@inbook{ce7305489d2048939e33fc4c2946a2ab,
title = "Experimental Research and Development on Blast Resistant Structures",
abstract = "Structures are usually designed to withstand a broad set of loads (e.g., gravity, wind, temperature changes and earthquakes). However, over the last few decades, wars, terrorist attacks and accidental explosions, have raised up the need to consider blast loads in the construction of relevant public or private infrastructures. The successful design of blast resistant structures requires a deep understanding of the effects of explosions on structures, which can only be achieved by extensive experimental campaigns and comprehensive numerical simulations. This chapter presents an experimental research programme that has been established to assist the development of blast resistant solutions for structures that may be subjected to accidental or intentional explosions on industrial and/or critical/governmental infrastructure and buildings and military/peacekeeping operations infrastructures. The research includes explosive field tests on RC fa{\c c}ade panels, strengthened to resist the blast actions or provided with energy dissipation connectors to the main building structure and sacrificial cladding connectors for ventilated fa{\c c}ades. These solutions, aim to reduce the blast effects on buildings subjected to accidental or intentional explosions, minimizing injuries and life losses of their occupants.",
keywords = "Blast load effects, Energy dissipation connectors, Experimental tests, Fa{\c c}ade panels, Sacrificial cladding",
author = "Gabriel Gomes and Hugo Rebelo and V{\'a}lter L{\'u}cio and Corneliu Cismasiu and Jos{\'e} Mingote",
note = "Funding Information: Fig. 9.20 Velocity time history dependence on the relative density Acknowledgements The information presented in this work is based on and derived from the work and results obtained during the development of the research projects SI4E—Security and Integrity of Strategic Buildings under Accidental or Intentional Explosions funded by Portuguese Army, PRINSEF—Protection of Infrastructures and Physical Security funded by Portuguese Military War College, BLADE—Blast Walls Performance Optimization Design funded by NATO C-IED COE under IED Threat Mitigation Activities, and PROTEDES—Strategic Building Protection Against Explosions funded by the Portuguese funding institution FCT—Funda{\c c}{\~a}o para a Ci{\^e}ncia e Tecnologia, through Grant SFRH/BD/115599/2016. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2023, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.",
year = "2023",
month = mar,
day = "29",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-031-23888-8_9",
language = "English",
isbn = "978-3-031-23887-1",
series = "Springer Tracts in Civil Engineering",
publisher = "Springer",
pages = "199--218",
editor = "Carlos Chastre and Jos{\'e} Neves and Diogo Ribeiro and Neves, {Maria Gra{\c c}a} and Paulina Faria",
booktitle = "Advances on Testing and Experimentation in Civil Engineering",
address = "Netherlands",
}
