Façade failure effects on blast propagation along city streets

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Structures and Buildings

Volumn 156, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 359-365

  Smith, Peter Daryl ^a   Rose, Timothy Alan ^a   Krahe, Sheldon Lee ^b   Franks, Michael Andrew ^b  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Royal Australian Air Force   (Australia)

Author keywords

Buildings; Research and development; Safety and hazards; Structure and design

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; BUILDINGS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; REINFORCED CONCRETE;

GLAZING ELEMENTS;

ROADS AND STREETS;

BLASTING; BUILDING; EXPLOSION; FAILURE MECHANISM; SHOCK WAVE; URBAN AREA; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 0344099398     PISSN: 09650911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/stbu.2003.156.4.359     Document Type: Article

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