Multiple building simulations and effect of berms behind blast barrier walls

Author

Bevins, Tommy L. ; Armstrong, Byron J. ; Baylot, James T. ; Rickman, Denis D.

Author_Institution

USACE Eng. Res. & Dev. Center, Vicksburg, MS, USA

fYear

2003

fDate

9-13 June 2003

Firstpage

250

Lastpage

256

Abstract

The ERDC is developing procedures to be used to increase the level of protection to our military when it occupies buildings in an urban environment. An engineering model for predicting the effects of surrounding buildings and a model for predicting the effects of barriers on airblast pressures are needed. Combined high-performance computing (HPC) and experimental investigations are being conducted to develop these models. HPC simulations of the effects of barriers and barriers with berms are compared with experimental data. HPC results for simulations of the effect of a nearby building on the load on the structure of interest are also presented. The HPC simulations along with experimental results are being used to understand the phenomenology so that an engineering model can be developed.

Keywords

building; explosion protection; military computing; military systems; structural engineering computing; walls; airblast pressure; berm effect; blast barrier walls; engineering model; high-performance computing simulations; military personnel protection; multiple building simulation; Buildings; Computational modeling; Electric shock; Explosives; Military computing; Predictive models; Protection; Reflection; Terrorism; Weapons;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

User Group Conference, 2003. Proceedings

Print_ISBN

0-7695-1953-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/DODUGC.2003.1253400

Filename

1253400