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DESTRUCTION OF FORTY GALLON DRUM BY AN EXPERIMENTAL GASEOUS EXPLOSION

Rogowski, Z.W., 1961. DESTRUCTION OF FORTY GALLON DRUM BY AN EXPERIMENTAL GASEOUS EXPLOSION. Fire Research Notes 467


ABSTRACT

A mixture consisting of 5% propane in air was exploded in a forty gallon drum. This explosion dished one end of the drum with considerable distortion of the seam. The other end failed at the seam and became a missile.



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