Blast and Ballistic Loading of Structures

by John Hetherington, Peter Smith

Overview

This book brings together, in a concise format, the key elements of the loads produced from explosive sources, and how they interact with structures. Explosive sources include gas, high explosives, dust and nuclear materials.It presents quantitative information and design methods in a useable form without recourse to extensive mathematical ana

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781040190562
Publisher:	CRC Press
Publication date:	04/21/2014
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	336
File size:	10 MB

About the Author

P. D. Smith is Senior Lecturer at Civil Engineering Group, Cranfield University, Royal Military College of Science.

J. G. Hetherington is Head of Design Group, Cranfield University, Royal Military College of Science.

Table of Contents

Introduction; Introduction to explosives; Blast waves and blast loading; Internal blast loading; Underwater explosions; Stress waves; Groundshock; Structural response: Principles; Structural response: Pressure-impulse diagrams; Structural response: Equivalent systems; Structural response: Incremental solution of equation of motion; Protection against ballistic attack; Buried structures; Protective design; Worked examples.