TY - RPRT A1 - Bedon, C. A1 - C., K. A1 - van Doormaal, A. A1 - Haberacker, C. A1 - Hüsken, Götz A1 - Larcher, M. A1 - Millon, O. A1 - Saarenheimo, A. A1 - Solomos, G. A1 - Stolz, A. A1 - Thamie, L. A1 - Valsamos, G. A1 - Williams, A. T1 - Recommendations for the improvement of existing European norms for testing the resistance of windows and glazed facades to explosive effects N2 - It is important to protect critical buildings (shopping centres, government buildings and embassies), infrastructure and utilities, train and underground stations from being damaged, destroyed or disrupted by deliberate acts of terrorism, criminal activity and malicious behaviour. Normal regulations and building guidelines do not generally take into account these threats. The introduction of appropriate regulations or guidelines, where deemed necessary, should enhance the resilience of buildings and infrastructures against explosion incidents. In order to protect the built infrastructure, testing methods are required which can answer the question whether certain building elements can withstand certain loading conditions created by an explosive event. The applicable state-of-the-art techniques may include either experimental or numerical methods, or a combination of both. Therefore, the thematic group (TG) on the resistance of structures to explosion effects was formed in order to bring the required expertise together, to make it commonly available and to find and define harmonised methods and solutions which can be provided to the decision-makers responsible for critical infrastructure protection. The TG described in a fist report JPC87202 the physical phenomena which have to be understood in order to ensure a proper testing of the elements and a correct interpretation of the results. In a second step, the differences between the existing standards for testing blast-resistant glazing and windows have been derived, and a basis for fundamental recommendations for the future development of the suite of European standards has been addressed JRC94930. Based on the prior findings, this report now formulates the proper enhancements of the existing standards in terms of actual recommendations for the improvement of the test standards. KW - building industry KW - accident prevention KW - glass industry KW - explosive KW - industrial infrastructure KW - safety standard KW - technical standard KW - urban infrastructure KW - terrorism KW - research report PY - 2015 UR - https://opus4.kobv.de/opus4-bam/frontdoor/index/index/docId/36910 AN - OPUS4-36910 SN - 978-92-79-53394-5 SN - 1831-9424 SP - 1 EP - 42 AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany