Structures under shock and impact XV / editors, G. Schleyer, C. A. Brebbia.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Schleyer, G., editor.

Brebbia, C. A., editor.

Conference Name:

International Conference on Structures Under Shock and Impact (15th), creator.

Series:

WIT transactions on the built environment ; Volume 180.

WIT transactions on the built environment ; Volume 180

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Structural design--Congresses.

Structural design.

Impact--Congresses.

Impact.

Shock (Mechanics)--Congresses.

Shock (Mechanics).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (299 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Structures under shock and impact 15

Structures under shock and impact fifteen

Place of Publication:

Southampton, England ; Boston, Massachusetts : WIT Press, 2018.

Summary:

Discussing the increasing need to protect civilian infrastructure and industrial facilities against unintentional loads arising from accidental impact and explosion events as well as terrorist attack, this book contains papers presented at the 15th International Conference on Structures under Shock and Impact.

Contents:

Cover

Structures under Shock and Impact XV

Copyright Page

Preface

Contents

Section 1: Impact and blast loading

Using a discrete element/finite element approach to model impact of a rigid projectile on concrete and reinforced concrete targets

Reworking a simple model for deformable projectile penetration into thick targets

Attenuation of blast effects from underwater explosions in built structures

A scaled air blast model for high altitudes

Modeling the impact of explosions in enclosed spaces using discontinuous boundary elements and finite volume methods

Section 2: Design against blast/impact

Blast testing of energy absorbing connectors for blast resistant design

Experimental tests on personal safety devices for falls from height

Quantifying the response of steel columns to multi-axis long-duration blast and thermal loading

Study on suppression of the dynamic behavior of collision bulge of lead tube driven by sliding detonation

Experimental analysis on reduced-scale protective doors

Blast effects and damage characterization on reinforced masonry walls at full-scale

Towards a Single Degree Of Freedom (SDOF) model for predicting blast performance of cross-laminated timber

Section 3: Response of reinforced concrete under impact

Sensitivity study of airplane impact on an underground radioactive waste-storage building

Analysis of effect of momentum on the behavior of RC beams under low velocity impact loading

A numerical analysis on flat-shaped RC beams under falling-weight impact loading

Investigation of local behavior by impact of projectile for reinforced concrete panels

Experimental testing of reinforced concrete slabs retrofitted with CFRP and mechanical anchors

Section 4: Seismic behaviour.

Risk assessment criteria for machine tools subjected to large earthquake hazards: a proposal

Earthquake response of an open-type wharf with a pneumatic caisson foundation

Approaches for the calculation of Rayleigh damping coefficients for a time-history analysis

Analytical investigation of seismic performance of masonry walls strengthened with strain hardening fiber reinforced geopolymer matrix

Section 5: Dynamic material behaviour

Effect of specimen size of static compressive test on the dynamic increase factor of concrete compressive strength

Experimental investigation into the effect of aggregate size on dynamic compressive strength of mortar and concrete

Ballistic performance of enhanced cross-laminated timber (ECLT)

Author index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-78466-266-6

OCLC:

1061127235