Blast Mitigation: Experimental and Numerical Studies covers both experimental and numerical aspects of material and structural response to dynamic blast loads and its mitigation. The authors present the most up-to-date understanding from laboratory studies and computational analysis for researchers working in the field of blast loadings and their effect on material and structural failure, develop designs for lighter and highly efficient structural members for blast energy absorption, discuss vulnerability of underground structures, present methods for dampening blast overpressures, discuss structural post blast collapse and give attention to underwater explosion and implosion effects on submerged infrastructure and mitigation measures for this environment.
CONTENTS:
Experimental Investigation of Blast Mitigation for Target Protection
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Application of High Performance Computing to Rapid Assessment of Tunnel Vulnerability to Explosive Blast and Mitigation Strategies
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Numerical Analysis of the Response of Biomimetic Cellular Materials Under Static and Dynamic Loadings
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Experimental and Theoretical Studies of FiberReinforced Composite Panels Subjected to Underwater Blast Loading
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Underwater Explosive Response of Submerged Airbacked Composite Materials Experimental and Computational Studies
123
Underwater Implosion Mechanics Experimental and Computational Overview
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Dynamic Buckling and FluidStructure Interaction of Submerged Tubular Structures
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The Use of Tubular Structures as Cores for Sandwich Panels Subjected to Dynamic and Blast Loading A Current State of the Art
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Mitigation of Loading on Personnel in LightArmored Vehicles Using Small Model Testing
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Blast Response of Sandwich Composites Effect of Core Gradation Preloading and Temperature
279
Progressive Collapse Resistance of Reinforced Concrete Structures
331
Index
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