Probability Distribution and Determination of Blast Loading during Structural Blast Resistant Study

Explosion overpressure and its duration are important parameters describing blast loading. However, their values obtained using the currently available methods differ significantly. To address this problem, we simulated the overpressure reflection coefficient (i.e., the ratio of reflection overpress...

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Main Authors: Taochun Yang, Yaozhi Luo, Guangqing Hu, Yi Jiang
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2022-01-01
Series:Shock and Vibration
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/7367288
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description Explosion overpressure and its duration are important parameters describing blast loading. However, their values obtained using the currently available methods differ significantly. To address this problem, we simulated the overpressure reflection coefficient (i.e., the ratio of reflection overpressure to incident overpressure) and fitted the analytical expressions to the test data. We then collected a large amount of theoretical and experimental blast loading data from literature and studied the probability distribution of blast loading for different scaled distances. The results show that the probability density function of explosion overpressure obeys an exponential distribution when the scaled distance is between 0.1  m/kg1/3 and 0.5  m/kg1/3. On the other hand, it obeys a normal distribution when the scaled distance is greater than 0.5  m/kg1/3. The coefficient of variation reaches the maximum value of 1 when the scaled distance is between 0.1  m/kg1/3 and 0.5  m/kg1/3, while it is between 0.13 and 0.2 when the scaled distance is from 1.5  m/kg1/3 to 6  m/kg1/3. The coefficient of variation of reflected overpressure is slightly bigger than that of incident overpressure. Nevertheless, the coefficient of variation of proportional duration (i.e., the ratio of actual duration to cubic root of charge mass) is generally smaller, between 0.408 and 1.017. It was also found that there is no clear probability distribution for the blast loading duration. Finally, formulas for the explosion overpressure and proportional duration were determined together with their 95% confidence level bounds.
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spelling doaj-art-e3a66b0e36eb4819be408ebd2cdbd1032025-02-03T07:24:28ZengWileyShock and Vibration1875-92032022-01-01202210.1155/2022/7367288Probability Distribution and Determination of Blast Loading during Structural Blast Resistant StudyTaochun Yang0Yaozhi Luo1Guangqing Hu2Yi Jiang3College of Civil Engineering and ArchitectureCollege of Civil Engineering and ArchitectureSchool of Civil Engineering and ArchitectureNingbo Jiangong Engineering Group Co., LtdExplosion overpressure and its duration are important parameters describing blast loading. However, their values obtained using the currently available methods differ significantly. To address this problem, we simulated the overpressure reflection coefficient (i.e., the ratio of reflection overpressure to incident overpressure) and fitted the analytical expressions to the test data. We then collected a large amount of theoretical and experimental blast loading data from literature and studied the probability distribution of blast loading for different scaled distances. The results show that the probability density function of explosion overpressure obeys an exponential distribution when the scaled distance is between 0.1  m/kg1/3 and 0.5  m/kg1/3. On the other hand, it obeys a normal distribution when the scaled distance is greater than 0.5  m/kg1/3. The coefficient of variation reaches the maximum value of 1 when the scaled distance is between 0.1  m/kg1/3 and 0.5  m/kg1/3, while it is between 0.13 and 0.2 when the scaled distance is from 1.5  m/kg1/3 to 6  m/kg1/3. The coefficient of variation of reflected overpressure is slightly bigger than that of incident overpressure. Nevertheless, the coefficient of variation of proportional duration (i.e., the ratio of actual duration to cubic root of charge mass) is generally smaller, between 0.408 and 1.017. It was also found that there is no clear probability distribution for the blast loading duration. Finally, formulas for the explosion overpressure and proportional duration were determined together with their 95% confidence level bounds.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/7367288
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title_full_unstemmed Probability Distribution and Determination of Blast Loading during Structural Blast Resistant Study
title_short Probability Distribution and Determination of Blast Loading during Structural Blast Resistant Study
title_sort probability distribution and determination of blast loading during structural blast resistant study
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/7367288
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