Blast resistance of tuff stone masonry walls

Establishing a predictive method for blast induced masonry debris distribution using experimental and numerical methods

“…Pressure-impulse iso-damage curves are used to predict damage response and assess the level of damage caused by a specific load and are derived through experimental and numerical investigations [10,11]. For structures built from primarily brittle materials, such as concrete and masonry, the higher levels of damage result in particulate breakage and fragmentation, especially in the dynamic loading region of the pressureimpulse diagram.…”

Research and practice on progressive collapse and robustness of building structures in the 21st century

“…A few studies have been recently carried out on blast resistance of masonry walls (see e.g. [275,276]), but this subject deserves further investigation to assess and reduce the vulnerability of buildings to catastrophic explosions that frequently occur as a result of gas leaks from building utility service systems. At the larger scale of structural systems, comprehensive studies need to be made on how a local failure in any part of these buildings could propagate elsewhere and how alternative load paths can be created to avoid progressive collapse.…”

Analysis of the Response of a One-Storey One-Bay Steel Frame to Blast

“…However from experiments conducted on the behavior of such material during explosions, the three major modes of damage were observed, that is, flexural, shear, and spalling [19]. In addition, finite element modelling has been carried out on other systems, including tuff stone masonry [20]. This study focused on the blast resistance of the material.…”