Mechanisms and Occurrence of Detonations in Vapor Cloud Explosions: Supplemental Material

Abstract

The material in this paper comprise a compendium of more detailed information and analyses of the 14 large-scale explosions described the paper Mechanisms and Occurrence of Detonations in Vapor Cloud Explosions by Oran, Chamberlain, and Pekalski [Progress in Energy and Combustion Science, doi.org/10.1016/j.pecs.2019.100804). Each section begins with a general description of the incident and then, where possible, more analysis (based on the work of GC) and useful information about the incident. The events all have certain physical similarities, but vary greatly in terms of the level of information available for analysis. Taken together, however, they present a powerful picture of what a detonation can do as well as indications of what might be done in the future to avoid such an incident.