Effect of responding and failing structural components on the airblast pressures and loads on and inside of the structure

Authors:
James T. Baylot;Tommy L. Bevins
Affiliations:
US Army Engineer Research and Development Center, 3909 Halls Ferry Road, Vicksburg, MS 39180, USA;US Army Engineer Research and Development Center, 3909 Halls Ferry Road, Vicksburg, MS 39180, USA
Venue:
Computers and Structures
Year:
2007

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Abstract

The presence of non-structural exterior walls can affect the loads on structural columns when high explosives detonate near that column. Numerical simulations and physical experiments were used to determine the effect of exterior (no wall and solid masonry wall) type on the loads on and response of exterior columns. Both the simulations and the experiments indicate that although the exterior wall fails very quickly, it still significantly affects the loads on the column and the airblast pressures entering the structure.