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Apr 26, 2012
RC Column and Slab Retrofits to Survive Blast Loads
Authors: Kenneth B. Morrill, L. Javier Malvar, John E. Crawford, and Stephen W. AttawayAuthor Affiliations
Publication: Advanced Technology in Structural Engineering
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Procedures for developing retrofit designs for reinforced concrete (RC) columns and slabs to improve their survivability to blast loads are described. These procedures allow conventional RC columns, even ones designed with little lateral resistance, such as in seismic zone 1, to survive large explosives loads at very close standoffs. The design procedures for blast loads were adapted from those already used to develop seismic retrofits for RC columns but differ because they consider both shear and bending failures and include effects peculiar to blast loads. The effectiveness of the resulting retrofit designs is demonstrated through high-fidelity physics based calculations using the PRONTO3D finite element code and through comparisons to experimental data.
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Kenneth B. Morrill
Karagozian & Case Structural Engineers, Glendale, CA
L. Javier Malvar
Karagozian & Case Structural Engineers, Glendale, CA
John E. Crawford
Karagozian & Case Structural Engineers, Glendale, CA
Stephen W. Attaway
Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM
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