Tek-Tips is the largest IT community on the Internet today!
Members share and learn making Tek-Tips Forums the best source of peer-reviewed technical information on the Internet!
-
Congratulations cowski on being selected by the Eng-Tips community for having the most helpful posts in the forums last week. Way to Go!
-
Equivalent Static Load of an Enclosed Explosion
Yes, the explosion is huge and violent and the doors burp some of the gas but most of the fire/vaporized copper etc is contained inside the cabinet. That is the reason I need to keep door mounted devices from blowing out, the fire will come out behind them and pose a threat. Also I found some...- 10mm_
- Post #6
- Forum: Boiler and Pressure Vessel engineering
-
Equivalent Static Load of an Enclosed Explosion
The door opening and leaking some of the gas kinda complicates the problem, the arc blast is a huge violent explosion. There is a massive blast and huge fireball/smoke/vaporized copper etc. The risk I am trying to mitigate is a device (usually like a VFD keypad or electric meter) getting...- 10mm_
- Post #3
- Forum: Boiler and Pressure Vessel engineering
-
Equivalent Static Load of an Enclosed Explosion
Hello, I am new to the forum so if this belongs somewhere else I apologize. I am working on a product built to contain an arc flash explosion in a metal box with spring loaded latches on the door. This allows the door to "burp" gasses out during the arc flash event which reduces stress on...- 10mm_
- Thread
- Replies: 6
- Forum: Boiler and Pressure Vessel engineering
