Assignment - Blast resilient buildings

Sol 1: Basis for Calculations (Reference – Section A.1.1.1 BRM DEP Informative):

Formula Value Check

shock or pressure
wave;
Pso peak side-on Given 30 kPa Ref- A.1.1.3
positive (or The peak side-on over-pressure
negative) over- (Pso) is not be less than 55 kPa
pressure; (OK_
td positive (or Given 80 ms Ref- A.1.1.3
negative) phase The positive phase duration (td)
duration; is not less than 100 ms. (OK)
Pr peak reflected Pr = [2 + (0.0073 x Pso)] x Pso 66.57
pressure; kPa
qo dynamic (blast qo ≈ 0.0032 x (Pso)^2 in kPa 2.88 kPa
wind) pressure;
U shock front U ≈ 340 x [1 + (6 x Pso)/(7 x 381.216
velocity; Po)]^ 0.5 m/s
 Lw blast wavelength. Lw = U x td 30.50 m

Pso 30 kPa
td 80 ms
0.08 s
Pr

66.57 kPa
qo

2.88 kPa
U

Po is ambient pressure (= ~100 kPa)

381.22 m/s

Lw

30.50 m

Impulse on the short side (Refer - A.1.2.3 Front wall loading)

 Ps Stagnation pressure
Ps = Pso +Cd x qo
Drag coefficient
Cd = 1.0
Ps 32.88 kPa
tc Reflected clearing over-pressure time
tc = 3 x (S/U) < td
S = minimum of H or B/2
H 3
B 5
S 2.5
tc 0.02
Check OK
Iw Front wall impulse

1.6521 kPa.s

Ans. Impulse on the short side wall B is 1.65 kPa.s

Sol 2. Blast loading on long side
 Lw/L 3
Ce 0.7 Cd -0.4
Pa Effective side-on over pressure

19.848 kPa
L 10 m
t1 0.03 s
t2 0.11 s
Is Impulse of the side wall

1.05 kPa.s
Loading Impulse/time
duration
10 kN

The blast loading on the long side = 10 kN

Pls. refer to this sheet for detailed calculations

brm calcs.xlsx