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1. Industrial context
An explosion can have several origins:
gas explosion ;
bursting of a pressurized capacity ;
explosion of a pyrotechnic charge ;
dust explosion ;
nuclear explosion ;
etc.
All these explosions generate a pressure wave in the environment. Depending on the type of explosion, the waves will simply differ in intensity, duration and shape.
However, these waves obey the same laws of behavior, regardless of their origin.
While the subject of wave propagation in an unconfined environment has been the subject of numerous developments in simplified approaches, work on wave propagation in a confined environment has...
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Arrêté du 29 septembre 2005 relatif à " l'évaluation et à la prise en compte de la probabilité d'occurrence, de la cinétique, de l'intensité des effets et de la gravité des conséquences des accidents potentiels dans les études de dangers des installations classées soumise à autorisation ". JO n° 234 du 7 octobre 2005 – NOR:DEVP0540371A.
Circular of May 10, 2010 summarizing the methodological rules...
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