October 2016

Strengthening of existing security buildings against vehicle bomb using fluid viscous dampers, in Egypt

This paper presents nonlinear numerical simulation of air blast loading with an over pressure level (500 kg TNT) with a different standoff distance of 10, 20, and 50 m to evaluate the effectiveness of Fluid Viscous Dampers (FVD) as new strengthening techniques to reduce blast loading responses on the existing reinforcement concrete buildings. Taking into consideration, most of the security buildings in Middle East,...

Author(s): Islam M. Ezz El-Arab