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Welded and seamless gas bottles are probably the most frequently used transportable pressure vessels. The risk involved in the use of these vessels includes their bursting and the explosion of gas leaking from them. To mitigate these risks, regulations both national and international were introduced concerning the design, materials, testing and approval of gas bottles. Recently recommendations on nondestructive testing by ultrasonics were developed by several national and international authorities. To be able to use ultrasonic testing, it is necessary to define an acceptance level or a critical flaw size. This is only possible if the material properties, that is, strength and toughness, and the stresses are known and if there is a reliable method for assessment available. The results of burst and pulsation tests with artificially flawed seamless high-pressure gas bottles are presented and compared with the results of several risk-assessment methods that were originally developed for nuclear pressure vessels.

This paper appeared in TRB State-of-the-Art Report 3, Recent Advances in Hazardous Materials Transportation Research: An International Exchange. Papers presented at the conference held in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, 10-13 November 1985. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.

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1986

State-of-the-Art Report

0-309-03973-8

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Figures (12) ; References (8) ; Tables (11)

Defects; Design; Explosions; Gases; Leakage; Pressure vessels; Prevention; Regulations; Size; Ultrasonic tests

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Design; Highways; Law; Planning and Forecasting; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; Vehicles and Equipment; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning

TRIS, TRB

Aug 31 1986 12:00AM

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• AUTOMAN: AN INFORMATION SYSTEM
• CODE OF PRACTICE FOR WAREHOUSE AND TERMINAL FACILITIES STORING HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
• DEVELOPING A PLAN FOR R&D IN DANGEROUS GOODS TRANSPORT
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• ESTABLISHING HAZARDOUS MATERIALS TRUCK ROUTES FOR SHIPMENTS THROUGH THE DALLAS-FORT WORTH AREA
• FHWA REPORT: PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF HIGHWAY TUNNEL FIRES
• FIRST RESPONDERS AND THEIR INITIAL BEHAVIOR IN HAZARDOUS CHEMICAL TRANSPORTATION ACCIDENTS
• GENERATING HAZARDOUS MATERIAL RISK PROFILES ON RAILROAD ROUTES
• HAZARD ANALYSIS FOR A LIQUID PROPANE PIPELINE
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• HOW TO DETERMINE THE DANGEROUS PROPERTIES OF SUBSTANCES
• INTEGRATION OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS EMERGENCY PLANNING INTO THE SMALL-TOWN PLANNING PROCESS
• KEY FOR MIXED LOADINGS OF DANGEROUS GOODS
• LOW-PROFILE TRAILER TANK
• RECENT ADVANCES IN HAZARDOUS MATERIALS TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH: AN INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE. PAPERS PRESENTED AT THE CONFERENCE HELD IN LAKE BUENA VISTA, FLORIDA, NOVEMBER 10-13, 1985
• RISK ASSESSMENT OF ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORT MODES FOR HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
• RISK ASSESSMENT OF THE TRANSPORTATION OF HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES THROUGH ROAD TUNNELS
• ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION OF PUBLIC CONCERNS ABOUT HAZARDOUS MATERIALS TRANSPORTATION
• ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION OF STRATEGIC PLANNING FOR HAZARDOUS MATERIALS TRANSPORTATION SAFETY
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• STOWING OF PACKAGES CONTAINING RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS ON CONVEYANCES
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