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[Bill Polhemus <bpolhem(--nospam--at)swbell.net>]

Not long ago, I designed a "test cell" building for a chemical research facility
here in Houston. We had "blast panels" specified for that building, but I put up
a "shield wall" about ten feet out from the vented walls, so that it enlosed a
"courtyard", allowing any blast to propagate upward, but not outward.

Walter Sawruk wrote:
> 
> This practice is common in process plants where wall
> and/or roof panels are designed to blow out to relieve internal pressure