TY - BOOK TI - Design against blast: load definition & structural response SN - 9781845647506 PY - 2012/// CY - Boston, MA PB - WIT Press KW - Explosivos KW - Terrorismo internacional KW - Terrorismo N2 - - Integrated anti-terrorism physics-based modelling: loads and structural response. - A study of the JWL equation of state parameters of dynamite for use in airblast models. - A comparison of hydrodynamic and analytic predicted blast pressure profiles. - Numerical determination of reflected blast pressurem distribution on round columns. - Theory and calibration of JWL and JWLB thermodynamic equations of state. - Predicction of airblast loads in complex envioronments using artificial neural networks. - Laboratory scale tests for internal blast loading. - Laboratoy simulation of blast loading on builging and bridge structures. - Non-ideal explosive perfomance in a building structure. - Aerodynamic damping and fluid-structure interaction of blast loaded flexive structures. Effect of silty-sand compressibility on transferred velocity fron impulsive blast loading. Simplified evaluation of a building impated by mitigation planning. - Blast-resistant highway bridges: design and detailing guidelines. - Approximation of blast loading and single degree-of-freedon modelling parameters for long span girders. - Simulation-based design of vehicles esposed to blast threats for improved occupant survivability. - Blast protection in military land vehicle programmes: approach, methodology and testing. - Blast testing of CFRP and SRP strengthened RC columns. - Analysis of the explosive loading of open-ended Steel pipes. Author index ER -