For most of your work with the program you will probably refer mainly to the Graphs Views and GIS Results Views, since they present the results in the most direct form and allow easy comparison between different Scenario and Weathers.

After you have finished examining the results, you can use the Close button at the right of the title tab for each View to close that View.

Viewing the results for other types of Scenario

There are other Scenarios in the file that are not storage Scenarios. The standalone Scenarios each model one specific type of behaviour and will produce a fixed set of graphs and reports.

The Standalone flammable Scenarios

The Pool fire, Fireball and Jet fire Scenarios under the Standalone flammable folder perform the same type of radiation modelling as that associated with a storage Scenario, but they give you more control over the definition of the flame and they also allow you to specify in more detail the locations for which you want to calculate the radiation levels.

The Standalone explosion Scenarios

The TNT explosion, Multi-Energy explosion, and Baker-Strehlow-Tang explosion Scenarios perform the same type of vapour-cloud explosion modelling as that associated with a storage Scenario, but they give you more control over the definition of the flammable cloud and of the results-locations.

The BLEVE Blast Scenario calculates the overpressure levels produced by the rupture of a vessel under flame impingement, which is a type of explosion modelling that is not performed for a storage Scenario.

The form of the results for all of these Scenarios is similar to the corresponding dispersion, toxic, fire, and explosion results for a storage Scenario, and you should find interpreting the graphs and reports very straightforward.

Not all of the available reports are discussed within this tutorial. For full information on any Report or any other feature of the program, you should refer to the online Help. You can open the Help at any time using Show Help in the Help tab of the Ribbon Bar.

You have now seen the main features of Phast. When you are ready you should proceed to Chapter 2, which takes you through the stages in setting up your own analysis.