Use of composites to resist blast

Journal of Composites for Construction

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 601-610

  Malvar, L Javier ^a   Crawford, John E ^b   Morrill, Kenneth B ^b  

^a NAVAL FACILITIES ENGINEERING SERVICE CENTER   (United States)

^b Karagozian and Case   (United States)

Author keywords

Blast loads; Blasting; Structural members; Terrorism

Indexed keywords

BLAST LOAD; STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS; TERRORISM;

BLASTING; BUILDINGS; COMPOSITE BEAMS AND GIRDERS; LOAD LIMITS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

EID: 36248981327     PISSN: 10900268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0268(2007)11:6(601)     Document Type: Article

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