Breakup of concrete structure under internal explosion
conference paper
When an explosion occurs in a concrete structure, debris throw is one of the major hazards and dominates the safety distances. To gain insight into concrete break-up, a series of one-way spanning clamped concrete slabs exposed to internal blast were tested under various loading densities. A combination of special powerful X-ray pulsars, high-speed video and strain gauges are employed to capture the initial concrete deformation and its subsequent break-up process. An overview of the tests, the results and the interpretation of the break-up process are presented in this paper.
TNO Identifier
183608
Source title
Fracture Mechanics of Concrete and Concrete Structures (FraMCoS-6), Catania, Italy, 17-22 June 2007
Pages
9 p.
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