Short Course on Blast Effects and Analysis

The aim of this short course over two days is to introduce engineers, consultants and researchers to simplified methods for the analysis and design of structural members subjected to explosive loading in the built environment. The course will be based around the application of spreadsheet analysis tools (provided) to typical realistic situations with reference to the widely used technical manual UFC 3-340-021. The course will cover elementary concepts of HE blast loading and structural response in the far-field domain and provide participants with an appreciation of the scope and limitations of analytical methods for modelling these types of problems.

1This is an unclassified document approved for public release (distribution unlimited) that can be downloaded from the web; see https://www.wbdg.org/FFC/DOD/UFC/ufc_3_340_02_2008_c2.pdf