Structures Under Shock and Impact: v. 8

Section 1: Impact and blast loads Post-failure motion of beams under blast loads; An inverse method for the identification of strain-rate sensitivity parameters of sheet steels; Numerical investigation of a fragment protection structure; Dynamic thermo-mechanical phenomena induced in isotropic cylinders impacted by high energy particle beams; Analysis and estimation of the reactions of pipeline systems to shock impact loads; Reinforced high strength concrete beams subjected to air blast loading; Fragment impacts into concrete; Evaluation of blast loads on buildings in urban environment; Simplified analysis of square plates under explosion loading; Interactions of shock waves with a sphere and arrayed spheres; Section 2: Protection of structures from blast loads Scale testing of profiled stainless steel blast walls; Steel structures optimization to resist underwater shockwaves - explosive charges optimisation; Blast response of walls retrofitted with elastomer coatings; Determination of shear magnification factor in beams and plates subjected to blast loads; Analysis of blast loads on bridge substructures; Close range effects on a concrete wall of an underwater explosion - A numerical approach; Modelling explosions using ALE meshes: the influence of mesh refinement in pressures and in efforts induced by blast/structure interaction; Dynamic response of laminated glass under blast loading: effect of negative phase; Historic bronze window and frame blast retrofit: concept development, analysis, design and proof test Section 3: Missile penetration and explosion Design of hard-target penetrator nose geometry in the presence of high-speed, velocity-dependent friction, including the effects of mass loss and blunting; 3D simulations of concrete penetration using SPH formulation and the RHT material model; A 3D collision scheme for compressible media in a general connectivity Lagrangian formulation Section 4: Seismic engineering applications Free vibration of tall buildings using Timoshenko beams with variable cross-section; Influence of concrete prestressing and gravitational loading on plastic energy dissipation and ductility of RC elements in seismic zones; Experimental validation of a semi-active control system based on magnetorheological dampers; The effect of the vertical earthquake motion in near field; A specific model for in-plane non-linear dynamics of masonry walls including some texture effects; Seismic resistance of a reinforced concrete building before and after retrofitting - Part I: The existing building; Seismic resistance of a reinforced concrete building before and after retrofitting - Part II: The retrofitted building; Dynamic analysis of slender towers made of no-tension material with limited compressive strength Section 5: Energy absorbing studies Experimental investigation of plastic collapse of aluminium extrusions in biaxial bending; Floor serviceability under dynamic loading; Shock and impact energy absorbtion and control by active material based systems; The enhancement of earthquake resistance of a MRF by using tube inversion devices Section 6: Crashworthiness and impact biomechanics Coach passive safety enhancement in rollover accidents by multi-point optimization methodologies; Numerical simulations and full-scale impact testing to develop appropriate crash barriers; Finite element analysis of a transit bus Section 7: Behaviour of structural concrete Optimal impact resistance design support system for RC slabs by genetic algorithm; Behavior of an impacted reinforced concrete slab: percussion and punching analysis; Simulation strategy for impact against a reinforced concrete industrial building; Cyclic behaviour of a reinforced concrete braced frame with high damping rubber devices Section 8: Behaviour of composites The blast performance of novel fibre-metal laminates; Composite materials and bird-strike analysis using explicit finite element commercial codes; Failure of masonry under explosion effect; Impact response of transversely isotropic circular cylindrical shells Section 9: Material response to high rate loading Experimental investigation of the influence of the specimen geometry on Hopkinson tensile test results; Polypropylene foam behavior under compressive loading at high strain rate