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Re: Destructive Air Tank Testing

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Originally Posted by fox46 View Post
A thick sock tie-wrapped or wired closed around the pneumatic lines.

Few of those methods (safe for the bumper) would "contain" anything. They merely redirect the energy. You want something that will expand and stretch to absorb the energy while containing the fragments and venting the gases.

When it comes to explosions, trying to contain them rigidly (with tie wraps and tape) rarely works.
Well, if the sock solution has issues with pieces of tank cutting through it some kind of poly-carbonate mesh could be used.
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