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Enhancing impact and Blast Resistance of Concrete with Fiber Reinforcement

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Resilience of Cities to Terrorist and other Threats

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Fiber reinforcement is undoubtedly one of the most effective means of enhancing the impact and blast resistance of concrete. Unfortunately, the dynamic properties of fiber reinforced concrete also remain some of its least understood. Since 9/11, there has been an increased interest in developing a better understanding of the properties of fiber reinforced concrete under impact and blast loading and enhancing such resistance. This paper provides a historical perspective of our efforts aimed at understanding the impact resistance of fiber reinforced concrete and highlights some of the issues and challenges encountered. A synopsis of our current state of the art with respect to experimental and modeling attempts is presented. Finally, the paper attempts to chart our future course and identify areas where further research will be highly valuable.

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  1. Department of Civil Engineering, The University of British Columbia, 2024-6250, Applied Science Lane Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4, Canada

    Nemkumar Banthia

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  1. Emeritus Chemical Risk Management, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands

    Hans J. Pasman (Prof. Emeritus Chemical Risk Management) (Prof. Emeritus Chemical Risk Management)

  2. Hydrogen Energy and Plasma Technologies Institute, Russian Research Centre “Kurchatov Institute”, Moscow, Russia

    Igor A. Kirillov

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Banthia, N. (2008). Enhancing impact and Blast Resistance of Concrete with Fiber Reinforcement. In: Pasman, H.J., Kirillov, I.A. (eds) Resilience of Cities to Terrorist and other Threats. NATO Science for Peace and Security Series Series C: Environmental Security. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8489-8_9

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