LAWS FOR LARGE ELASTIC RESPONSE AND PERMANENT DEFORMATION OF MODEL STRUCTURES SUBJECTED TO BLAST LOADING

摘要

In this report, a model law is developed for scaling of response to blast loading of structures which undergo large elastic and plastic deformations. In the derivation of the model law, strain-rate and gravity-effects are assumed negligible. The geometrical scaling of response predicted by the law is verified by a series of experiments on small cantilever beams.