Proposed Design Methods for Timber Members Subjected to Blast Loads

Performance of Polymer-encased Concrete Walls Subjected to Blast Loads

MINIMUM WEIGHT AND DRIFT DESIGN OF STEEL MOMENT FRAMES SUBJECTED TO BLAST

Design of blast resistant structures is an important subject in structural engineering, attracting the attention of governments, researchers, and engineers. Thus, given the benefits of optimization in engineering, development and assessment of optimization methods for optimum design of structures against blast is of great importance. In this research, multi-objective optimization of steel momen...

investigating the feasibility of a proposed model for geometric design of deployable arch structures

deployable scissor type structures are composed of the so-called scissor-like elements (sles), which are connected to each other at an intermediate point through a pivotal connection and allow them to be folded into a compact bundle for storage or transport. several sles are connected to each other in order to form units with regular polygonal plan views. the sides and radii of the polygons are...

Frictional systems subjected to oscillating loads

If a discrete elastic system with frictional interfaces is subjected to periodic loading, the eventual steady-state response may depend on the initial condition or an initial transient phase of the loading history. In cases where shakedown is possible, it is known that it will occur for all initial conditions if there is no coupling between slip displacements and normal contact tractions, but t...

Alternative Methods of Data Capture for Glass Subjected to Long-duration Blast Loading

The air blast tunnel (ABT) at MoD Shoeburyness is a unique testing facility capable of simulating pressure regimes recorded in long-duration blast events. Long-duration blasts are typically defined by a positive phase duration greater than 100ms, observed in the far field of large explosions. Due to its highly brittle nature, glass panels require high-speed data capture to provide reliable engi...