Analytical and experimental evaluation of steel sheets for blast retrofit design

[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Blast resistant design has come to the forefront of engineering concerns in the wake of recent terrorist threats to the United States. The focus of this research is to evaluate the use of thin steel sheets as a suitable retrofit material that will assist a wall system in mitigating the applied loads during a blast event. The static resistance of the wall system can be analytically predicted and experimentally verified. Additionally, an efficient means of connecting the steel sheets to the wall system can be experimentally determined. The analytical model will ultimately be implemented into a single degree of freedom dynamic model, which will provide the basis for a user-friendly blast design code. The research shows that a steel sheet retrofit system can effectively increase the strength and ductility of a wall, which allows the wall system to adequately resist the energy imparted from certain blast threats.

Name thesis:degree_name

M.S.

Level thesis:degree_level

Masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Civil and environmental engineering (MU)

Grantor dc:publisher

University of Missouri--Columbia

Year dc:date.issued

2005

Author dc:creator

• Kennedy, John Anthony

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Salim, Hani A., 1966-

Statement dc:rights

• Access to files is limited to the campuses of the University of Missouri with SSO login.

Language dc:language.iso

eng, English

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10355/5849

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:mospace.umsystem.edu:10355/5849