Effect of cased charges on plain steel and steel-concrete sandwich targets

When designing light weight protective structures it is important to consider the threat from cased charges. In this research, a steel panel constructed using standard steelwork sections and a steel-concrete sandwich panel were loaded using a cased pipe charge containing 15 kg of TNT equivalent expl...

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Main Authors: Rana, M. M., Khan, A., Del Linz, Paolo, Lee, C. K., Fung, Tat Ching
Other Authors: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2021
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/151556
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Institution: Nanyang Technological University
Language: English
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Summary:When designing light weight protective structures it is important to consider the threat from cased charges. In this research, a steel panel constructed using standard steelwork sections and a steel-concrete sandwich panel were loaded using a cased pipe charge containing 15 kg of TNT equivalent explosive. Central deflections and damage images were collected and were employed to validate finite element (FE) simulations. These were used to compare models using different stand-offs and two simplified smeared loading methods. The results showed that the influence of the localised damage was limited for the loading range considered.