Patent ID: 7175499
Filing Date: 2007-02-13
Classification: G01V,G10K

Abstract:
1. A method for simulating an explosive event comprising the steps of: providing a volume chamber having an open top and an open bottom, the volume chamber having an uninterrupted perimeter surface; providing an open end cap having an aperture therethrough; covering the aperture in the open end cap with a frangible membrane, the frangible membrane having an outer perimeter capable of providing a pressure seal against the inner perimeter surface of the volume chamber; covering the top of the volume chamber with the open end cap; the frangible pressure membrane being enclosed within the open end cap; covering the bottom of the volume chamber with a piercing end cap, the piercing end cap having a piercing device, the piercing device being surrounded by a spring; providing a self-contained pressurized gas supply; the gas supply having a first end abutting the frangible means and the second end resting on the spring surrounding the piercing means; and pressing the frangible membrane downwardly until the piercing means ruptures the pressurized gas supply; the pressurized gas supply pressurizing the volume chamber until the frangible membrane fails, permitting fluid to escape from the volume chamber.