TY - JOUR
T1 - Recommendations for a new generation of standards for testing numerical assessment of blast-loaded glass windows
AU - Larcher, Martin
AU - Arrigoni, Michel
AU - Bedon, Chiara
AU - Doormaal, Ans Van
AU - Haberacker, Christof
AU - Husken, Gtz
AU - Millon, Oliver
AU - Saarenheimo, Arja
AU - Solomos, George
AU - Thamie, Laurent
AU - Valsamos, Georgios
AU - Williams, Andy
AU - Stolz, Alexander
N1 - Funding Information:
The research leading to these results received funding from the European Union within the European Reference Network for the Critical Infrastructure Protection (ERNCIP) project hosted at the Joint Research Centre (JRC), European Commission, Via E. Fermi 2749, Ispra, Italy.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Trans Tech Publications, Switzerland.
Copyright:
Copyright 2020 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2017/1/1
Y1 - 2017/1/1
N2 - The determination of the blast protection level of civil engineering buildings components against explosive effects represents a topic of crucial importance, in current practice. However, some key aspects of blast resistant structures design have been only marginally considered in the last decade, and currently still require appropriate regulations. This is especially true in the case of windows and facades, where the intrinsic material brittleness is the major influencing parameter for blast-resistant assemblies. While blast assessment of buildings and systems is usually achieved by means of experimental investigations, as well as numerical simulations, general regulations and guidelines are currently missing. In this regard, the European Reference Network for Critical Infrastructure Protection (ERNCIP) Thematic Group Resistance of Structures to Explosion Effectsattempts to develop guidelines and recommendations aimed to harmonise test procedures in experimental testing of glass windows under blast, as well as standardized approaches for their vulnerability assessment via numerical modelling. In this paper, major Thematic Group outcomes and next challenges are briefly summarized.
AB - The determination of the blast protection level of civil engineering buildings components against explosive effects represents a topic of crucial importance, in current practice. However, some key aspects of blast resistant structures design have been only marginally considered in the last decade, and currently still require appropriate regulations. This is especially true in the case of windows and facades, where the intrinsic material brittleness is the major influencing parameter for blast-resistant assemblies. While blast assessment of buildings and systems is usually achieved by means of experimental investigations, as well as numerical simulations, general regulations and guidelines are currently missing. In this regard, the European Reference Network for Critical Infrastructure Protection (ERNCIP) Thematic Group Resistance of Structures to Explosion Effectsattempts to develop guidelines and recommendations aimed to harmonise test procedures in experimental testing of glass windows under blast, as well as standardized approaches for their vulnerability assessment via numerical modelling. In this paper, major Thematic Group outcomes and next challenges are briefly summarized.
KW - Blast Loaded Glass Windows
KW - Blast Protection
KW - Experimental Testing
KW - Finite Element Numerical Modelling
KW - Standardisation
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U2 - 10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.755.121
DO - 10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.755.121
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85032981556
SN - 1013-9826
VL - 755
SP - 121
EP - 130
JO - Key Engineering Materials
JF - Key Engineering Materials
ER -