Title: Blast Response Limits for Load-Bearing Prestressed Concrete Panels

Author(s): Thomas Mander

Publication: Web Session

Volume: ws_F18_Mander.pdf

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Date: 10/15/2018

Abstract:
This presentation proposes design response limits for load-bearing prestressed concrete wall panels, based on a series of full-scale shock tube tests and dynamic analysis. The panels tested included 6 inch thick solid prestressed concrete panels, and prestressed concrete sandwich panels with 3 inch thick wythes separated with 2 inches of rigid insulation. Static axial load was sustained on the top of the panels in the dynamic shock tube tests, ranging from 5 and 10 percent of the gross static axial capacity of each wall. Test results are summarized, along with SDOF analytical comparisons, which were used to develop load-bearing prestressed concrete blast response criteria.