Desktop Computers and Explosive Safety

The program is written to follow the Department of Defense Triservice Manual TM5-1300 'Design of Structures To Resist the Effects of Accidental Explosions'. The procedures used in the program are automated forms of the hand calculations performed in the manual and as such are no better or...

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Main Author: Ferritto,John M
Format: Report
Language:English
Subjects:
Ammunition and Explosives
BLAST LOADS
BLAST RESISTANT SHELTERS
Blast resistant structures
Component Reports
COMPUTATIONS
COMPUTER APPLICATIONS
Computer Programming and Software
DYNAMIC RESPONSE
EXPLOSION EFFECTS
Explosions
EXPLOSIVES
REINFORCED CONCRETE
SAFETY
Safety Engineering
STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS
Structural Engineering and Building Technology
STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES
SYMPOSIA
WALLS
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Summary:The program is written to follow the Department of Defense Triservice Manual TM5-1300 'Design of Structures To Resist the Effects of Accidental Explosions'. The procedures used in the program are automated forms of the hand calculations performed in the manual and as such are no better or no worse. The methodology computes the approximate structural properties of a reinforced concrete slab and treats it as an equivalent single degree of freedom system solving for the dynamic response. This is a major simplification however experience has shown it to produce results which are adequate considering the errors in determining the loads. The results tend to be on the conservative side in favor of safe construction. This procedure is intended to give professional engineers a first cut in the design of complex slabs subject to dynamic blast loads. This article is from 'Minutes of the Explosives Safety Seminar (22nd) Held in Anaheim, California on 26-28 August 1986. Volume 1,' AD-A181 274, p239-249.