Vulnerability of Infrastructures to Explosions and subsequent Progressive Collapse
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Bibliographic Details
Author(s): |
Ingo Müllers
Kai Fischer Assad Nawabi |
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Medium: | conference paper | ||||
Language(s): | English | ||||
Conference: | IABSE Symposium: Engineering for Progress, Nature and People, Madrid, Spain, 3-5 September 2014 | ||||
Published in: | IABSE Symposium Madrid 2014 | ||||
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Page(s): | 1552-1559 | ||||
Total no. of pages: | 8 | ||||
Year: | 2014 | ||||
DOI: | 10.2749/222137814814068139 | ||||
Abstract: |
Nowadays, terroristic attacks with explosive devices are no longer restricted to regions with open conflicts. One consequence is that security issues have become more and more important especially in cities. Therefore, urban planners have to think about security and consider this issue during their work. This was the starting point for the research project VITRUV. Within this project one important task is to analyse the structural safety of typical urban infrastructures during and directly after an explosion. The progress from the structural engineer´s point of view is that not only the direct effects due to an explosion will be calculated but also the consequences of a possible progressive collapse initiated by the explosion. The findings of the research work are twofold. Firstly, urban planners will be qualified to design safer urban areas. Secondly, structural engineers will improve their knowledge regarding actions due to explosions and subsequent progressive collapse. |
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Keywords: |
progressive collapse safety building urban infrastructure explosion
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