eprintid: 5496 rev_number: 2 eprint_status: archive userid: 1 dir: disk0/00/00/54/96 datestamp: 2023-11-09 16:17:14 lastmod: 2023-11-09 16:17:14 status_changed: 2023-11-09 16:01:52 type: article metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Syed, Z.I. creators_name: Liew, M.S. creators_name: Mendis, P. title: Performance of simplified damage assessment tools for reinforced concrete panels under blast loading ispublished: pub keywords: Concrete slabs; Explosives; Graphic methods; Reinforced concrete; Shock waves, Blast loading; Charge weight; Damage assessments; Element properties; Explosive loadings; Pressure impulse; Pressure-impulse diagrams; Reinforced concrete panels, Damage detection note: cited By 0; Conference of 2013 International Conference on Advanced Materials Engineering and Technology, ICAMET 2013 ; Conference Date: 28 November 2013 Through 29 November 2013; Conference Code:101903 abstract: Pressure-impulse (P-I) and charge weight-distance (CW-D) diagrams are widely used as quick damage assessment tools for reinforced concrete (RC) elements exposed to blast loading. Depending on the loading and element properties, the blast loading can induce different patterns of response and damage. Appropriate application of different simplified damage assessment tools for both far-field and near-field blast effects can be significantly challenging. This paper presents the comparison of the performances of two commonly used simplified damage assessment methods for RC elements exposed to explosive loading. Different aspects of the simplified damage assessment methods related to their construction and application for damage assessment are investigated. Some specific limitations of construction and use of P-I and CW-D diagrams are explored. Suitability of P-I diagrams for far-field and near-field blast effects is also explored. P-I diagrams are found to provide misleading damage assessment when applied for near-field blast effects. Copyright © 2014 Trans Tech Publications Ltd, Switzerland. date: 2014 publisher: Trans Tech Publications Ltd official_url: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84891865134&doi=10.4028%2fwww.scientific.net%2fKEM.594-595.492&partnerID=40&md5=3b409066c90668aca06539e82758953d id_number: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.594-595.492 full_text_status: none publication: Key Engineering Materials volume: 594-59 place_of_pub: Bandung pagerange: 492-497 refereed: TRUE isbn: 9783037859377 issn: 10139826 citation: Syed, Z.I. and Liew, M.S. and Mendis, P. (2014) Performance of simplified damage assessment tools for reinforced concrete panels under blast loading. Key Engineering Materials, 594-59. pp. 492-497. ISSN 10139826