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COMPUTER MODELING OF FUEL TANK SAFETY VENTING IN FULL SCALE FLAMETESTS
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Abstract
The Bureau of Motor Carrier Safety (BMCS 393.67) requires that vehicular fuel tanks be equipped with venting systems enabling them to pass an enveloping flame test without explosive rupture. This paper presents analytical models of the BMCS specified flame test and also an uncontrolled fire test via computer simulation. Results of experimentally performed flame tests of both types are presented. Comparisons are made with the simulated results that demonstrate consistency between actual tests and analytical predictions. Logical performance objectives of safety venting devices are outlined. Using the performance objectives and the simulations, the spectrum of appropriate application (i.e. tank volume, tank shape, and fuel type) of safety venting devices is parametrically presented.
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Citation
Oliphant, T., "COMPUTER MODELING OF FUEL TANK SAFETY VENTING IN FULL SCALE FLAMETESTS," SAE Technical Paper 871560, 1987, https://doi.org/10.4271/871560.Also In
References
- Seiff Henry E. “Heavy Truck Safety - What We Know,” SAE Technical Paper 851191 Washington, D.C. May 1985
- Title 49 - Transportation, Chapter III - Federal Highway Administration Department of Transportation Subchapter B - Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations, Part 393 Subpart E - Fuel Systems
- Applied Petroleum Institute Technical Data Book, September 1977 5 29
- 1986 SAE Handbook 3 23 31
- Leonard Kowalsky, formerly of GT Development Corporation is the author of the early iterations of the simulation
- Alan Forsythe and David Ashby of GT Development Corporation contributed significantly to the Heat Transfer Model
- Basic Heat Transfer, Kreith Frank Black William Z. New York, N.Y. Harper Row 1980
- Forsythe Alan K. “Safety Venting for Fuel Tanks,” GT Development technical Paper R-5232 November 1986