Experimental and numerical study on damage mode of RC slabs under combined blast and fragment loading

• Published in: International journal of impact engineering Vol. 142; p. 103579
• Main Authors: Li, Ying, Chen, Zhaoyue, Ren, Xianben, Tao, Ran, Gao, Ruxin, Fang, Daining
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Elsevier Ltd 01.08.2020; Elsevier BV
• Subjects: Blast loading; Combined loading; Computational fluid dynamics; Computer simulation; Concrete slabs; Damage; Damage mode; Experimental test; Explosions; Finite element method; Finite elements-smoothed particle hydrodynamics method; Fluid flow; Fragments; Mathematical models; Numerical models; RC slabs; Smooth particle hydrodynamics; Fragments; Experimental test; Finite elements-smoothed particle hydrodynamics method; Blast loading; RC slabs; Damage mode

•Blast tests were conducted to study the combined loading effects and failure characteristics of two-way RC slabs.•Numerical simulation based on FEM-SPH (finite elements-smoothed particle hydrodynamics) method is in good agreement with experiments.•The effect of the standoff distances on the damage...