Near-field explosion effects on the behaviour of reinforced concrete columns: a numerical investigation

L Abladey, A Braimah - International Journal of Protective …, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
The high incidence of global terrorism and accidental explosions have highlighted the
vulnerability of built infrastructure to blast loading. Thus, owners of iconic structures are …

Performance enhancement of square reinforced concrete column carrying axial compression by (1) C-FRP wrapping, and (2) steel angle system under air-blast …

M Shariq, M Alam, SM Anas… - … Science and Surface …, 2022 - inderscienceonline.com
The present study focuses on how best can we enhance the blast resistance of reinforced
concrete (RC) columns of an existing building. For this purpose, an RC column, 300 mm× …

Post-fire behaviour of slender reinforced concrete columns confined by circular steel tubes

H Yang, F Liu, L Gardner - Thin-Walled Structures, 2015 - Elsevier
The post-fire behaviour of slender reinforced concrete columns confined by circular steel
tubes is investigated experimentally and numerically in this paper. Experiments were …

Computer analysis of impact behavior of concrete filled steel tube columns

S Aghdamy, DP Thambiratnam, M Dhanasekar… - … in Engineering Software, 2015 - Elsevier
This paper presents a numerical study of the response of axially loaded concrete filled steel
tube (CFST) columns under lateral impact loading using explicit non-linear finite element …

Effect of blast loading on CFRP-Retrofitted RC columns-a numerical study

HM Elsanadedy, TH Almusallam, H Abbas… - Latin American journal …, 2011 - SciELO Brasil
This study aims to investigate the effect of blast loads generated as a result of explosive
charges on the existing exterior RC circular columns of a typical building in the city of …

Behaviour of hollow-core and steel wire mesh reinforced ultra-high performance concrete columns under lateral impact loading

J Wei, J Li, C Wu - International Journal of Impact Engineering, 2020 - Elsevier
Adopting UHPC in practical construction is very expensive due to the high steel fibre content
(> 2.5 vol%) and passive flexure reinforcement. Aiming at balancing the performance and …

Experimental and numerical study on behaviour of square steel tube confined reinforced concrete stub columns after fire exposure

F Liu, H Yang, R Yan, W Wang - Thin-Walled Structures, 2019 - Elsevier
The behaviour of square steel tube confined reinforced concrete columns after fire exposure
was studied experimentally and numerically in this paper. Eighteen stub columns were first …

Numerical modeling of concrete-filled FRP tubes' dynamic behavior under blast and impact loading

Y Qasrawi, PJ Heffernan, A Fam - Journal of Structural Engineering, 2016 - ascelibrary.org
A major difficulty of the analysis of and design for close-in blasts is the high variability of the
blast shock waves and the complex interactions between these waves and structures. Close …

Experimental and numerical study of a RC member under a close-in blast loading

R Codina, D Ambrosini, F de Borbón - Engineering Structures, 2016 - Elsevier
In recent years, many attacks all over the world have shown that terrorism related activity is
dramatically increasing. In this context, columns are the most critical structural components …

Vulnerability screening and capacity assessment of reinforced concrete columns subjected to blast

WW El-Dakhakhni, WF Mekky… - Journal of performance …, 2009 - ascelibrary.org
In this study, a nonlinear model is developed to study the response of blast-loaded
reinforced concrete (RC) columns. The strain rate dependency and the axial load and P− Δ …