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Parametric study of blast loads on structures
The detrimental effects of blast loads can lead to severe damage in buildings, causing the collapse of structural components. This study focuses on a...
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Blast injury model estimates from multiple overpressure measurement locations on a single person-borne device
Towards a better characterization of the increasing blast overpressure threat, person-borne sensors are being considered for large military...
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Rock–Explosive Interaction During Underground Blasting
The rock–explosive interaction behaviour influences the blasting outputs in terms of breakage, fragmentation and induced hazards. The blast designers...
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A close look at fire-induced explosive spalling of ultra-high performance concrete: from materials to structures
The advent of ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC) represents a significant leap in concrete technology. Yet, the material’s vulnerability to...
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Characterization of Underwater Explosive Loads of Blasting and Shaped Charges
Blasting and shaped charges are the main forms of underwater weapons, and their near-field underwater explosions (UNDEX) can severely damage...
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A two-scale approach to widen a predictive blast propagation model around a hemicylindrical obstacle
The aim of the present paper was to report on an experimental study of the characterization of a blast wave initiated by a solid explosive and its...
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Numerical Simulations of Blast Wave Propagation After a High-Energy Explosion
In this study, we developed a finite-volume-based three-dimensional (3D) compressible flow solver for blast wave propagation simulation after a...
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Design methods of blast resistant façades, windows, and doors in Germany: a review
Explosion events represent an extraordinary action for buildings and especially for the building envelope. In addition to accidents in chemical...
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Blast-Induced Hazards
Large-scale drilling and blasting are the need of the hour to maintain the production pace from the underground mining. Such large-scale blasting may...
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Research on Radio Frequency Energy Characteristics of Explosive Explosion
Explosive explosion is a complex process of sound, light, heat, electromagnetism and other multi-physics coupling, the current mechanism and theory...
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Dynamic Response of High Strength Steel Beams Subjected to Explosion Induced Blast Load
A series of anti-explosion tests were performed on H-type high strength steels (Q460JSC and HQ600) and ordinary steels (Q345B) to address the problem...
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Evaluating evidence supporting the relevancy of 4 psi as a blast overpressure value associated with brain health and performance outcomes following low-level blast overpressure exposure
Evidence suggests that low-level blast (LLB) overpressure exposure from military heavy weapons training is associated with subclinical adverse brain...
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Study of the sympathetic detonation reaction behavior of a fuze explosive train under the impact of blast fragments
Insensitive munitions (IM) assessments are required to carry out the sympathetic detonation (SD) experiments. The impact of blast fragments or strong...
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Prediction of blast-induced ground vibration using multivariate statistical analysis in the opencast chromite mines of the Indian State of Odisha
The production processes in open cast mining activities are primarily associated with rock blasting operations, which trigger blast-induced ground...
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Propagation characteristics of blast shock waves in low-pressure environment
The blast loading from a detonation of a high explosive charge at high altitude is quite different from that at sea level. Due to diminished ambient...
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Blast Protection Techniques: A Review
In the past few years, many countries have suffered severely from the attacks in form of blasts and other terrorist activities. These attacks have...
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Experimental study on the use of the ARM Cortex M7 processor for measuring far-field blast waves
The ongoing study of blast waves and blast wave mitigation continues to play an essential role in protecting structures and personnel. The...
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Finite element analysis of cold-formed steel stud wall subjected to blast load and validated using artificial neural network combined with response surface method
This paper focused on the Finite Element (FE) Modeling of structural systems in extreme loading conditions. Two different stud shapes and thicknesses...
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A Parametric Study on Damage Assessment of RC Buildings Subjected to Blast Loading
In this study, the dynamic responses and damage to buildings subjected to explosions were investigated. A total of 72 blasting scenarios were...
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Performance of prestressed girders under blast loading: a probabilistic approach
The Applied Element Method (AEM) and the Improved Applied Element Method (IAEM) are now recognized as efficient discretization procedures to follow...
