Building Robustness Research during World War II

This study reviews research carried out in the U.K. to understand and improve the robustness of buildings when subject to blast from high explosive bombs. The work concentrates on the performance of ordinary civilian buildings, with particular emphasis on multistory buildings framed in either reinfo...

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Published in:Journal of performance of constructed facilities 2010-12, Vol.24 (6), p.529-535
Main Authors: Smith, P. P, Byfield, M. P, Goode, D. J
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Collapse
Construction
Explosions
Panels
Reinforced concrete
Reinforcing steels
Robustness
TECHNICAL PAPERS
Terrorist attacks
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Panels
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Reinforcing steels
Robustness
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Terrorist attacks
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