Experimental and numerical investigations on performance of reinforced concrete slabs under explosive-induced air-blast loading: A state-of-the-art review

SM Anas, M Alam, M Umair - Structures, 2021 - Elsevier
Rising fanaticism and rapid industrialization across the globe make the structures more
vulnerable to direct threats generated from accidental and explosion-induced air-blast loads …

Air-blast and ground shockwave parameters, shallow underground blasting, on the ground and buried shallow underground blast-resistant shelters: a review

SM Anas, M Alam, M Umair - International Journal of …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Weak political systems and poor governance in certain developing countries are found to
have a war-like environment where structures are being targeted by blasts and bombs …

[HTML][HTML] Damage response of conventionally reinforced two-way spanning concrete slab under eccentric impacting drop weight loading

SM Anas, M Alam, M Shariq - Defence technology, 2023 - Elsevier
Reinforced concrete (RC) structures are generally designed to carry quasi-static gravity
loads through almost indispensable components namely slab, however, it may be subjected …

Evaluation of critical damage location of contact blast on conventionally reinforced one-way square concrete slab applying CEL-FEM blast modeling technique

SM Anas, M Shariq, M Alam… - International Journal of …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Nowadays, accidental explosions in residential and factory buildings are common owing to
poor maintenance and mishandling of fuel gas and chemical explosive appliances leading …

Behavior of two-way RC slab with different reinforcement orientation layouts of tension steel under drop load impact

SM Anas, M Alam, M Shariq - Materials Today: Proceedings, 2023 - Elsevier
In this research work, dynamic nonlinear incremental finite element analysis is conducted in
ABAQUS software with an inbuilt explicit module to study the impact response of a two-way …

Role of shear reinforcements on the punching shear resistance of two-way RC slab subjected to impact loading

SM Anas, M Alam - Materials Today: Proceedings, 2023 - Elsevier
The possibility of acting impulsive loads such as blast and impact on gravity load-carrying
structural members such as slabs during their construction and service life cannot be ruled …

Comparison of existing empirical equations for blast peak positive overpressure from spherical free air and hemispherical surface bursts

SM Anas, M Alam - Iranian Journal of Science and Technology …, 2022 - Springer
The blast-induced impulsive loads due to unabated accidental and man-made explosions
on structures are receiving attention from structural designers. Recent devastating Beirut …

Performance of axially loaded square RC columns with single/double confinement layer (s) and strengthened with C-FRP wrapping under close-in blast

SM Anas, M Shariq, M Alam - Materials Today: Proceedings, 2022 - Elsevier
Very recently a new variant of reinforced concrete (RC) columns confined with a double
layer of transverse steel has been introduced by researchers and investigated its …

Performance of brick-filled reinforced concrete composite wall strengthened with C-FRP laminate (s) under blast loading

SM Anas, M Alam - Materials Today: Proceedings, 2022 - Elsevier
From the safety of the structure and security point of view, the role of free-standing
compound wall is still relevant. Such unreinforced walls have limited flexural capacity under …

Performance of (1) concrete-filled double-skin steel tube with and without core concrete, and (2) concrete-filled steel tubular axially loaded composite columns under …

SM Anas, M Alam, M Umair - International Journal of …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Composite structural members such as concrete-filled double-skin steel tube (CFDSST) and
concrete-filled double steel tubular (CFDST) columns are increasingly being utilized in …