blast resistant design literature
 

blast resistant design: literature?
dear friends
i will appreciate if you suggest to me specifications, web sites or any reference related to blast resistant design, eg explosion due to fire, aeroplane jets, bomb,etc
respects
ijr
check out our whitepaper library.
steel or concrete?
here are a few...
ron hamburger gave a good presentation on this at the nascc back in february. his paper may be on the aisc website.
try doing a search for tm 5-1300 navfac p-397 or afr 88-22
it's a dod book on blast resistant design. the arny, navy, and air force each give it a different name.
it's a huge file ~90 mb
"design of blast resistant buildings for petrochemical facilities" asce isbn 0-7844-0265-5
pals
you are simply great, and thanks
redfish, both concrete or steel.
respects
ijr
try a product called bi-steel developed by corus. tests were done on it using explosive shells for the uk military
there is an asce publication titled design of blast resistant structures in petrochemical facilities (isbn 0-7844-0265-5).