Blast and Ballistic Loading of Structures. (2014)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: John Hetherington, Peter Smith.
• Authors: Hetherington, John; Smith, Peter
• Contents: Cover; Half Title; Dedication; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Basic concepts of protection; 1.2 Protective design; 1.2.1 Materials of construction; 1.2.2 Vehicle and package bombs; 1.2.3 The ballistic threat; 1.3 Detailed examination of the effects -- the scope of this book; 2 Introduction to explosives; 2.1 Explosions; 2.2 Thermodynamics of explosions; 2.3 Mixtures and compounds; 2.3.1 Explosive mixtures; 2.3.2 Explosive compounds; 2.4 Oxygen balance; 2.5 Explosion processes; 2.5.1 Terminology; 2.5.2 Transition to detonation; 2.5.3 Detonation 2.5.4 Velocity of detonation2.6 Explosives classification; 2.7 Initiation; 2.8 Effects of explosives; 2.9 References; Symbols; 3 Blast waves and blast loading; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Blast waves in air from condensed high explosives; 3.3 Blast wave equations for spherical charges of condensed high explosive; 3.3.1 Inside the charge; 3.3.2 Outside the charge; 3.4 Blast wavefront parameters; 3.5 Other important blast wave parameters; 3.6 Blast wave scaling laws; 3.7 Surface bursts (Ex 3.1); 3.8 Blast wave pressure profiles; 3.9 Blast wave interactions; 3.9.1 Regular and Mach reflection (Ex 3.2) 3.10 Blast wave external loading on structures (Ex 3.3)3.11 Examples of blast effects on structures; 3.11.1 Terrorist attacks; 3.11.2 Nuclear attacks; 3.11.3 Simulations; 3.12 References; Symbols; 4 Internal blast loading; 4.1 Flame propagation in gas-air m; 4.2 The effect of flame area; 4.3 Detonation; 4.3.1 Turbulence increase; 4.3.2 Booster charges; 4.4 TNT equivalence; 4.5 Internal blast loading of structures; 4.5.1 Internal loading by condensed high explosives; 4.5.2 Internal loading by dust and gas explosions; 4.6 References; Symbols; 5 Underwater explosions; 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Underwater shock-wave details (Ex 5.1)5.3 Bubble parameter details; 5.4 Partition of energy; 5.5 Surface and sea-bed interactions; 5.6 Further reading; 5.7 References; Symbols; 6 Stress waves; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Stress wave parameters; 6.2.1 Propagation velocity; 6.2.2 Particle velo; 6.3 Reflection and transmission of stress waves; 6.3.1 Reflection and transmission at an interface between two dissimilar materials (Ex 6.1); 6.3.2 Reflection and transmission at a change of area (Ex 6.2); 6.3.3 Reflection and transmission at an interface with change of area and change of material 6.3.4 Design of protective systems (Ex 6.3)6.4 X, T diagrams (Ex 6.4); 6.5 Plastic stress waves; 6.5.1 Reflection and transmission of plastic waves (Ex 6.5); Symbols; 7 Groundshock; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Characterisation of grounds hock; 7.3 Quantification of groundshock parameters; 7.4 SHM analogy; 7.5 Grounds hock predictions; 7.5.1 Peak particle displacement; 7.5.2 Peak particle velocity; 7.5.3 Free field stress; 7.5.4 Free field impulse; 7.5.5 Attenuation coefficient; 7.5.6 Coupling factor; 7.5.7 Westine's method (Ex 7.2); 7.6 Groundshock loading of structures; 7.7 In-structure shock
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 624.1/76; Structural engineering; Structural engineering; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781482269277; 1482269279
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