huangyhg

explosion design
can anyone advice how to consider/evaluate explosion loads against buildings. this is required for the design of a power plant to be built inside a lng gas station facility. what are the regulatory codes, typical values.
in paint booth design we use blow out panels in the outside walls. this seems to be similar to your problem.
compared to normal panels are blow out panels more expensive?. is this a specialized job or can normal cladding suppliers do it?
thnaks for your support
here are a couple of leads:
are you talking about blast resistant buildings, external pressure?
design blast pressures typically would need to come from the owner, ie the power plant. i would suggest looking at tm 5-1300, "structures designed to withstand accidental explosions", which is a technical manual published by the navy.
also consult corps of engineers for design information concerning blast load pressures and required building performance.
auce98 and sperlingpe,
both documents that you mentioned are not available to the public any more!
regards,
lutfi
civinco01
as mentioned by auce98, the owner has to provide you with the threat level, i.e. bomb size. in addition, the owner has to determine what is an acceptable level of damage for the given threat level. the location of the threat in relation to the facility also comes into play.
blast analysis is not simple. it requires a lot of fem analysis and experience in order to mitigate the effects. most important, and with all due respect, if you don't have the experience get someone who does.
you can probably still obtain copies by directly contacting the corps and/or navy and formally requesting them; provided you are a us citizen or working for a us corporation. they aren't kept on "open" websites nowadays, for what should be obvious reasons.
i'm not so sure the reasons are "obvious". are they afraid osama bin laden is going to design a blast-resistant house that they can't blow apart? or are they concerned that he will come up with a bigger bomb than what their naval bases are designed for? and do they assume that terrorists somehow overlooked downloading this vital information prior to 9/11?
by the way, seems like i have seen info like this on asce's site- check there, also. and with terrorist bombing being an issue, seems like this info would need to be more available, rather than less.

__________________
借用达朗贝尔的名言：前进吧，你会得到信心!
[url="http://www.dimcax.com"]几何尺寸与公差标准[/url]