Explosions increasingly occur in densely populated, urban locations. Primary blast injuries (PBIs), caused by exposure to wave overpressure, can be predicted using injury criteria, although many are based on idealised loading scenarios that do not necessarily reflect real life situations. At present, there is limited understanding of how, and what extent, blast-structure interaction influences ...

Post-blast residues are potential interferents to chemical detection of landmines. To assess the potential problem related to 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT), its post-blast residue was identified and quantified. In the first part of this study laboratory-scale samples of TNT (2 g) were detonated in a small-scale explosivity device (SSED) to evaluate the explosive power and collect post-blast resid...

A blast injury is a complex type of physical trauma resulting from the detonation of explosive compounds and has become an important issue due to the use of improvised explosive devices (IED) in current military conflicts. Blast-induced neurotrauma (BINT) is a major concern in contemporary military medicine and includes a variety of injuries that range from mild to lethal. Extreme forces and th...

We present a case of paediatric Stage IV sporadic Burkitt's leukaemia presenting as cheek enlargement with osteolysis of the maxilla. An 8-year-old boy was referred to our department with diffuse swelling of both cheeks. Head and neck examination revealed bilateral diffuse nontender swelling, non-fluctuant but slightly compressible. Computed tomography imaging showed enhancing bilateral bulky l...

As a common enclosure structure, masonry walls are widely used in various types of buildings. However, due to the weak out-of-plane resistance and generally brittle properties materials for blocks, they highly susceptible collapse under blast loads produce high-speed splash fragments, which seriously threatens safety personnel equipment inside In this paper, based on existing tests, refined num...

To improve the blast resistance of a wall system, it is necessary to enhance its energy absorption capabilities and/or increase its mass. Much research has been performed on improving the ductility, and thus the resistance, of a wall system using elastic materials externally attached to the tension side of a wall. This project investigated the static resistance of wall systems with elastic mate...