Structural collapse due to blast loading

BIBIANA LUCCIONI; DANIEL AMBROSINI

Los Angeles CA, USA

Congreso; 7th World Congress on Computational Mechanics; 2006

United States Association of Computational Mechanics (USACM) and International Association of Computational Mechanics (IACM)

With the rapid development of computer hardware over the last decades, it has become possible to make detailed numerical simulations of explosive events in personal computers, significantly increasing the availability of these methods. On the other hand, new developments in integrated computer hydrocodes, complete the tools necessary to carry out the numerical analysis successfully. Nevertheless, two important features must be taken into account when performing computer blast resistance assessment of buildings. The first one is related to the need of experimental validation of both the models and the analysis procedures used. The second problem is related to the computational cost that makes almost impracticable, a realistic blast analysis of an actual reinforced concrete building with all its details.