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Behaviour under Explosive Loading of Concrete Reinforced with Polymer Grids

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 February 2011

B. Hobbs ,
A. J. Watson  and
P. N. Oldroyd
B. Hobbs
Affiliation:
Department of Civil and Structural Engineering, University of Sheffield, U.K.
A. J. Watson
Affiliation:
Department of Civil and Structural Engineering, University of Sheffield, U.K.
P. N. Oldroyd
Affiliation:
Department of Civil and Structural Engineering, University of Sheffield, U.K.
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Abstract

The characteristic of a new form of high strength polymer grid are outlined and its possible uses as reinforcement in concrete subjected to dynamic loading are discussed. Details are given of a test programme in which concrete slabs reinforced with a range of grid types in various configurations have been subjected to explosive loading from contact charges of plastic explosive. A range of both transient and post-test measurements were taken. Results are presented showing how the various damage parameters measured vary with the position and number of polymer grids used in the slabs. The results of the transient measurements are used to suggest mechanisms for damage formation. It is concluded that these polymer grids are effective in restraining explosively generated damage in concrete slabs and that in many circumstances their light weight and their inherent resistance to normal corrosion processes may give them significant advantages over conventional steel reinforcement.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 64: Symposium S – Cement-Based Composites: Strain Rate Effects on Fracture , 1985 , 235
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1986

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