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Performance Of Protective Perimeter Walls Subjected To Explosions In Reducing The Blast Resultants On Buildings, Fada Casi F Alsubaei
Performance Of Protective Perimeter Walls Subjected To Explosions In Reducing The Blast Resultants On Buildings, Fada Casi F Alsubaei
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The existing methods to predict the blast effects on structures located behind blast walls are based on plane rigid walls and the results of small-scale studies, which are not validated by the results of full-scale experiments. Hence, they are only valid for a very limited range of scaled parameters. Also, they do not account for the impact of non-spherical charges or for different ignition points; they also put their emphasis on mid-and far-field overpressures.
The current thesis investigates blast wave propagations created by cuboid charges and their effects on structural members at close-in and nearby ranges. First, a preliminary numerical …