Application of High Energy Absorbing Materials for Blast Protection

Kovács, Tünde and Nyikes, Zoltán and Figuli, Lucia (2018) Application of High Energy Absorbing Materials for Blast Protection. ACTA MATERIALIA TRANSYLVANICA (EN), 1 (2). pp. 93-96. ISSN 2601-8799

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Abstract

In the current century, building protection is very important in the face of terrorist attacks. The old buildings in Europe are not sufficiently resilient to the loads produced by blasts. We still do not fully understand the effects of different explosives on buildings and human bodies. Computing blast loads are different from that of traditional loads and the material selection rules for this type of impact load are diverse. Historical and old buildings cannot be protected simply by new walls and fences. New ways need to be found to improve a building’s resistance to the effects of a blast. It requires sufficiently thin yet strong retrofitted materials in order to reinforce a building’s walls.

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