Courses on Impact and Blast Resistant Design Methods
25 - 26 June 2012 - Introductory Course

27 - 29 June 2012 - Advanced Course

Presented by Professor Norman Jones & Dr Graham Schleyer, University of Liverpool

Organised by Wessex Institute of Technology, Southampton, UK

Both parts of this course can either be taken individually or together for which a discount will apply.

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 Part 1 - Introductory Course (25 - 26 June 2012)

The objective of this course is to acquaint professional engineers and others to procedures for the analysis and design of structural elements subjected to large dynamic loadings produced by explosions, impacts, etc. The course examines aspects of the various types of dynamic loadings, studies the important relevant material characteristics in the dynamic range and, in particular, explores the response and energy absorbing properties of various structural systems, including damage and failure. Reference to the manual UFC 3-340-021 that presents design methods for protective construction, and some ‘hands-on’ sessions will be included. Participants will be given spreadsheet programs to practice some of the examples presented. The course is designed to be of use to anyone interested in the structural impact fields, structural crashworthiness, explosion mitigation, hazard assessment and safety calculations throughout the civil, mechanical, nuclear, transportation, petrochemical and process industries. It is particularly suitable as an introduction and overview to impact and blast resistant design methods.

1This is an unclassified document approved for public release (distribution unlimited) that can be downloaded from the web; see http://www.wbdg.org/ccb/DOD/UFC/ufc_3_340_02.pdf.

 Part 1 - Programme

Over a period of two days lectures will be presented on the following topics:

  • Introduction and general considerations
  • Quasi-static approximation
  • Elementary impact and stress wave considerations
  • Energy-absorbing systems
  • Human impact injury criteria
  • Structural crashworthiness
  • Types of explosions, their characteristics and effects
  • Loading on structures caused by external air blast
  • Pressure-impulse diagrams and their applications
  • Dynamic response and single-degree-of-freedom (SDOF) analysis methods
  • Behaviour of steel and reinforced concrete elements under blast loading
  • Examples using spreadsheet analysis tools
The ‘hands-on’ sessions require the use of a Windows compatible laptop computer. It is advisable to bring one with you, if at all possible, preferably with Microsoft Office 2007 installed.


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