Dynamic Response of Retrofitted Masonry Walls for Blast Loading

作者：Urgessa Girum S^*; Maji Arup K

来源：Journal of Engineering Mechanics, 2010, 136(7): 858-864.

DOI：10.1061/(ASCE)EM.1943-7889.0000128

• Blast loads
• Concrete
• Masonry
• Finite element method
• Fiber reinforced polymers
• Full-Scale tests
• Walls
• Blast loads
• Concrete masonry
• Finite-element method
• Fiber-reinforced polymers
• Full-Scale tests

A full-scale blast test was conducted on eight masonry walls reinforced with two and four layers of carbon fibers and two types of polymer matrices. The walls were then subjected to a 0.45-kg pentolite booster suspended from the ceiling of a test structure. The pressure-time history caused by the blast and the resulting displacement response were measured during the test. This paper presents a summary of the test program and the corresponding results from a nonlinear single degree of freedom analysis. The results provide a basis for determining effective means of retrofitting existing masonry walls and designing new structures to withstand blast loads. The paper also outlines a fiber-reinforced polymer retrofit design procedure for walls subjected to blast loading.

• 出版日期2010-7