• Title/Summary/Keyword: Blast analysis

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Application of Advanced Blast Demolition Simulation Method to the Drill and Blast Design for Demolishing Cylindrical Structures (원통형 구조물의 발파해체설계에 대한 최신 발파해체 시뮬레이션 기법의 적용)

  • Park, Hoon;Suk, Chul-Gi;Kim, Seung-Kon
    • Explosives and Blasting
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    • v.26 no.1
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    • pp.7-14
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    • 2008
  • In order to complete successfully the demolition of a silo structure by means of felling method, structural properties and the geometric design of blast mouth have to be considered. In this study, a commercial software, 3-dimensional applied element analysis (3D AEM), was used to investigate the effect of the geometrical parameters of blast mouth on the collapse behavior of the silo structure.

Improved nonlinear modelling approach of simply supported PC slab under free blast load using RHT model

  • Rashad, Mohamed;Yang, T.Y.
    • Computers and Concrete
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    • v.23 no.2
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    • pp.121-131
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    • 2019
  • Due to the heterogeneity nature of the concrete, it is difficult to simulate the hyperdynamic behaviour and crack trajectory of concrete material when subjected to explosion loads. In this paper, a 3D nonlinear numerical study was conducted to simulate the hyperdynamic behaviour of concrete under various loading conditions using Riedel-Hiermaier-Thoma (RHT) model. Detailed calibration was conducted to identify the optimal parameters for the RHT model on the material level. For the component level, the calibrated RHT parameters were used to simulate the failure behaviour of plain concrete (PC) slab under free air blast load. The response was compared with an available experimental result. The results show the proposed numerical model can accurately simulate the crack trajectory and the failure mode of the PC slab under free air blast load.

Characterization of Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae, Causal Agent of Citrus Blast of Mandarin in Montenegro

  • Ivanovic, Zarko;Perovic, Tatjana;Popovic, Tatjana;Blagojevic, Jovana;Trkulja, Nenad;Hrncic, Snjezana
    • The Plant Pathology Journal
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    • v.33 no.1
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    • pp.21-33
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    • 2017
  • Citrus blast caused by bacterium Pseudomonas syringae is a very important disease of citrus occuring in many areas of the world, but with few data about genetic structure of the pathogen involved. Considering the above fact, this study reports genetic characterization of 43 P. syringae isolates obtained from plant tissue displaying citrus blast symptoms on mandarin (Citrus reticulata) in Montenegro, using multilocus sequence analysis of gyrB, rpoD, and gap1 gene sequences. Gene sequences from a collection of 54 reference pathotype strains of P. syringae from the Plant Associated and Environmental Microbes Database (PAMDB) was used to establish a genetic relationship with our isolates obtained from mandarin. Phylogenetic analyses of gyrB, rpoD, and gap1 gene sequences showed that P. syringae pv. syringae causes citrus blast in mandarin in Montenegro, and belongs to genomospecies 1. Genetic homogeneity of isolates suggested that the Montenegrian population might be clonal which indicates a possible common source of infection. These findings may assist in further epidemiological studies of this pathogen and for determining mandarin breeding strategies for P. syringae control.

Pathological Status of Pyricularia angulata Causing Blast and Pitting Disease of Banana in Eastern India

  • Ganesan, Sangeetha;Singh, Hari Shankar;Petikam, Srinivas;Biswal, Debasish
    • The Plant Pathology Journal
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    • v.33 no.1
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    • pp.9-20
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    • 2017
  • Incidence of leaf blast on nursery plants and pitting disease on maturing banana bunches has been recorded in banana plantations during rainy season in Eastern India during 2014 to 2015. Taxonomical identification as well as DNA sequence analysis of the internal transcribed spacer region of fungus isolated from affected tissue culture derived plantlets and fruits confirmed the pathogen to be Pyricularia angulata Hashioka "in both the cases". Koch's postulates were proved on young plantlets as well as on maturing fruits of cv. Grand Naine under simulated conditions. Evolutionary history was inferred and presented for our P. angulata strain PG9001 with GenBank accession no. KU984740. The analysis indicated that the P. angulata is phylogenitically distinct from other related species related to both Pyricularia and Magnaporthe. Detailed symptoms of blast lesions on young leaves, transition leaves, mid rib, petioles, peduncle, maturing bunches, bunch stalks and cushions were documented. Notably, the distinct small pitting spots on maturing bunches reduced the visual appeal of mature fruits. Appearance of pitting symptoms on fruits in relation with age of fruits and their distribution pattern on bunch and fingers was also documented in detail. Further, the roles of transitory leaves, weed hosts, seasonality on disease occurrence have also been documented.

A Study on the Effect of Irregular Drill-hole Depth on Blast Vibration (불규칙한 천공장이 발파진동 크기에 미치는 영향에 관한 연구)

  • 강추원
    • Tunnel and Underground Space
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    • v.13 no.4
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    • pp.316-320
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    • 2003
  • This study is to evaluate an irregular drill-hole depth having an effect on the blast vibration. The relationship between a peak particle velocity and a cube root scaled distance with respect to three drill-hole depths with 2.1m, 2.3m and 2.4m are compared and analyzed using a numerical regression analysis. According to the results, the deeper a drill-hole depth is the larger a peak particle velocity is. It is suggested that a drill-hole depth is proportional to a peak particle velocity at the same scaled distance. Therefore, a regular drill-hole should be carried out in order that the blast vibration velocity of a fixed range under a allowable vibration velocity is maintained.

Ground Vibration in Tunnelling by Blasting and its Effect on Surface Structures (터널굴착이 지상구조물에 미치는 영향평가 및 발파지침설계)

  • 신희순;한공창;류창하;신중호;박연준;최영학
    • Proceedings of the Korean Geotechical Society Conference
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    • 2000.11a
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    • pp.463-470
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    • 2000
  • In tunnel excavation by blast beneath the surface structures in urban area, the characteristics of ground vibration induced by blast and its influence on surface structures are analyzed by the field test and the numerical analysis on dynamic behaviors of the structure. According to the field test on the propagating characteristics of blast vibration through the rock mass and the concrete foundation pile. the attenuation index of peak particle velocity with distance shows the range of 1.7∼2.0 for the rock mass and the range of 2.0∼2.3 for the concrete pile. This shows that the blast vibration reduces more rapidly in the concrete pile. It is known from the numerical analysis on dynamic behavior of the structure that the coefficient of response, velocity ratio of structure response to input wave, is different according to the story of the structure. It can be said from this research that the characteristics of the ground vibration and the dynamic behavior of the structure should be well evaluated and be considered as important factors for safe blasting design especially in underground excavation at shallow depth in urban area.

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Numerical analyses for the structural assessment of steel buildings under explosions

  • Olmati, Pierluigi;Petrini, Francesco;Bontempi, Franco
    • Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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    • v.45 no.6
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    • pp.803-819
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    • 2013
  • This paper addresses two main issues relevant to the structural assessment of buildings subjected to explosions. The first issue regards the robustness evaluation of steel frame structures: a procedure is provided for computing "robustness curves" and it is applied to a 20-storey steel frame building, describing the residual strength of the (blast) damaged structure under different local damage levels. The second issue regards the precise evaluation of blast pressures acting on structural elements using Computational Fluid Dynamic (CFD) techniques. This last aspect is treated with particular reference to gas explosions, focusing on some critical parameters (room congestion, failure of non-structural walls and ignition point location) which influence the development of the explosion. From the analyses, it can be deduced that, at least for the examined cases, the obtained robustness curves provide a suitable tool that can be used for risk management and assessment purposes. Moreover, the variation of relevant CFD analysis outcomes (e.g., pressure) due to the variation of the analysis parameters is found to be significant.

Optimization of structural and mechanical engineering problems using the enriched ViS-BLAST method

  • Dizangian, Babak;Ghasemi, Mohammad Reza
    • Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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    • v.77 no.5
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    • pp.613-626
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    • 2021
  • In this paper, an enhanced Violation-based Sensitivity analysis and Border-Line Adaptive Sliding Technique (ViS-BLAST) will be utilized for optimization of some well-known structural and mechanical engineering problems. ViS-BLAST has already been introduced by the authors for solving truss optimization problems. For those problems, this method showed a satisfactory enactment both in speed and efficiency. The Enriched ViS-BLAST or EVB is introduced to be vastly applicable to any solvable constrained optimization problem without any specific initialization. It uses one-directional step-wise searching technique and mostly limits exploration to the vicinity of FNF border and does not explore the entire design space. It first enters the feasible region very quickly and keeps the feasibility of solutions. For doing this important, EVB groups variables for specifying the desired searching directions in order to moving toward best solutions out or inside feasible domains. EVB was employed for solving seven numerical engineering design problems. Results show that for problems with tiny or even complex feasible regions with a larger number of highly non-linear constraints, EVB has a better performance compared to some records in the literature. This dominance was evaluated in terms of the feasibility of solutions, the quality of optimum objective values found and the total number of function evaluations performed.

Development of Modification Coefficient for Nonlinear Single Degree of Freedom System Considering Plasticity Range for Structures Subjected to Blast Loads (폭발 하중을 받는 구조물의 소성 범위를 고려한 비선형 단자유도 시스템의 수정계수 개발)

  • Tae-Hun Lim;Seung-Hoon Lee;Han-Soo Kim
    • Journal of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea
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    • v.37 no.3
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    • pp.179-186
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    • 2024
  • In this paper, a modification coefficient for equivalent single degree of freedom (SDOF), considering the plasticity range of the member subjected to shock wave type of blast load, was developed. The modification coefficient for the equivalent SDOF was determined through comparison with the analysis of a multi-degree of freedom (MDOF) system. The parameters influencing the equivalent SDOF system analysis were chosen as the boundary conditions of the member and the ratio of the duration of blast load to the natural period of the member. The modification coefficient was calculated based on the elastic load-mass transformation factor. The modification coefficient curve was derived using an elliptical equation to ensure it exists between the upper and lower parameter bounds. Using the modification coefficient on examples with varying cross sections and boundary conditions reduced the SDOF analysis error rate from 15% to 3%. This study shows that using the modification coefficient significantly improves the accuracy of SDOF analysis. The modification coefficient proposed in this study can be used for blast analysis.

NUMERICAL ANALYSIS FOR A SILENCER OF TANK GUN (대구경 화포의 소음기에 대한 수치해석)

  • Ko S. H.;Lee D. S.;Woo S. D.;Kang K. J.
    • Journal of computational fluids engineering
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    • v.10 no.4 s.31
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    • pp.59-65
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    • 2005
  • A numerical analysis was made to investigate the simple silencer for high pressure blast flow fields. Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes equations were solved for an axisymmetric computational domain constructed by multi block grids. A blast flow field without the silencer was also calculated to validate the present numerical method. The effect of pressure diminution for the silencer was calculated by comparing with and without silencer at the atmosphere region. It was found that the tested silencer could achieve 89.4 percent pressure diminution.