Field blast testing and FE modelling of concrete-filled RHS members

Cameron Blair Ritchie; Jeffrey A Packer; Michael V Seica; Xiao Ling Zhao

Field blast testing and FE modelling of concrete-filled RHS members

Cameron Blair Ritchie
, Jeffrey A Packer
, Michael V Seica
, Xiao Ling Zhao

Civil & Environmental Engineering

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Abstract

Full-scale blast arena tests involving concrete-filled rectangular hollow sections (RHS) have been completed. The tests utilized two RHS sizes having width-to-thickness ratios of 15 and 24, both filled with non-shrink, cementitious grout, that were each tested at two standoff distances. The cold-formed RHS members were subjected to air blast loading and their flexural response was measured. The data obtained during the full-scale blast tests was used to validate numerical models of the composite RHS elements. For this research study, the explicit finite element program LS-DYNA has been used to develop the model. LS-DYNA incorporates features such as strain rate-dependent material properties that are included in the numerical models. Results thus obtained from the numerical models are compared herein to the results of the full-scale blast arena tests.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Design and Analysis of Protective Structures: Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Protective Structures (ICPS3)
Editors	Mark Stewart, Michael Netherton
Place of Publication	Callaghan NSW Australia
Publisher	University of Newcastle
Pages	478 - 485
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Print)	9780987114372
Publication status	Published - 2015
Event	International Conference on Protective Structures (ICPS 2015) - Newcastle, Australia Duration: 3 Feb 2015 → 6 Feb 2015 Conference number: 3rd

Conference

Conference	International Conference on Protective Structures (ICPS 2015)
Abbreviated title	ICPS3
Country/Territory	Australia
City	Newcastle
Period	3/02/15 → 6/02/15

Keywords

Blast testing
RHS
Composite members
Field experimentation
Explicit FE analysis

1 Conference Paper

Field blast testing and FE modelling of RHS members
Ritchie, C., Packer, J. A., Seica, M. & Zhao, X. L., 2015, Tubular Structures XV: Proceedings of the 15th International Symposium on Tubular Structures. Batista, E., Vellasco, P. & Lima, L. (eds.). Leiden The Netherlands: CRC Press, p. 211-218 8 p.
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Ritchie, Cameron Blair ; Packer, Jeffrey A ; Seica, Michael V et al. / Field blast testing and FE modelling of concrete-filled RHS members. Design and Analysis of Protective Structures: Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Protective Structures (ICPS3). editor / Mark Stewart ; Michael Netherton. Callaghan NSW Australia : University of Newcastle, 2015. pp. 478 - 485

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Ritchie, CB, Packer, JA, Seica, MV & Zhao, XL 2015, Field blast testing and FE modelling of concrete-filled RHS members. in M Stewart & M Netherton (eds), Design and Analysis of Protective Structures: Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Protective Structures (ICPS3). University of Newcastle, Callaghan NSW Australia, pp. 478 - 485, International Conference on Protective Structures (ICPS 2015), Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 3/02/15.

Field blast testing and FE modelling of concrete-filled RHS members. / Ritchie, Cameron Blair; Packer, Jeffrey A; Seica, Michael V et al.
Design and Analysis of Protective Structures: Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Protective Structures (ICPS3). ed. / Mark Stewart; Michael Netherton. Callaghan NSW Australia: University of Newcastle, 2015. p. 478 - 485.

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