Tank car fire failure assessment using combined models / submitted to Transport Canada ; by Jonathan McKinley, Jia Xue, Bruce W. Williams, and Su Xu.: T44-3/24-2021E-PDF
"An accident involving a rail tank car transporting flammable liquids such as crude oil, natural-gas condensates, or ethanol creates the potential for a pool fire. There have been a number of rail incidences in which flammable liquids have been involved. This presents a safety risk to the public and the environment. TDG would like to better understand the fire performance of rail tank cars to evaluate the applicable safety standards and regulations to ensure that they provide a high level of safety"--Summary, page i.
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| Department/Agency | Canada. Transport Canada, issuing body. |
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| Title | Tank car fire failure assessment using combined models / submitted to Transport Canada ; by Jonathan McKinley, Jia Xue, Bruce W. Williams, and Su Xu. |
| Variant title | Finite element simulation of rail tank car creep failure in an engulfing fire scenario |
| Publication type | Monograph |
| Language | [English] |
| Format | Electronic |
| Electronic document | |
| Note(s) | Cover title. At head of title: CanmetMATERIALS. "GCDOCS Workflow ID 65693178." Includes bibliographical references. |
| Publishing information | [Ottawa] : Transport Canada, September 2021. |
| Author / Contributor | McKinley, Jonathan, author. |
| Description | 1 online resource (iv, 49 pages) : illustrations, graphs |
| ISBN | 9780660403793 |
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| Departmental catalogue number | TP 15493E |
| Subject terms | Tank cars -- Fires and fire prevention. Railroads -- Safety regulations. Wagons-citernes -- Incendies et prévention des incendies. Chemins de fer -- Sécurité -- Règlements. |
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