On dimensionless loading parameters for close-in blasts
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https://doi.org/10.1260/1750-9548.9.2.171Abstract
Close-range blasts pose a threat through severe damage to structures and injury or death. In this work, the spatial and temporal descriptions of a localised blast load are presented using 6 non-dimensional parameters. These are found to be solely functions of the charge stand-off distance to diameter ratio for a cylindrically-shaped charge.
Numerical simulations of a localised blast are performed using AUTODYN, where the pressure variation on a rigid barrier for various charge stand-off/diameter combinations is obtained. The least-square regression is then utilised to obtain the relationship between stand-off/diameter ratio and dimensionless loading parameters. The relevant expressions and dimensionless charts are presented.
The proposed equations are verified by comparing experimental data with numerical results obtained by finite element analysis (FEA) of blast loaded steel plates (using the user-defined subroutine VDLOAD implemented in the FEA package ABAQUS/Explicit). Excellent correlation of the measured permanent displacement with numerically predicted results is obtained.
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