dc.contributor.advisor | Thiagarajan, Ganesh, 1963- | eng |
dc.contributor.author | Rahim Zadeh, Rasekh, 1980- | eng |
dc.date.issued | 2011-08-11 | eng |
dc.date.submitted | 2011 Summer | eng |
dc.description | Title from PDF of title page, viewed on August 11, 2011 | eng |
dc.description | Thesis advisor: Ganesh Thiagarajan | eng |
dc.description | Vita | eng |
dc.description | Includes bibliographical references (p. 117-119) | eng |
dc.description | Thesis (M.S.)--School of Computing and Engineering. University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2011 | eng |
dc.description.abstract | Reinforced concrete is one of the prime building materials widely used to construct
protective structures. One of the purposes of this project is to study the non-linear response of
reinforced concrete structures when subjected to impact and blast loading. The study is
conducted at two levels: material level and structural level. At the material level, the strength enhancement of three material models of LS-DYNA
subjected to high strain rates is studied. The effects of strain rate and lateral inertial confinement
on the strength enhancement are investigated. Recommendations are made to improve the
accuracy of the results of future numerical simulations for reinforced concrete structures
subjected to loads having high strain rates. At the structural level, Pressure-Impulse diagrams for reinforced concrete columns that
have four configurations of transverse reinforcement are developed. Finite element modeling in
LS-DYNA is used to analyze the structures and calculate the damage level for each blast event. The developed Pressure-Impulse diagrams are used to study the effect of confinement on the
reduction of damage level at impulsive, dynamic, and quasi-static loading conditions. | eng |
dc.description.tableofcontents | Introduction -- Effect of rate of loading on the strength enhancement of concrete materials models -- Development of pressure-impulse diagrams for reinforced concrete columns and effect of confinement on the damage level -- Conclusions and future work | eng |
dc.format.extent | xvii, 120 pages | eng |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10355/11359 | eng |
dc.publisher | University of Missouri--Kansas City | eng |
dc.subject.lcsh | Reinforced concrete -- Testing | eng |
dc.subject.other | Thesis -- University of Missouri--Kansas City -- Engineering | eng |
dc.title | Pressure-impulse diagrams using finite element analysis for reinforced concrete columns subjected to blast loading | eng |
dc.type | Thesis | eng |
thesis.degree.discipline | Engineering (UMKC) | eng |
thesis.degree.grantor | University of Missouri--Kansas City | eng |
thesis.degree.level | Masters | eng |
thesis.degree.name | M.S. | eng |