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Structural Engineering and Mechanics Volume 53, Number 3, February10 2015 , pages 589-605 DOI: https://doi.org/10.12989/sem.2015.53.3.589 |
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Impact of composite materials on buried structures performance against blast wave |
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Sherif A. Mazek and Mostafa M.A. Wahab
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| Abstract | ||
| The use of the rigid polyurethane foam (RPF) to strengthen buried structures against blast terror has great interests from engineering experts in structural retrofitting. The aim of this study is to use the RPF to strengthen the buried structures under blast load. The buried structure is considered to study the RPF as structural retrofitting. The Guowei model (Guowei et al. 2010) is considered as a case study. The finite element analysis (FEA) is also used to model the buried structure under shock wave. The buried structure performance is studied based on detonating different TNT explosive charges. There is a good agreement between the results obtained by both the Guowei model and the proposed numerical model. The RPF improves the buried structure performance under the blast wave propagation. | ||
| Key Words | ||
| displacements; finite element analysis; blast wave; buried structure; TNT explosive charges | ||
| Address | ||
| Sherif A. Mazek and Mostafa M.A. Wahab: Civil Engineering Department, Military Technical College, Cairo, Egypt | ||