Explosion hazard from a propellant-tank breach in liquid hydrogen-oxygen rockets

V Osipov, C Muratov, H Hafiychuk… - Journal of Spacecraft …, 2013 - arc.aiaa.org
An engineering risk assessment of the conditions for massive explosions of cryogenic liquid
hydrogen-oxygen rockets during launch accidents is presented. The assessment is based …

Hazards Induced by Breach of Liquid Rocket Fuel Tanks: Conditions and Risks of Cryogenic Liquid Hydrogen-Oxygen Mixture Explosions

V Osipov, C Muratov, H Hafiychuk… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2010 - arxiv.org
We analyze the data of purposeful rupture experiments with LOx and LH2 tanks, the
Hydrogen-Oxygen Vertical Impact (HOVI) tests that were performed to clarify the ignition …