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	Design of Structures to Resist Nuclear Weapons Effects  (Manual of Practice No. 42)
Author:  M. S. Agbabian, chmn | Size:  ?? MB | Format: PDF | Publisher:  Task Committee on Updating Manual 42 of the Committee on Dynamic Effects of the Structural Division of the American Society of Civil Engineers | Year:  1985 | pages:  321 | ISBN:  978-0-87262-439-9 or 0-87262-439-0
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This manual provides guidance to engineers engaged in designing facilities intended to resist nuclear weapons effects. Although emphasis is placed on blast-resistant design, other effects are treated in some detail. Specific topics addressed include: airblast, cratering, and ground motion; facility requirements; blast and shock loading on structures; behavior of structural elements; choice of structural systems and design procedures; dynamic analysis; facility interface elements and shock isolation systems; design adequacy under other weapons effects; and slanting, evaluation and upgrading of existing structures for nuclear effects shelter.


 
				
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