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Analysis of blast/explosion resistant reinforced concrete solid slab and T-Beam bridges
| Title: | Analysis of blast/explosion resistant reinforced concrete solid slab and T-Beam bridges. |
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| Name(s): |
Abdelahad, Firas A. Florida Atlantic University College of Engineering and Computer Science Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatics Engineering |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Genre: | Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation | |
| Date Issued: | 2008 | |
| Publisher: | Florida Atlantic University | |
| Physical Form: | electronic | |
| Extent: | xii, 132 p. : ill. (some col.). | |
| Language(s): | English | |
| Summary: | This study presents and illustrates a methodology to calculate the capacity of an existing reinforced concrete bridge under a non-conventional blast load due to low and intermediate pressures. ATBlast program is used to calculate the blast loads for known values of charge weight and stand off distance. An excel spreadsheet is generated to calculate ultimate resistance, equivalent elastic stiffness, equivalent elastic deflection, natural period of the beam, the maximum deflection, and the maximum rotation in the support for a simple span solid slab and T-Beam bridges. The allowable rotation could be taken as to two degrees. Naval Facility Engineering Command (NAVFAC) approach was adopted, where the inputs were material properties, span length, and area of reinforcement. The use of the Fiber Reinforced Polymer for increasing the capacity of an existing bridge is also presented in this study. Parametric studies were carried out to evaluate the performance of the solid slab and T-Beam bridges under the assumed blast load. | |
| Identifier: | 231691050 (oclc), 58001 (digitool), FADT58001 (IID), fau:4287 (fedora) | |
| Note(s): |
by Firas A. Abdelahad. Thesis (M.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2008. Includes bibliography. Electronic reproduction. Boca Raton, FL : 2008 Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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| Subject(s): |
Concrete beams -- Vibration Bridges, Concrete -- Fatigue Reinforced concrete construction Bridges, Concrete -- Design and construction |
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| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/flaent/EN00154040/68_1/98p0132d.pdf | |
| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/58001 | |
| Use and Reproduction: | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ | |
| Host Institution: | FAU |
