Abstract: The strategy for dealing with the blast-induced threats against a structure requires attention from planning and design stages, as introducing or altering various blast response mitigation strategies becomes either difficult ...

Abstract: Response of underground structures to buried explosion is very complex involving multiple phenomena occurring simultaneously. Studies focusing on this topic have gained momentum on account of increased terrorist threats ...

Abstract: With the increase in explosive occurrences and the development of new weapons, protective structures have received worldwide attention. The energy-absorbing core material is the most crucial part of these protective ...

Abstract: Modeling and numerical simulation of foam sandwich panels subjected to impulsive loading are presented. The sandwich panels consist of steel sheets at front and back with two varieties of foam cores in between. Stiffeners ...