Abstract
A literature study of explosion estimation reports from the Flixborough
accident was performed and commented. The results from this survey
were compared to the results obtained from explosion simulations.
The simulations were done with a computer model of the Flixborough
plant using the EXSIM software simulation tool. The comparison showed
that explosion magnitude estimates in the literature based on visual
inspection are much lower than the simulated results, while the estimates
based on calculations to a large degree conform with the simulations.
The simulations also showed that the exact location of the ignition
source does not seem to be significant for the magnitude of the explosion.
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