Blast and ballistic impacts are high-strain rate events that can cause catastrophic damage to
structures and endanger human lives. Shielding materials play a critical role in mitigating the …

Urban blasts have become a significant concern in recent years. Whilst free-field blasts are
well understood, the introduction of an urban setting (or any complex geometry) gives rise to …

Machine learning offers the potential to enable probabilistic-based approaches to
engineering design and risk mitigation. Application of such approaches in the field of blast …

The shock wave generated from a high explosive detonation can cause significant damage
to any objects that it encounters, particularly those objects located close to the source of the …

Transfer learning offers the potential to increase the utility of obtained data and improve
predictive model performance in a new domain, particularly useful in an environment where …

Accurate quantification of the blast load arising from detonation of a high explosive has
applications in transport security, infrastructure assessment and defence. In order to design …

This paper presents a detailed review of the current state of the art in Hopkinson pressure
bar (HPB) data analysis. In particular, the underlying theory of the HPB is discussed, and …

This paper presents insights into the flight characteristics of a ball bearing embedded in a
rear detonated cylindrical charge, which represents an idealised piece of shrapnel from an …

Experimental measurements of blast loading using Hopkinson pressure bars are affected by
dispersion which can result in the loss or distortion of important high-frequency features …

Direct measurement of the wall pressure loading subjected to the near‐field underwater
explosion is of great difficulty. In this article, an improved methodology and a lab‐scale …