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Behaviour of cantilever slabs in blast environment and strengthening techniques

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dc.contributor.author Bandara, AMACS
dc.contributor.author Dissanayake, PBR
dc.date.accessioned 2013-11-12T19:51:23Z
dc.date.available 2013-11-12T19:51:23Z
dc.date.issued 2013-11-13
dc.identifier.uri http://dl.lib.mrt.ac.lk/handle/123/9069
dc.description.abstract Cantilever slabs are among the most vulnerable structural elements at blast loading. As they are indispensable to most structures, it is important to investigate the behaviour of cantilever slabs in a blast environment and possibilities of improving their blast resistant abilities. In this paper we are proposing simplified design envelopes drawn for steel to concrete ratio and effective depth of slabs against blast parameters for a common range of cantilever slabs. These design envelopes have been prepared using results of previous research. Using these envelopes, conclusions are made about the effect of slab thickness which is one of the major parameters for improving blast resistant ability. This paper also discusses the blast resistant ability of reinforced concrete cantilevers designed by using the code BS8110 and ways to improve such conventional designs to make them better resistant in a blast loading environment in an economical way. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.subject Blast resistance en_US
dc.subject Cantilever slabs en_US
dc.subject Structural designs en_US
dc.subject Design envelopes en_US
dc.subject Reinforced concrete en_US
dc.subject Safety en_US
dc.title Behaviour of cantilever slabs in blast environment and strengthening techniques en_US
dc.type Conference-Full-text en_US
dc.identifier.year 2012 en_US
dc.identifier.conference International Symposium on Advances in Civil and Environment Engineering practices for sustainable development en_US
dc.identifier.place Faculty of Engineering - University Of Ruhuna. Galle en_US
dc.identifier.pgnos 231-238 en_US
dc.identifier.email chamindasbandara@yahoo.com en_US


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