Analysis and testing of blast effects on walls strengthened with GFRP and shotcrete

International SAMPE Symposium and Exhibition (Proceedings)

Volumn 50, Issue , 2005, Pages 1135-1144

  Urgessa, Girum ^a   Maji, Arup ^a   Brown, Jay ^b  

^a MSC01 1070   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blast mitigation; Fiber reinforced plastic (FRP) materials; Retrofit

Indexed keywords

BLASTING; GLASS FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; MASONRY CONSTRUCTION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; REINFORCEMENT; RETROFITTING;

BLAST MITIGATION; DYNAMIC MODELS; RETROFIT;

WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

EID: 31944447370     PISSN: 08910138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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