Beirut Port Explosion: Comparing Blast Modeling with Observed Structural and Nonstructural Damage

Abstract

AbstractThis paper presents the application of the Kingery-Bulmash equations and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) approaches to model the August 2020 Beirut Port explosion and consequently to predict the structural and nonstructural damage to ...Practical ApplicationsThe 2020 Beirut Port explosion stands as one of the most significant accidental urban blasts in modern history, causing extensive structural damage and severely straining hospital capacity. This study demonstrates that commonly used ...