Blast Response of Concrete Walls With Stay-in-Place PVC Forms

摘要

Wall fragments are responsible for a significant percentage of injuries and fatalities on building occupants during a terrorist attack. The success of polymer research pioneered at Tyndall Air Force Research Lab has lead to research into stay-in-place polymer (polyvinyl chloride-PVC) forms for concrete walls. Research targeting composite behavior of concrete and PVC under blast loads in the focus of this research paper. Laboratory and full-scale explosive test results are summarized to support resistance function calculations for non-reinforced concrete walls with stay-in-place PVC forms.