Abstract
Engineering research efforts aiming at the development of blast-resistant and blast-retrofit designs is a priority for many government and state agencies. The success and advancement of structural designs to resist loads due to explosions depends on the ability to develop prediction methodologies and engineering design tools. This paper will present the analytical modeling and experimental evaluation of a steel-stud wall system with window opening under blast loads. The analytical and static experimental results were used to develop the static resistance function for the wall system, which was incorporated into a single degree of freedom (SDOF) dynamic model. The results of the static component tests were used to predict the structural performance and provide recommendations for the design of the blast-resistant wall system. The paper will discuss the performance of a blast-resistant wall system under static and dynamic field tests using live explosives.
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