• DOI:10.1007/S11668-011-9462-Z
Corpus ID: 56269455

Failure Analysis and Prevention of Fires and Explosions with Plastic Gasoline Containers

@article{Stevick2011FailureAA,
  title={Failure Analysis and Prevention of Fires and Explosions with Plastic Gasoline Containers},
  author={Glen Stevick and J. Zicherman and D. Rondinone and A. Sagle},
  journal={Journal of Failure Analysis and Prevention},
  year={2011},
  volume={11},
  pages={455-465}
}

• Glen Stevick, J. Zicherman, +1 author A. Sagle
• Published 2011
• Engineering
• Journal of Failure Analysis and Prevention

Explosions and fire incidents involving portable plastic gasoline containers manufactured for consumer use are known to occur frequently and are verified in databases, engineering literature, legal briefs, and newspapers. This project studied such incidents and presents findings from a comprehensive test program documenting conditions under which such incidents occur. Factors controlling resultant vapor headspace compositions and headspace ignitions and/or explosion occurrences include the… Expand

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