Designing for Blast

Introduction

Design serves many different purposes in in structural aspects and for buildings. As society becomes more complicated, there are more factors that have to be considered when faced with unexpected scenarios. One of the concerns that have to be addressed for more buildings that is on the rise is prevention and protection against explosions. Since terrorist attack cases have increased dramatically over the last few years, they are considered dynamic loads along with natural disasters like seismic design for earthquakes and require meticulous consideration and calculation [1]. Designing for Blast means incorporating the possibility for an explosion has become a primary objective for the scope of the building and requires a series of various steps and impacts to be addressed before any decisions can be made. Although protection of people within the building would be the main concern, there are numerous other trade-offs and criteria that have to be assessed to be able to conclude with the best design [2].

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