Abstract
In the past few years public awareness of the need to protect structures against blast effects has risen. Blast wave energy is transmitted to the supporting structure by its façade connectors. Energy dissipating protective components placed at the connectors allow protecting people in the building as well as the primary building structure from damage. In this paper we present a protective component that dissipates blast energy by crash material. The report explores the system's fundamentals of operation from an experimental point of view. The results of dynamic tests are the basis of a design concept for the protective components.
| Translated title of the contribution | Energy dissipating protective component for facade connectors of buildings under impulsive blast loads using crash material |
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| Original language | German |
| Pages (from-to) | 561–566 |
| Journal | Bautechnik |
| Volume | 91 |
| Issue number | 8 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Aug 2014 |
Keywords
- blast loads
- energy dissipation
- façade connector
- crash-material
- protective component
- design guide
- Buildings
- Conception and Design