한 압력 및 압력에 의해 지표 및 지하구조물에 미치는 영향을 이해하는 것은 매우 중요하다. 폭발의 충격이 구조물에 미치는 영향을 컴퓨터 시뮬레이션하기 위해서는 시간과 거리에 따른 압력의 변화를 결정하여야 한다. 기존의 연구를 통해 압력의 변화와 관련되는 인자들을 추정하기 위한 여러 경험식들이 개발되었다. 본 연구에서는 최대압력, 양압지속기간, 임펄스, 최소음압, 음압지속기간, 폭발파 도착시간과 감쇠상수를 예측하는 경험식들을 조사 분석하였으며 가장 널리 사용되고 있는 Kingery 경험식과 다른 경험식에 의한 압력 변화를 비교하였다.

• 화약ㆍ발파
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• 제40권3호
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• pp.44-53
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• 2022

본 연구에서는 증기운 폭발 시 발생하는 폭풍파의 과압을 결정하는데 사용되는 폭발 예측 모델인 TNT등가법, 다중에너지법, Baker-Strehlow-Tang(BST)법의 적용성을 평가하였다. 원룸 주택과 상가가 밀집한 지역 내에 설치된 2000 kg 용량의 프로판 저장 용기에서 누출된 프로판이 증기운 폭발을 일으키는 것을 가정하였다. TNT등 가법을 적용하여 계산한 2000 kg의 프로판과 등가인 TNT의 질량은 4061 kg인 것으로 나타났다. TNT등가법, 다중에너지법, BST법으로 구한 거리에 따른 과압의 변화 양상에 따르면 폭원으로부터 100 m 이내 지점에서는 과압의 감소가 급격하고, 대체적으로 TNT등가법과 BST법으로 구한 과압의 크기가 유사한 것으로 나타났다. 실제 증기운 폭발 사례에서 관찰된 과압과 TNT등가법, 다중에너지법, BST법을 적용하여 구한 과압을 비교한 결과 BST법이 가장 잘 맞는 것으로 나타났다. 각 폭발 예측 모델로 구한 거리에 따른 과압을 구조물 손상 기준과 비교한 결과 폭원으로부터 90 m 이내에 위치하는 구조물은 반파 이상의 피해를 볼 것으로 평가되었고, 600 m 이격된 구조물도 유리창이 파손되는 피해가 있을 것으로 예측되었다.