TY  - VIDEO
T1  - Tank waggon tested in fire
T2  - BAM-DVD
N2  - Is the effect of a fire sufficient to make a rail tank burst? Does a fire brigade have enough time to start danger mitigating measures? These questions were answered by BAM in 1999 after a spectacular test. A rail tank with a volume of 45 m3 was partially filled with 10 m3 of propane and exposed to a fire. Next to the tank was an empty CASTOR container fresh from the factory. After only 15 minutes the rail tank exploded. The CASTOR container was subject to a direct hit, overturned and dug itself into the soil 10 m away without sustaining any damage.
KW  - Tank Waggon
PY  - 1999
VL  - 47
PB  - Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM)
CY  - Berlin
AN  - OPUS4-45546
LA  - eng
AD  - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER  -