Approach to Developing Design Charts for Quantifying the Influence of Blast Wave Clearing on Target Deformation

If a structural component is located close to the free edge of a building, clearing of the blast wave around the target edge may significantly influence the temporal characteristics of the applied pressure. Because of this, traditional analysis methods assuming a linear decaying load may not be valid, particularly if the blast event imparts a relatively large impulse from the negative phase. Treatment of this phenomenon is brief in the …