Design Charts for Cold-Formed Steel Panels and Wide-Flange Beams Subjected to Blast Loads

Abstract

The report presents design charts for the selection of cold-formed steel panel and wide-flange beam sections used in structures designed to resist blast loads produced by high-explosive detonations. These steel sections are applicable to the walls, roof, and supporting members (girts, purlins, etc.) of blast-protective acceptor structures in Army Ammunition Plants and other explosive manufacturing and storage facilities. Each design chart consists of plots of steel panel or beam sections versus triangular pressure pulse, for a particular post-accident usability, span length, support condition (applicable to single and multiple spans) and beam spacing. Pressure levels up to 12 psi and pulse durations from 20 to 400 ms are covered by the charts. Illustrative examples are included.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1975
Accession Number
ADA015558

Entities

People

  • George Tseng
  • Norval Dobbs
  • Paul Price
  • Samuel Weissman

Organizations

  • Ammann & Whitney

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter IED

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accidents
  • Ammunition
  • Blast Loads
  • Command Control Communications
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Detonations
  • Dynamic Loads
  • Dynamic Response
  • Engineering
  • Explosions
  • Explosives
  • High Explosives
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Safety Engineering
  • Standards
  • Structural Loads

Readers

  • Computer Science.
  • Explosive Engineering.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Hall-Effect Thruster