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<p>Watermark: Fire Safety Academy logo icon, 70 px, 45 % opacity</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>== Summary ==<br /> Typical BLEVE sequence: a primary fire heats the vessel for several minutes until the shell bursts; the flashing liquid then causes a blast, fragments and, for flammable contents, a fireball. Based on Barry (2002), p. 5-184, and Iqbal and Salley (2004), pp. 5-15 and F-8.<br /> <br /> Original vector illustration for [[BLEVE]], level 2 Intermediate.<br /> <br /> * Source basis: Barry (2002), p. 5-184 (primary fire, pressure rise, shell weakens, bursts, fireball, 8 to 15 minutes); Iqbal and Salley (2004), p. 5-15 (blast waves, projectile, fireball) and p. F-8 (pressure wave, fragments thrown considerable distances); Beyler (2002a), p. 3-302 (flash evaporation, vapour cloud)<br /> * Alt text: Flowchart: fire exposure heats the vessel, pressure rises and the shell weakens, the vessel bursts, the liquid flashes, giving blast, fragments and a fireball.<br /> <br /> == Licensing ==<br /> New drawing by Fire Safety Academy. © Fire Safety Academy.</div>

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