Blast response comparison of multiple steel frame connections

Finite Elements in Analysis and Design

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 668-675

  Urgessa, Girum S ^a   Arciszewski, Tomasz ^a  

^a Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study   (United States)

Author keywords

Blast loads; Connections; Displacement; Explosions; Finite element method; Stress

Indexed keywords

BUILDING MATERIALS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; EXPLOSIONS; STEEL CONSTRUCTION; STRAIN RATE; STRESSES; STRUCTURAL FRAMES; WAVEGUIDE COUPLERS;

BEAM-TO-COLUMN CONNECTIONS; BLAST LOADS; COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE; DISPLACEMENT; EVALUATION CRITERIA; GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY; MATERIAL CONSTITUTIVE MODELS; STRUCTURAL RESPONSE;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 79955482404     PISSN: 0168874X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.finel.2011.01.009     Document Type: Article

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