Steam boiler explosions, in theory and in pactice; . ed and theboiler was ready for use next day. Had this rent oc-curred at or above the water-level, it is very possible thatan explosion may have resulted in the manner suggestedby Clark and Colburn. In an explosion of a tubular boiler at Dayton, O.,October 25th, i88i,# by which several lives and muchproperty were destroyed, the rupture started along thelap A B in the figure, and was evidently due to the Fig. 43.—Initial Rupture; Grooving. furrowing which had been there, in some way, boiler was less than a year old, and was report
Steam boiler explosions, in theory and in pactice; . ed and theboiler was ready for use next day. Had this rent oc-curred at or above the water-level, it is very possible thatan explosion may have resulted in the manner suggestedby Clark and Colburn. In an explosion of a tubular boiler at Dayton, O.,October 25th, i88i,# by which several lives and muchproperty were destroyed, the rupture started along thelap A B in the figure, and was evidently due to the Fig. 43.—Initial Rupture; Grooving. furrowing which had been there, in some way, boiler was less than a year old, and was reportedto be of good material and workmanship. The longi-tudinal seams were double-riveted, and it is very possi-ble that the stiffness thus produced along their linesmay have so localized the strains due to alterations of * Scientific American, Dec. 17th, 1881. THE RESULTS OF EXPLOSIONS. 143 form as to have led to this fatal result, aided by theaction of the caulking tool, the marks of which, alongthe lines at which the crack gradually worked through. Fig. 44.—Boiler Explosion at Dayton,Ohio. the sheet, are plainly visible. The boiler had, whenfirst set in place, been tested to 140 pounds; the explo-sion occurred at probably less than 80.
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