Blast Response of Concrete Walls With Stay-in-Place PVC Forms

Abstract

Wall fragments are responsible for a significant percentage of injuries and fatalities on building occupants during a terrorist attack. The success of polymer research pioneered at Tyndall Air Force Research Lab has lead to research into stay-in-place polymer (polyvinyl chloride-PVC) forms for concrete walls. Research targeting composite behavior of concrete and PVC under blast loads in the focus of this research paper. Laboratory and full-scale explosive test results are summarized to support resistance function calculations for non-reinforced concrete walls with stay-in-place PVC forms.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 15, 2006
Accession Number
ADA456098

Entities

People

  • James S. Davidson
  • Jeff W. Fisher
  • Robert J. Dinan

Organizations

  • Applied Research Associates (United States)

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter IED
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Blast Loads
  • Composite Materials
  • Concrete
  • Construction
  • Engineering
  • Explosives
  • Failure Mode And Effect Analysis
  • Materials
  • Mechanics
  • Military Research
  • Resistance
  • Standards
  • Strain Rate
  • Stress Strain Relations
  • Stresses

Readers

  • Aerospace Research.
  • Explosive Engineering.
  • Polymer Science and Engineering.