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 …

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 …

Experimental investigation of design and retrofit methods for blast load mitigation–A state-of-the-art review

H Draganić, G Gazić, D Varevac - Engineering structures, 2019 - Elsevier
The number of intentional and unintentional explosions is constantly increasing worldwide.
Owing to increasing threat, the need for safer structures is of utmost importance. This paper …

Effect of design strength parameters of conventional two-way singly reinforced concrete slab under concentric impact loading

SM Anas, M Alam, M Umair - Materials Today: Proceedings, 2022 - Elsevier
Damage evaluation and performance enhancement of the structures due to ever-rising
malicious sporadic explosions, accidental detonations, vehicular collisions, aircraft crashing …

Machine learning-based approaches for predicting the dynamic response of RC slabs under blast loads

C Zhao, Y Zhu, Z Zhou - Engineering Structures, 2022 - Elsevier
Reinforced concrete (RC) slabs as the primary force member in the engineering structure is
often subjected to the threat of terrorist attacks or industrial gas explosions. Therefore, the …

Experimental and finite element analysis of doubly reinforced concrete slabs subjected to blast loads

G Thiagarajan, AV Kadambi, S Robert… - International Journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
This paper presents research on the response and behavior of both high strength concrete
(107 MPa) and normal strength concrete (27.6 MPa) slabs doubly reinforced with high …

Experimental investigation of steel fiber reinforced concrete slabs subjected to underwater contact explosions

H Zhao, X Zhao, H Fang, L Yang, J Sun, S Liu, Z Liu - Ocean Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
Fiber reinforced concrete has gained significant attention due to its higher ductility and
flexural behavior, making it a promising material for resisting extreme loads such as those …

Novel hybrid machine learning approach for predicting structural response of RC beams under blast loading

MK Almustafa, ML Nehdi - Structures, 2022 - Elsevier
Explosions have inflicted colossal human and economic losses. However, existing response
prediction methods for blast-loaded reinforced concrete (RC) structures are complex and …

Experimental response and numerical modelling of a full-scale two-span concrete slab frame subjected to blast load

LM López, A Pérez-Caldentey, AP Santos… - Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Three full scale tests have been carried out on the same structure to determine the effect
produced by several blast loadings detonated at different times. The structure is a two-span …

Plasticity based material model for concrete subjected to dynamic loadings

KA Gomathi, A Rajagopal, KSS Reddy… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
A new plasticity based material model has been proposed in the present work for concrete
subjected to dynamic loads. The model has then been used for blast analysis of Reinforced …