Residual strength of blast damaged reinforced concrete column

• Main Author: Bao, Xiaoli
• Other Authors: Li, Bing
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Civil engineering::Structures and design
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/13091
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Columns are the key load-bearing elements in framed structures. Exterior columns are probably the most vulnerable structural components in terrorist attacks, and their failure is normally the primary cause of progressive failure. Current knowledge of the post-blast axial load carrying capacity of...