Blast vulnerability evaluation of concrete masonry unit infill walls retrofitted with nano particle reinforced polyurea: Modelling and parametric evaluation

Structures Congress 2011 - Proceedings of the 2011 Structures Congress

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 2126-2141

  Irshidat, M ^a   Al Ostaz, A ^a   Cheng, A H D ^a   Mullen, C ^a  

^a The University of Mississippi   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-BLAST; BLAST LOADS; CONCRETE MASONRY; CONCRETE MASONRY UNITS; ELASTOMERIC MATERIALS; EVALUATION RESULTS; FINITE ELEMENT; HYDRO CODES; INFILL WALLS; MASONRY WALLS; POLYHEDRAL OLIGOMERIC SILSESQUIOXANES; POLYUREAS; REASONABLE ACCURACY; SCALE MODELS; VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENTS;

AERODYNAMIC LOADS; CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION; ENERGY DISSIPATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MASONRY MATERIALS; NANOPARTICLES; OLIGOMERS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RETROFITTING;

WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

EID: 79958153838     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/41171(401)185     Document Type: Conference Paper

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