Prevention of Hazardous Fires and Explosions

Preface. 1. Review on explosion events - a comparison of military and civil experiences; C.O. Leiber, R.M. Doherty. 2. Explosions caused by fires at high explosives production; B.N. Kondrikov. 3. Prediction of large scale fire behavior using nuterial flammability properties; M.A. Delichatsios. 4. Use of modern composite materials of the chemical heat accumulator type for fire protection and fire extinguishing; V.N. Parmon, et al. 5. Test method for ranking the fire properties of materials in space based facilities; J.L. Cordova, et al. 6. From rocket exhaust plume to fire hazards - methods to analyse radiative heat flux; V. Weiser, et al. 7. A review of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) modeling of gas explosions; B.H. Hjertager, T. Solberg. 8. Detonation hazards of gaseous mixtures; Á.Á. Vasil'ev. 9. Evaluation of hazard of spray detonation; V.V. Mitrofanov, S.A. Zhdan. 10. Dispersion-initiation and detonation of liquid and dust aerosols - experiences derived from military fuel-air explosives; M. Samirant. 11. Hydrogen fire and explosion safety of atomic power plants; Y.N. Shebeko. 12. Hydrogen accidents and their hazards; Á.Á. Vasil'ev, et al. 13. Thinlayer boilover of pure or multicomponent fuels; J.P. Garo, J.P. Vantelon. 14. Industrial accident modelling: consequences and risk; E.A. Granovsky, et al. 15. The problems of porous flame-arresters; V.S. Babkin. 16. Ignition and extinction of solid propellants by thermal radiation; L. De Luca, L. Galfetti. 17. Anassessment of ignition hazard for shielded energetic materials and its relation to flammable chemicals; A.G. Knyazeva, V.E. Zarko. 18. Application of high energy materials for commercial use &endash; the Indian scene; H. Singh. 19. Modelling of fire effects on equipment engulfed in a fire; E. Planas-Cuchi, J. Casal. 20. Mathematical modeling of catastrophic explosions of dispersed aluminum dust; A.V. Fedorov, et al. 21. Characteristics and applicability of radiothermal location system for the purpose of fire detection in Chernobyl NPP area; I.I. Zarudnev, et al. 22. Limiting conditions of forest fires spreading and elaboration of the new methods to fight them; A.M. Grishin. 23. Vortex powder method for extinguishing a fire on spouting gas-oil wells; D.G. Akhmetov, et al. 24. Nanosize electro-explosion powders: assessment of safety in the production and application; G.V. Ivanov, et al. 25. Cold gas generators: multiple use in hazardous situations; V.A. Shandakov, et al. 26. Fast response fire extinguishing systems based on military equipment; B. Vetlicky, M. Krupka. 27. On near-limiting mechanisms of catastrophic explosions penetrating through channels; V.I. Manzalei. Index.