Review of methods for prediction of internal blast loading

Alan Catovic, Elvedin Kljuno

Abstract


A review of internal blast loads on structures modeling methods is presented in the paper. Also, numerical simulations of the internal explosion were done in software Ansys Autodyn. Critical areas of confined spaces were identified for this type of explosion event. Recommendations were given regarding the use of numerical simulations in blast wave parameter prediction, as well as suggestions for further research.

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blast waves; internal explosions, numerical simulation

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21533/pen.v9i2.1712

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