'tank rupture' is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is most commonly used to describe an instance when a tank, usually a storage tank, is compromised or ruptures. For example, "The fire marshal declared the premises unsafe after a tank rupture in the basement."
Accidents of tank rupture and leakage can be analyzed by numerical simulation.
A vulnerability probit function is employed to calculate probability of emergency operations' failure to control fire and prevent tank rupture.
Tank rupture is a very complex phenomenon to investigate - arc testing is cost-prohibitive and, moreover, random in nature.
In tests commissioned by the Center for Auto Safety, the S.U.V.'s were found to be more susceptible to a tank rupture than other S.U.V.'s of the same era, like the Ford Explorer.
Safety strategies should exclude effects of fire on stationary storage vessels, and require thermal protection of on-board storage to prevent dangerous consequences of high-pressure tank rupture in a fire.
Hazard distances are calculated by validated engineering tools for blast wave and fireball, which follow catastrophic tank rupture in a fire, act in all directions and have larger hazard distances compared to jet fire.
Its fuel tank ruptured, causing a 3km-long oil slick.
The solid rocket broke loose and hit the external tank, rupturing it.
The police theorized that the driver was lost and that the gas tank ruptured after the car tires went flat.
Amazing survivalist fact: In 2005 while filming in Wyoming, Ray's helicopter crashed and the fuel tank ruptured.
The tank ruptured and spilled fuel, which was ignited by an as-yet unidentified electrical spark, causing a massive fire.
