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Title Blast effects on buildings / edited by David Cormie, Geoff Mays and Peter Smith
Edition 2nd ed
Published London : Thomas Telford Ltd., 2009

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 338 pages) : illustrations
Contents Basic guidelines for enhancing blast resilience -- Blast loading -- Prediction of blast loads -- Structural response to blast loading -- Design of elements in structural steel -- Design of elements in reinforced concrete and masonry -- Design of elements in steel-concrete-steel composite -- Design of glazing -- Whole-building response to blast damage -- Vehicle-borne threats and the principles of hostile vehicle mitigation -- Design of building services under blast loading -- Implications for building operation
Summary Providing the latest practical guidance on designing buildings to optimise their resilience to blast loading, this text is focused specifically on the design of commercial buildings. It helps engineers reduce the risks posed to building occupants and businesses from terrorist and other explosions
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL
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Subject Building, Bombproof.
Buildings -- Blast effects.
Structural dynamics.
Structural design.
bombproof construction.
Building, Bombproof
Buildings -- Blast effects
Structural design
Structural dynamics
Form Electronic book
Author Cormie, David.
Mays, Geoffrey.
Smith, P. D., 1950 March 26-
ISBN 9780727737229
0727737228
9781628705034
1628705035
9780727740441
072774044X
1281991449
9781281991447
9786611991449
6611991441