Explosion-Resistant Buildings: Design, Analysis, and Case Studies

✍ Scribed by Prof. Dr. M.Y.H. Bangash, Dr. T. Bangash (auth.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
• Year: 2006
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 798
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This excellent book highlights all aspects of the analysis and design of buildings subject to impact, explosion and fire. It is a definitive reference book and contains 10 chapters from a wide international prospective. Three-dimensional finite element and discrete element techniques are included. They are applied to buildings such as the World Trade Center (WTC Twin Towers) and the Federal Building in Oklahoma on the basis of the designers drawings, data and other information. Many small case studies are also included. The book has a comprehensive bibliography and a large appendix providing background analysis and computer subroutines of recently developed programs.

✦ Table of Contents

Explosion and Buildings — A Review of Affected Buildings and General Criteria, Data, and Management....Pages 1-65
Blast and Explosive Loadings on Buildings....Pages 67-101
Fire and Buildings With and Without Explosion/Impact....Pages 103-227
Structural Response to Blast Loadings — Methods of Analysis....Pages 229-288
Blast Response Resistance — Design of Structural Elements....Pages 289-332
Contact or Gap Elements for Blast-Fire Structural Interaction....Pages 333-365
Aircraft and Missile Impact — Data and Analysis....Pages 367-440
Aircraft Hot Fuel-Structure Interaction During Impact Condition....Pages 441-474
Flying Debris — Elastic Scattering Approach....Pages 475-528
Building Global Analysis for Damage Scenario....Pages 529-658

✦ Subjects

Building Construction, HVAC, Refrigeration;Mechanics, Fluids, Thermodynamics;Structural Mechanics;Engineering Thermodynamics, Transport Phenomena;Quality Control, Reliability, Safety and Risk