Blast Loading
Blast Loading
By:
Jivani Dipak
Need of considering blast load
1.Overpressure
2.Propagation of Overpressure.
Overpressure time
history with critical
blast parameters.
Blast Impulse.
Blast effect on building.
• Crater effect
• Ground shaking.
• Overpressure loading.
• Other effects.
Magnitude of blast loading acting
on structure vary greatly with
• Properties of explosive.
- Type of material.
- Quantity of explosive.
- Energy output.
• Location of detonation.
• Stand-off distance.
• Reflection of shock front.
Action of loading.
• Exterior Blasts:
• Interior Blasts:
Load combination
• Wind and EQ shall not be considered simultaneously
with blast.
• Effect of temperature and shrinkage shall be neglected.
• Live load - IS:875-1964
• No live load consider on roof at the time of blast.
• For general guideline the building may be designed for a
charge of 100kg at a distance given in table.
BLAST FORCE
• As per the code IS:4991-1968 the blast
force will be calculated as,[ Clause:5]
Ps=Pso[1-(t/to)e]-b*t/to
Where,
T is the time to zero pressure.(mille seconds)
b is wave form parameter.
• This is a time decay function.
• Scaling Laws
Closed structure
• Front face
peak value