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EnglishThe present study focused on the consequence analysis of the severe transportation accident which took place on June 29th, 2009 in Viareggio (Italy). The accident followed the derailment of a train carrying 14 tank cars of LPG. The first tank car was punctured after the derailment releasing its entire content, that ignited causing an extended and severe flash-fire, that set on fire several houses, causing extended damage and 31 fatalities. A map of the damage following the flash-fire was obtained from the images collected after the accident. Con-ventional simplified tools for consequence assessment were used to reproduce the results, yielding to overconservative results. A computational fluid dynamic (CFD) model was also developed in order to perform a more detailed simulation. The presence of obstacles (e.g. walls, trees) and the shape of buildings around the railway line were taken into account, showing a good performance in the identification of the area affected by the flash-fire that followed the LPG release.
| Titolo: | Safety of LPG rail transportation in the perspective of the Viareggio accident |
| Autore/i: | M. Pontiggia; V. Busini; M. Derudi; M. Alba; M. Scaioni; R. Rota; G. Landucci; M. Molag; TUGNOLI, ALESSANDRO; COZZANI, VALERIO |
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| Anno: | 2010 |
| Titolo del libro: | Reliability, Risk and Safety: Back to the Future |
| Pagina iniziale: | 1872 |
| Pagina finale: | 1880 |
| Abstract: | The present study focused on the consequence analysis of the severe transportation accident which took place on June 29th, 2009 in Viareggio (Italy). The accident followed the derailment of a train carrying 14 tank cars of LPG. The first tank car was punctured after the derailment releasing its entire content, that ignited causing an extended and severe flash-fire, that set on fire several houses, causing extended damage and 31 fatalities. A map of the damage following the flash-fire was obtained from the images collected after the accident. Con-ventional simplified tools for consequence assessment were used to reproduce the results, yielding to overconservative results. A computational fluid dynamic (CFD) model was also developed in order to perform a more detailed simulation. The presence of obstacles (e.g. walls, trees) and the shape of buildings around the railway line were taken into account, showing a good performance in the identification of the area affected by the flash-fire that followed the LPG release. |
| Data prodotto definitivo in UGOV: | 27-gen-2011 |
| Appare nelle tipologie: | 4.01 Contributo in Atti di convegno |
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