BACKGROUND From November 2008 to October 2010, 565 military personnel sustained blast injury in Southernmost Thailand and 99 personnel, affected by multiple injuries, were transferred to Phramongkutklao Hospital. No data on the effect of blast injury to the ears among Thai military personnel have been reported. This study aims 1) to determine the prevalence of Sensorineural Hearing Loss (SNHL) ...

Blast–obstacle interaction is a complex, multi-faceted problem. Whilst engineering-level tools exist for predicting blast parameters (e.g. peak pressure, impulse and loading duration) in geometrically simple settings, wave fundamentally altered upon with an object its path, hence, the are themselves affected. This article presents comprehensive review of key research this area. The formed five ...

Glass curtain walls are used in modern buildings as envelopes for wide surfaces due to a multitude of aspects. In glass curtain walls, tensile brittle panels are connected through mechanical or adhesive joints with steel frameworks or aluminum bracing systems, and due to the interaction of several structural components, the behaviour of the so assembled system is complex to predict, especially ...