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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
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.