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Risk-based Blast Design for Safer Occupied Buildings in Industrial Facilities Ali Sari, Ph.D., P.E. Genesis Houston, Structural and Quantitative Analysis Manager E-mail: [email protected] 66 th Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference QUÉBEC CITY, QC OCTOBER 16-19, 2016 Ali Sari, Ph.D., P.E., Umid Azimov, P.E., Watsamon Sahasakkul

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Risk-based Blast Design for Safer Occupied

Buildings in Industrial Facilities

Ali Sari, Ph.D., P.E.

Genesis Houston, Structural and Quantitative Analysis Manager

E-mail: [email protected]

66th Canadian Chemical Engineering

Conference

QUÉBEC CITY, QC

OCTOBER 16-19, 2016

Ali Sari, Ph.D., P.E., Umid Azimov, P.E., Watsamon Sahasakkul

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• Introduction - Motivation

• A Unified Risk based Approach - Theory

• Blast Design and Assessment of Structures

• Fire Response and PFP Optimization

• Dropped Objects

• Seismic Design and Assessment - ALE

Presentation Outline

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Major Offshore Accidents in the Global Oil Industry

3

Geographical

Area

No. of Fatal

incidents

% of Total No.

of Fatal

Incidents

No. of

Fatalities

% of Total No.

of Fatalities

US GoM 344 62.2 611 28.1

Europe N.S. 88 15.9 574 26.4

Asia +

Australia

41 7.4 443 20.4

Other 80 14.5 543 25.0

Totals 553 100.0 2171 100.0

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

1970-1975 1976-1980 1981-1985 1986-1990 1991-1995 1996-2000 2000-2005 2006-2007

Pe

rce

nt

Year Period

Percent of Total Number of Fatal Incidents Percent of Total Number of Fatalities

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Explosions in the Oil Industry

4

http://www.pophistorydig.com/topics/tag/oil-refinery-dangers/

March 2005

April 2016

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Blast Design Load - Blast Scenarios and Associated Frequencies

5

1.E-10

1.E-09

1.E-08

1.E-07

1.E-06

1.E-05

1.E-04

1.E-03

1.E-02

0.1 1 10 100

Eve

nt

Fre

qu

en

cy (

pe

r ye

ar)

Pressure (psig)

Many Scenarios! What is the design Load?

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Blast Design Load - Overpressure Exceedance Curve

6

1.E-10

1.E-09

1.E-08

1.E-07

1.E-06

1.E-05

1.E-04

1.E-03

1.E-02

0.1 1 10 100

Fre

qu

en

cy o

f P

or

mo

re (

pe

r ye

ar)

Pressure (psig)

~ 0.7 psi for

1E-04

~ 3.7 psi for

1E-05

~ 28 psi for

1E-06

What is the design Load?

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Exceedence Curves

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Blast Design Load - Animation

Red > 5%

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Blast Design Load – Different Blast Assumption - Animation

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Risk

• Use your Blast&Fire hazards experience

and knowledge

• Use Consequence analysis knowledge

well

• Know your Risk!

• “The safest risk is the one you didn't

take”.

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Defining Risk – Generic Risk Matrix

Likelihood of Risk Event/Frequency

Severity

Level –

Financial

M=million

Severity

Level -

Human

A

An event has

not yet

occurred in the

industry,

Freq. = 10-5

B

An event has

occurred

somewhere in

the industry

Freq. = 10-4

C

An event has

occurred once

in the

organization or

more than

once in the

industry

Freq. = 10-3

D

An event has

occurred once

or twice in the

particular

facility lifetime

Freq. = 10-2

E

An event has

occurred at

least once per

year at the

particular

facility

Freq. < 10-1

< 0.5M USD loss

Minor

Health/safety

impact

1 2 3 4 5

0.5M – 1M USDMedium

Health/safety

impact

2 3 4 5 6

1M – 10M USD

Permanent

Injuries, high

health

impact

3 4 5 6 7

10M – 100M

USD1-3 fatalities 4 5 6 7 8

> 100M USD 3-10 fatalities 5 6 7 8 9

> 1000M USD > 10 fatalities 6 7 8 9 10

Not Acceptable

ALARP (Marginally Tolerable Risk) region

Tolerable Risk

Acceptable Risk

Event

Risk = Frequency x Consequences

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Defining Risk – A Unified Approach

Identify Risk using

Risk Matrix

- Structural Response Analysis,

- Consequence Analysis,

Severity Levels

- Probability of Damage, Fragility Curves

- Damage Frequency Matrix,

- Individual Risk Matrix

Likelihood of Risk

- Hazard Curve

- Pressure Exceedance Curve

- Probability of Exceeding of Hitting vs Vessel Impact Energy

- Annual Exceedance Curve

Develop Mitigation/Repair/Strengthening Options,

if Risk is not acceptable

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Risk Calculations – Likelihood of Risk Event/Frequency

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𝑃𝐹𝑎𝑖𝑙 𝑖 =

𝑗,𝑘

𝑃 𝐹𝑎𝑖𝑙 𝐷 × 𝑃 𝐷 𝐴𝑗𝑘𝑖

× 𝑃(𝐴𝑗𝑘𝑖)

For each type of

accidental load

Probability of damaged

system failure under

relevant Accidental Load

Probability of damage, D given 𝐴𝑗𝑘𝑖

Probability of accidental action

at location (j) and intensity (k)

• 𝑃(𝐴𝑗𝑘𝑖) is determined by risk analysis while the other probabilities are

determined by structural reliability analysis.

• 𝑃 𝐹𝑎𝑖𝑙 𝐷 is determined by due consideration of relevant action and

their correlation with the hazard causing the damage

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Risk Calculations – Likelihood of Risk Event/Frequency

• 𝑃 𝐹𝐼𝐼 = the probability of an individual experiencing an Fatality or Significant

Injury (FI) (individual risk)

• 𝑃(𝐴𝑖) = the probability that accident Ai occurs.

• 𝑃 𝐹𝐼|𝐴𝑖 = the conditional probability that an FI occurs, given that

event/accident Ai occurs.

• 𝑃 𝐼 𝑎𝑡 𝐴𝑖 = the probability that an individual is present when accident Ai

occurs, (occupant presence probability).

𝑃 𝐹𝐼𝐼 = 𝑖=1,𝑛

𝑃 𝐹𝐼 |𝐴𝑖 × 𝑃 𝐼 𝑎𝑡 𝐴𝑖 × 𝑃(𝐴𝑖)

The vulnerability number (VN) is the fraction of occupants with

serious, fatal injuries (FI) at a certain severity of structural damage.

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𝑃 𝐼|𝐷𝐿𝑖 = conditional probability that an I occurs given that damage level DLi occurs.

𝑃(𝐷𝐿𝑖) = probability that damage level Di occurs.

𝑉𝑁|𝐷𝐿𝑖 = vulnerability number at a certain structural damage level DLi.

𝑂𝑃𝑃 = Occupant Presence Probability

𝑃 𝐼|𝐸𝑖 = conditional probability that an I occurs given that an escalation Ei occurs.

𝑃 𝐸𝑖|𝐷𝐿𝑖 = conditional probability that an escalation occurs given that damage level DLi occurs.

𝑉𝑁|𝐸𝑖 = vulnerability number at a certain escalation level Ei.

𝐼𝑅 𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑙 = 𝑖=1,𝑛

𝑉𝑁|𝐷𝐿𝑖 × 𝑃 𝐼|𝐷𝐿𝑖 × 𝑃(𝐷𝐿𝑖)

Risk Calculations – Likelihood of Risk Event/Frequency

𝐼𝑅 𝑒𝑠𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 = 𝑖=1,𝑛

𝑉𝑁|𝐸𝑖 × 𝑃 𝐼|𝐸𝑖 × 𝑃 𝐸𝑖|𝐷𝐿𝑖 × 𝑃(𝐷𝐿𝑖)

Escalations:

• Non structural item failure in the building impact individuals,

• Debris due to Structural Failure impact individuals around the building

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Unified Risk Based Approach for Blast Design and Assessment

Identify Risk using

Risk Matrix

Consequence:

- Structural response analysis using SDOF or MDOF or Hybrid Approach

- Develop Pressure-Impulse Curve for Each Damage Level

- Calculate OV for each damage level

- Calculate Expected fatalities for Each Damage Levels

Likelihood of Risk:

- Determine frequencies associated with structural damage levels

- Calculate Building Individual Risk

- Generate Pressure vs Duration and event frequencies

Develop Mitigation/Repair/Strengthening Options,

if Risk is not acceptable

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Damage Levels for Blast Analysis for Satellite Lab - Blast Resistant Modular

Building (BRM) Option

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Corresponding

Genesis Damage

Levels

Building Damage

LevelsDamage Description

Minor/Elastic 1 Onset of visible damage to reflected wall of building

Low 2.0

Reflected wall components sustain permanent damage requiring

replacement, other walls and roof have visible damage that is generally

repairable

Medium 2.5Reflected wall components are collapsed or very severely damaged.

Other walls and roof have permanent damage requiring replacement

High 3Reflected wall has collapsed. Other walls and roof have substantial

plastic deformation that may be approaching incipient collapse

Collapse 4 Complete failure of the building roof and a substantial area of walls

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Overpressure Frequency of Exceedance Curves

18

~ 1 psi for

1E-04

~ 4.64 psi for

1E-05

~ 6.25 psi for

1E-06

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Positive Phase Duration versus Overpressure – Satellite Lab

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𝐼𝑅 𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑙 = 𝑖=1,𝑛

𝑽𝑵|𝑫𝑳𝒊 × 𝑃 𝐼|𝐷𝐿𝑖 × 𝑃(𝐷𝐿𝑖)

𝐁𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐑𝐢𝐬𝐤 =OV × OPP × (𝐶𝑎𝑙𝑐. 𝐹𝑟𝑒𝑞𝑖 − 𝐶𝑎𝑙𝑐. 𝐹𝑟𝑒𝑞𝑖− 1)

Occupant Vulnerability (OV)

Corresponding

Genesis Damage

Levels

OV (%)

(non-structural

members designed for

Blast)

OV (%)

(non-structural members

NOT considered for Blast

design)

Minor/Elastic 0.00 0.1

Low 0.01 1.0

Medium 1.7 10.0

High 17.1 50.0

Collapse 48.8 90.0

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Blast Testing

21

Explosion Source

High Speed Camera

High Speed Camera

Free-field Pressure Sensors

Free-field Pressure Sensors

Side-onPressure Sensors (Rear of Building)

Side-onPressure Sensors (Side of Building)

Reflected Pressure Sensors

(Front of Building)

Side-on Pressure Sensors (Roof of Building)

PFP Applied on Front Wall

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Overall Test Setup and Instrumentation on Outside of Building

22

Side-onPressure Sensor

(Rear of Building)

Side-on Pressure Sensor (Side of Building)

Reflected Pressure Sensors

(Front of Building)

Free-field Pressure Sensor

Side-on Pressure Sensor

(Roof of Building)

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Overall Test Setup and Instrumentation on Inside of Building

23

Crash Test Dummy

Interior Furniture and Office Equipment

Pressure Sensor

Pressure Sensor

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Blast Testing (High Speed Camera, Movie 1)

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Blast Testing (High Speed Camera, Movie 2)

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Before the test After the test26

Blast Analysis of Buildings – Non Structural Members

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Blast Analysis of Buildings – Non Structural Members

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9.07

BRM Option – 8psi – 200ms Medium Response – 6 occupants

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Summary Frequency OV BIR # of fatalities

Sum of All Available Frequencies 3.12E-04

Collapse 1.95E-06 0.90 1.76E-06 5.4

High 8.90E-06 0.50 4.45E-06 3

Medium 2.37E-05 0.10 2.37E-06 0.6

Low 2.77E-04 0.011 3.05E-06 0.066

Minor 0.00E+00 0.00E+00 0

SUM = 1.16E-05

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

0.00E+00

5.00E-07

1.00E-06

1.50E-06

2.00E-06

2.50E-06

3.00E-06

3.50E-06

4.00E-06

4.50E-06

5.00E-06

BDL 4 BLD 3 BDL 2.5 BDL 2 BDL 1

# o

f F

ata

liti

es

BIR

BRM – Non Structural Members NOT Considered

BIR Fatalities

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Defining Risk – BRM Building Design

Likelihood of Risk Event/Frequency

Severity

Level -Human

A

An event has

not yet

occurred in

the industry,

Freq. = 10-5

B

An event has

occurred

somewhere in

the industry

Freq. = 10-4

C

An event has

occurred once

in the

organization

or more than

once in the

industry

Freq. = 10-3

D

An event has

occurred once

or twice in the

particular

facility

lifetime

Freq. = 10-2

E

An event has

occurred at

least once per

year at the

particular

facility

Freq. < 10-1

Minor

Health/safety

impact

1 2 3 4 5

Medium

Health/safety

impact

2 3 4 5 6

Permanent

Injuries, high

health impact

3 4 5 6 7

1-3 fatalities 4 5 6 7 8

3-10 fatalities 5 6 7 8 9

> 10 fatalities 6 7 8 9 10

3-10 people

1.164E-05

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4.06

BRM Option – 8psi – 200ms Medium Response

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Summary Frequency OV BIR # of fatalities

Sum of All Available Frequencies 3.12E-04

Collapse 1.95E-06 0.488 9.52E-07 2.928

High 8.90E-06 0.171 1.52E-06 1.026

Medium 2.37E-05 0.017 4.04E-07 0.102

Low 2.77E-04 0.0001 2.77E-08 0.0006

Minor 0.00E+00 0 0.00E+00 0

SUM = 2.91E-06

0

0.5

1

1.5

2

2.5

3

3.5

0.00E+00

2.00E-07

4.00E-07

6.00E-07

8.00E-07

1.00E-06

1.20E-06

1.40E-06

1.60E-06

BDL 4 BLD 3 BDL 2.5 BDL 2 BDL 1

# o

f F

ata

liti

es

BIR

BRM - Non Structural Members Considered

BIR Fatalities

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Defining Risk – BRM Building Design – Non-Structural Members Considered

Likelihood of Risk Event/Frequency

Severity

Level -Human

A

An event has

not yet

occurred in

the industry,

Freq. = 10-5

B

An event has

occurred

somewhere in

the industry

Freq. = 10-4

C

An event has

occurred once

in the

organization

or more than

once in the

industry

Freq. = 10-3

D

An event has

occurred once

or twice in the

particular

facility

lifetime

Freq. = 10-2

E

An event has

occurred at

least once per

year at the

particular

facility

Freq. < 10-1

Minor

Health/safety

impact

1 2 3 4 5

Medium

Health/safety

impact

2 3 4 5 6

Permanent

Injuries, high

health impact

3 4 5 6 7

1-3 fatalities 4 5 6 7 8

3-10 fatalities 5 6 7 8 9

> 10 fatalities 6 7 8 9 10

3-10 people

2.9E-06

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Defining Risk

Design/Retrofit Options ExplosionFlash

FireToxic

Jet/Pool

Fire

Total

Building

Individual

Risk

Severity

Level

(e.g.

Expected

Fatalities)

Option 1

Option 2

Option 3

Option 4

* From QRA results

except blast

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Design/Retrofit Options vs. Risk Rating and Cost

Likelihood of Risk Event/Frequency

Severity

Level -Human

A

An event has

not yet

occurred in

the industry,

Freq. = 10-5

B

An event has

occurred

somewhere in

the industry

Freq. = 10-4

C

An event has

occurred once

in the

organization

or more than

once in the

industry

Freq. = 10-3

D

An event has

occurred once

or twice in the

particular

facility

lifetime

Freq. = 10-2

E

An event has

occurred at

least once per

year at the

particular

facility

Freq. < 10-1

Minor

Health/safety

impact

1 2 3 4 5

Medium

Health/safety

impact

2 3 4 5 6

Permanent

Injuries, high

health impact

3 4 5 6 7

1-3 fatalities 4 5 6 7 8

3-10 fatalities 5 6 7 8 9

> 10 fatalities 6 7 8 9 10

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

Option 1 Option 2 Option 3 Option 4

Ris

k R

ati

ng

Design Options

Risk Rating vs. Design Options

ALARP

Tolerable Risk

0

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1

Option 1 Option 2 Option 3 Option 4

Co

st I

nd

ex

Design Options

Cost Index vs. Design Options

Budget Threshold

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Design/Retrofit Options vs. Risk and Cost

Option 2

Option 1

Option 3

Option 4

3

4

5

6

7

0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1

Ris

k R

ati

ng

Cost Index

Risk Rating vs. Cost Index for Options

Tolerable Risk

ALARP

Expected/Budgeted Cost

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• During modifications to building, causing damage to:

– Existing structure

– Equipment

– Systems

– Data

– Documents.

• Health and Safety issues related to personnel injuries.

• Control Rooms – result in unintended plant shut down.

• Delayed work on control room during planed shutdown

could result in delayed plant start up.

• cost in time / money to replace or repair damage

• Temporary relocation during construction can result in

same risks as new build

Construction Risk

35

Construction Risk

Rating

Low Risk

Medium Risk

High Risk

Very High Risk

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• Requirement to bring the current building up to current

building code.

• HVAC systems to meet current design requirements.

• High skill level of trades required, not typical in the

construction region

• Extensive works will be required to bring in all utilities

to new locations

Constructability

36

Constructability

Rating

Low

Medium

Hard

Complex

Very Complex

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• Extensive modification to existing structure will

require substantial building and production down

time

• Loss of productivity during relocation from old

location to new location.

• Commissioning new building

Simultaneous Operations (SIMOP)

37

SIMOP

Low Impact

Medium Impact

High Impact

Very High Impact

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Design/Retrofit Decision - Example

Design/Retrofit

Options

Blast,

Toxic, Fire

Risk Rating

Cost RatingConstructability

RiskConstructability SIMOP

Option 1 5 0.80 Low HardMedium

Impact

Option 2 4 0.90 Very High Simple Low Impact

Option 3 6 0.65 Low ComplexVery High

Impact

Option 4 7 0.60 Medium Very Complex High Impact

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• For designing new building or retrofitting existing Building, the

following items should be considered,

Risk From Blast, Toxic, Fire

Escalations due to the Building damage or response, debris type

injuries inside and outside of the building

Cost of the construction

Construction Risk

Constructability

Impacts on SIMOP

Conclusions

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THANK YOU!Contact Details

Dr. Ali Sari, P.E.

Genesis Houston, Structural and

Quantitative Analysis Manager

Tel (Direct): +1 281 848 5033

[email protected]

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Thank You! Questions?