Structural response to blast loading

Notation

Introduction

Elastic SDOF structure

Evaluation of the limits of response

Iso-damage (or pressure–impulse) diagrams

Energy solutions for specific structural components

Lumped mass equivalent SDOF systems

Resistance functions for specific structural forms

Limitations of SDOF methods for blast analysis

Advanced SDOF methods for blast analysis

Response of blast-loaded structures in the near field

Behaviour of structural materials in response to blast loading

Discussion

References