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Protection against terroristic or accidental scenarios in industrial settings requires suitable designs of structures to resist blast loads. Field testing as well as finite element simulations are among the techniques available to engineers in the understanding of the structural behavior against blast loading.
As blast testing of complex scenarios can be very resource intensive, tests are generally performed for simplified scenarios. Numerical tools can be used to model these scenarios to get better insight into blast loading, structural response, and the resulting damage to the structure. During the next steps, the simplified scenario is successively modified in numerical simulations to incorporate complexities that cannot be covered in blast testing experiments. One of the conditions for this approach to work is that the original simplified numerical simulation is valid. The scopes and challenges encountered in such a validation are the focus of this presentation/article.
A relatively ‘simple’ field test of a horizontal reinforced concrete (RC) slab subjected to blast loading is taken as an example for validation of the performance of numerical tools. The blast test incorporated various measurement techniques to quantify the blast load as well as the behavior of the RC slab. Blast load was measured using flush mounted piezoelectric pressure gauges, whereas acceleration sensors and fiber-optic sensor cables were used to characterize the dynamic behavior of the slab under blast loading. Additionally, damage characteristics were ascertained also using fiber optic sensing. The application of such measurement techniques, along with different numerical software available for the analysis of the scenario in question, demonstrate the scope of our contribution.
When it comes to the challenges, it begins with proper instrumentation of the test specimen followed by the data processing. For numerical modelling, geometric conditions with appropriate boundary constraints, physical conditions such as the configuration of the rebars, as well as material parameters add to this challenge. The issues of choosing appropriate material models and comparison of results with multiple software tools will be discussed. This discussion forms the basis for a coherent approach to technical-safety assessment of blast effects on structures in its broader sense.
A technical-safety evaluation of the detonation effects of pyrotechnic compositions can be performed on the basis of TNT/PETN equivalence. The equivalence determination can be carried out by characterization of the blast wave generated because of detonation in free field tests, which however can be highly resource intensive and prone to uncertainties. Here, we present underwater ‘small-scale’ experiments for the determination of such equivalents.
Underwater experiments, as described in the European standard EN 13763-15:2004, are performed to test the capability of detonators to initiate secondary explosives by determining the released energy. At BAM this test was modified to compare the energy output of the pyrotechnic mixtures (those used in air bag gas generators and firework flash compositions) and thus to determine their equivalents of high explosives like TNT or PETN. In the modified tests, small cylindrical copper containers were filled with pyrotechnic substances, which were then attached to standard detonators. This explosive charge assembly was then lowered into a water tank of about 1000 l capacity. At the same depth as the charge assembly, a piezoelectric pressure sensor was immersed in the water at a horizontal distance of about 400 mm from the charge. By recording the time-dependent pressure during the test, the shock energy as well as the energy associated with the expanding gas bubble were determined.
A safety or security related assessment of explosions, accidental and intentional scenarios alike, often necessitate performance of replication-tests. Such test results are necessary to clarify the causes within the scope of forensic investigations. To gain important insights into the behavior of structures and materials under such loading, field tests may also be performed in accordance with different test standards. To determine the resistance of building-structures after explosions, estimation of the residual load-bearing capacity in addition to the assessment of dynamic structural response and damage to the building components is important. In most cases an evaluation of structural integrity is based only on the visual damage, resulting in an overestimation of the residual capacity.
The Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM) operates the Test site for Technical Safety (TTS) on an area measuring about 12 km2 in the Federal State of Brandenburg for execution of true-to-scale explosion tests. At the TTS, building component testing was performed to assess the suitability of different non-destructive testing methods to characterize the dynamic structural response and damage resulting from the detonation of high explosives.
Different blast-loading scenarios were realized by varying the net explosive mass and the standoff distance with all scenarios representing a near-field detonation. The test object was a reinforced concrete wall 2 m high, 2.5 m wide and 20 cm thick, fixed at both vertical edges. The dynamic loading of the wall was characterized with 8 piezoelectric pressure sensors flush-mounted on the front surface, thus measuring the reflected pressures from the shock wave. The tests were conducted with the aim of characterizing the global behavior of the wall under dynamic shock loading and the resulting local damage pattern, respectively. High speed digital image correlation was implemented in combination with multiple acceleration sensors to observe the rear surface of the wall to chart the dynamic deflection during the loading and to determine the residual deformation after the loading had ceased. In addition, one test specimen was instrumented with fiber optic sensor cables, both fixed to the rebars and embedded in the concrete-matrix, respectively. Firstly, these sensors were interrogated during the blast test by a distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) device using a particularly high sampling rate to measure the shock-induced vibrations in the structure with high temporal resolution. This delivers information on dynamics of compression and tension cycles from within the structure. Secondly, the local damage-pattern emerging during the series of blasts was determined via distributed fiber optic strain sensing (DSS) by interrogating the embedded fiber optic sensors with a high spatial resolution DSS device after each blast. This enabled the characterization of non-visual damage to the structure, in particular with regard to the formation of localized cracks in the concrete matrix. The DSS was further complimented by a structure-scanner based on ultrasonic measurements.
Our contribution describes this new test approach in detail. Results of the three datasets, namely dynamic shock loading, global behavior of the test object and the local damage pattern will be presented. The suitability of the implemented measurement methods will be discussed in combination with the challenges in their application for technical safety evaluation of building components under explosive loading.
Blast tests are indispensable for investigations of accidental or intentional explosions and to evaluate the level of protection to people and equipment within critical infrastructure. Current capabilities for detailed blast effects assessment are limited to performing full-scale field testing, which, for complex scenarios, are highly resource intensive. In this regard, reliable numerical simulations are an effective alternative option. A discussion of the scope and challenges of using numerical tools for a technical-safety assessment of reinforced concrete structures under blast loading is presented. Different coupling possibilities between shock wave simulations and structural simulations with the help of practical examples is given. An outlook on the development of new methods for structural simulations currently being researched at BAM concludes the presentation.
Benefits of Digitization
(2023)
Classification tests (UN 6a and 6c) of firework batteries and composite fireworks in metal wire cages were presented. The cages are intended to be used during transport to prevent the occurrence of projections in the event of a fire. However, the results of this investigation showed that, particularly in the case of articles with whistle effects packed in this way, confinement phenomena occurred that lead to mass explosions and must be considered in future classification.
Sprengversuche sind ein wesentliches Werkzeug, um die Eignung von Schutzobjekten und Bauteilen zum Schutz der Bevölkerung vor Anschlägen mit explosionsgefährlichen Stoffen wie Explosivstoffen, sogenannten „home-made-explosives“ (HME) und unkonventionellen Spreng- und Brandvorrichtungen (USBV) zu bewerten. Für forensische Zwecke werden oft Explosionsszenarien nachgebildet, um die Auswirkung von Anschlägen oder Unfällen genau untersuchen zu können. Feldversuche in Kombination mit numerischen Simulationen ermöglichen eine Charakterisierung der Belastung und Schädigung von Bauteilen und Strukturen unter hochdynamischen Explosionsbelastungen.
Auf dem Testgelände Technische Sicherheit (TTS) der BAM in Horstwalde, Brandenburg werden Sprengversuche im Real-Maßstab durchgeführt. Dabei werden Bauteile mit Messtechnik ausgestattet, um eine dynamische Strukturcharakterisierung mittels sensorbasierten Monitorings zu ermöglichen.
In diesem Vortrag werden am Beispiel einer Versuchskampagne mit einer Stahlbetonwand als Prüfkörper die Eignung verschiedener Prüfmethoden bei Sprengversuchen evaluiert. Es werden Messmethoden zur Charakterisierung der Explosionsereignisse, des globalen Strukturverhaltens sowie der lokalen Schädigung vorgestellt.
Die direkte Charakterisierung der Explosionsbelastung erfolgt mit Hilfe von piezo-elektrischen Druckaufnehmern (bündig mit der Oberfläche im Prüfkörper montiert) und High-Speed-Kameras. Die Beobachtung der explosionsinduzierten Reaktion des Bauteils während und nach dem Eintreffen der Stoßwelle erfolgt mittels Beschleunigungssensoren, Stereo-Fotogrammetrie sowie mit in den Prüfkörper eingebetteter verteilter faseroptischer Sensoren, mit Hilfe derer die Dehnungsraten im Bauteil zeit- und ortsaufgelöst gemessen werden können. Die faseroptischen Sensoren erlauben außerdem die örtlich hochaufgelöste Bestimmung statischer Dehnungsänderungen im Bauteil nach einem Versuch, sodass auch nicht sichtbare Schädigungen wie kleinste Risse detektiert und charakterisiert werden können. Vergleichende Messungen mit Ultraschall komplettieren die Schadenscharakterisierung. In unserem Beitrag diskutieren wir die Herausforderungen dieser Messungen sowie die Ergebnisse und Möglichkeiten der genannten komplementären Messmethoden.
Die Untersuchungen richten sich auf Verbundfeuerwerk und Feuerwerksbatterien, welche mit Zwischenverpackungen, bestehend aus Metallkäfigen und Metallbändern, für den Transport versehen wurden. Es wird gezeigt, wie sich diese Zwischenverpackungen auf unterschiedliche Feuerwerksartikel auswirken können und welche Klassifizierungen resultieren. Es wurde beobachtet, dass die Wirkung der Metallkäfige bei bestimmten Konstellationen äußerst nachteilig ist und eine Massenexplosion befördern kann.