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Mohamed Ben Rhouma, Azer Maazoun, Aldjabar Aminou, Bachir Belkassem, Ignaas Vandenbruwane, Tine Tysmans and David Lecompte
Reinforced concrete (RC) columns, being axial-bearing components in buildings, are susceptible to damage and failure when subjected to blast loading. The failure of these columns can trigger a progressive collapse in targeted buildings. The primary objec...
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Sipho G. Thango, Georgios A. Drosopoulos, Siphesihle M. Motsa and Georgios E. Stavroulakis
A methodology to predict key aspects of the structural response of masonry walls under blast loading using artificial neural networks (ANN) is presented in this paper. The failure patterns of masonry walls due to in and out-of-plane loading are complex d...
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Zheng Liu, Jun Liu, Xianqi Xie, Mengyang Zhen, Yue Wang, Chen Ou and Haowen Zheng
The nature of the fracture and fragmentation processes in concrete medium under blast loading is the transformation of the medium from continuum to discontinuity. Coupled with the significant rate correlation of concrete medium, its mechanical behavior p...
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Hong-Liang Tang, Jun Yang and Qi Yu
Rock fragmentation by blasting influences ore recovery and the cost of downstream operations. The development of electronic detonators makes it possible to improve fragmentation by controlling the initiation timing in blasting projects, and the effect of...
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Mengxiang Wang, Haibo Wang, Qi Zong, Feng Xiong, Qian Kang, Chun Zhu and Yuanyuan Pan
Smooth surface blasting control technology is aimed at blasting the rock body until it is left with a smooth surface and to protect it from damage; the current air spaced axial uncoupled charge and air spaced radial uncoupled continuous charge are effect...
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Zeqing Fan, Xiaobin Li, Tao Huang and Wei Chen
A multilayer liquid-containing protective structure is composed of a liquid tank, ceramic, a honeycomb sandwich and homogeneous steel. This structure has superior resistance to combined blast wave and fragment loading. Due to the relatively complicated c...
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Sipho G. Thango, Georgios E. Stavroulakis and Georgios A. Drosopoulos
A numerical investigation of masonry walls subjected to blast loads is presented in this article. A non-linear finite element model is proposed to describe the structural response of the walls. A unilateral contact?friction law is used in the interfaces ...
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Marcin Konarzewski, Robert Panowicz and Adam Jeschke
The experience of recent military missions clearly shows the importance of protecting vehicles and the people they carry from mines and IEDs. This protection can be achieved in many ways, using both active and passive solutions. One of the most popular s...
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Yasser A. Khalifa, Mohamed N. Lotfy and Elsayed Fathallah
Floating pontoons have played a supreme and indispensable role in crises and disasters for both civil and military purposes. Floating bridges and ferries are exposed to blast loadings in the case of wars or terrorist attacks. The protection effectiveness...
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Qin Rong, Zhonghui Zhao, Xiaomeng Hou and Zhizhong Jiang
Reactive power concrete (RPC) possesses high compressive strength, toughness, and durability, and it is increasingly being used in important buildings. The column is an important load-bearing member of a building, and its failure under blast loading resu...
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