With the upsurge in terrorism and with it, blast threats, there is growing interest in manufacturing blast-hardened structures and retrofitting blast mitigation materials to existing structures. Composites provide the ideal material for blast protection as they can be engineered to give different levels of protection by varying the reinforcements and matrices.
Blast Protection of Civil Infrastructures and Vehicles Using Composites provides engineers and those concerned with public safety with a standard reference to meet the needs of those in the civil and military sectors.
Part one discusses general technical issues covering topics such as blast threats and types of blast damage, processing polymer matrix composites for blast protection, standards and specifications for composite blast protection materials, high energy absorbing composite materials for blast resistant design, modeling the blast response of hybrid laminated composite plates and the response of composite panels to blast wave pressure loadings.
Part two reviews applications including ceramic matrix composites for ballistic protection of vehicles and personnel, using composites to protect military vehicles from mine blasts, blast protection of buildings using FRP matrix composites, using composites in blast resistant walls for offshore, naval and defense related structures, using composites to improve the blast resistance of columns in buildings, retrofitting using fibre reinforced polymer composites for blast protection of buildings and retrofitting to improve the blast response of concrete masonry walls.
Part I : Introduction
Chapter 1 : Blast Threats and Blast Loading
Chapter 2 : Standards and Specifications for Composite Blast Protection Materials
Chapter 3 : Processing Polymer Matrix Composites for Blast Protection
Chapter 4 : High Energy Absorbing Composite Materials for Blast Resistant Design
Chapter 5 : Modelling The Blast Response of Hybrid Laminated Composite Plates
Chapter 6 : Response of Composite Panels to Blast Wave Pressure Loadings
Part II : Applications
Chapter 7 : Ceramic Matrix Composites for Ballistic Protection of Vehicles and Personnel
Chapter 8 : Using Composites to Protect Military Vehicles from Mine Blasts
Chapter 9 : Blast Protection of Buildings Using Fibre-Reinforced Polymer (FRP) Composites
Chapter 10 : The Use of Composites in Blast-Resistant Walls
Chapter 11 : Using Composites to Improve The Blast Resistance of Columns in Buildings
Chapter 12 : Retrofitting Using Fibre Reinforced Polymer (FRP) Polymer Composites for Blast Protection of Buildings
Chapter 13 : Retrofitting to Improve The Blast Reponse of Concrete Masonry Walls
