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Blast effects on buildings: Design of buildings to optimize resistance to blast loading
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Emerald Publishing Limited
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1680/beob.20306
ISBN print:
978-0-7277-3722-9
Publication date:
1995
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3. Blast loading

By
P. D. Smith
P. D. Smith
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P. D. Smith
Doi:
https://doi.org/10.1680/beob.20306.0003
  • Published:
    1995

  • Notation

  • Introduction

  • Introduction

  • Explosion processes terminology

  • Explosives classification

  • Blast waves in air from condensed high explosives

  • Blast wavefront parameters

  • Other important blast wave parameters

  • Blast wave scaling laws

  • Hemispherical surface bursts

  • Blast wave pressure profiles

  • Blast wave interactions

  • Regular and Mach reflection

  • Blast wave external loading on structures

  • Internal blast loading of structures

  • Conclusions

  • References

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