Journal article
Performance of Unreinforced Masonry Walls Retrofitted with Externally Anchored Steel Studs under Blast Loading
Abstract
Six full-scale concrete masonry walls were tested under free-field blast loading using different charge sizes up to 250 kg of ammonium nitrate/fuel oil (ANFO) and at a constant stand-off distance of 15.0 m to cover a wide range of expected damage levels. Five walls were retrofitted with cold-formed steel studs anchored to the wall backs and were compared to the remaining as-built wall. Significant enhancement to the out-of-plane blast …
Authors
Abou-Zeid BM; El-Dakhakhni WW; Razaqpur AG; Foo S
Journal
Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities, Vol. 25, No. 5, pp. 441–453
Publisher
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
Publication Date
October 2011
DOI
10.1061/(asce)cf.1943-5509.0000193
ISSN
0887-3828