Blast Resisting Walls

Design and Strength Assessment

for Gas Explosions
Hazard Engineering

Gas Explosion Pressure [barg]

1.20

0.80

0.40

0.00

0.00

0.10

0.20

0.30

0.40

0.50

Time [sec]

Features and Advantages

Blast and fire resisting walls are primarily designed to separate hazardous process areas on the topside facilities from
living quarters and other non-hazardous areas. Design of
new topsides as well as upgrading of existing platforms
will involve the addition of blast resisting walls to improve
overall safety of the facility. In both cases, the problem of
cost effectiveness and topside weight is of great importance.

Methodology based on effective use of non-linear dynamic

analysis methods has proven to achieve weight-optimum
design of blast resisting walls which offer simple construction and easy installation.

Scope of work
Typical scope of work for the design of blast resisting walls
includes:

Wall deformation
Deflection [mm]
600

Selection of architectural solution for the blast resisting

wall in conjunction with the wall supplier. Special consideration has to be made for the design of pipe penetration and the possible need to allow for relative vertical movements of decks (floors and roofs). Fire causes
thermal expansion of walls which can impose additional forces on primary columns and truss-work near
walls.

400

Perform non-linear dynamic response analysis using LSDYNA. Effects of strain rate and if necessary, temperature effects on material characteristics, are accounted
for.

LS-Dyna3D, 0.7 bar

300

200

100

Development of FE model for non-linear dynamic

analysis using LS-DYNA. Special attention is paid to
proper representation of the wall supporting conditions. Supports shall allow for transfer of membrane
forces to the primary structures and, where practical,
the bending stiffness of decks shall be accounted for.
Definition of blast loading (time dependant blast pressure), preferably based on data from Computational
Fluid Dynamics (CFD) models.

LS-Dyna3D, 1.0 bar

500

0.05

0.1

0.15

0.2

Time [s]

Options

VIDEO showing the time depending deflection, stress

and strain response due to gas explosion loading

HTML/PDF interactive report of the project results.

Deliverables Technical Report

Description of FE model with assumptions regarding

support condition and load cases

Definition of design gas explosion loads based on CFD

simulation

Time dependent deflection, stress and strain response

Colour fringes of stress and strains for maximum deflections

Engineering solutions for required strengthening.

Subject to changes without notice

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