BREAKUP OF THE FIREWALL BETWEEN THE B-MODULE AND C-MODULE OF THE PIPER ALPHA-PLATFORM - I - ANALYSIS BY HAND CALCULATION

Authors
PALMER AC
Citation
Ac. Palmer, BREAKUP OF THE FIREWALL BETWEEN THE B-MODULE AND C-MODULE OF THE PIPER ALPHA-PLATFORM - I - ANALYSIS BY HAND CALCULATION, Engineering failure analysis, 5(1), 1998, pp. 57-67
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Mechanical","Materials Science, Characterization & Testing
Journal title
Engineering failure analysis → ACNP
ISSN journal
13506307
Volume
5
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Pages
57 - 67
Database
ISI
SICI code
1350-6307(1998)5:1<57:BOTFBT>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
In the Piper Alpha disaster, the initial explosion in module C destroy ed the firewall between modules C and B, and fragments caused secondar y damage which lead to a fire. This paper describes the dynamic analys is of the explosion response of the firewall which was nor intended to resist blast and was relatively lightly constructed. The analysis is based on hand calculation of idealised elastic and elastic-plastic mod els. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.