Numerical investigation of the perimeter Wall Behavior under blast Loading with the approach of protecting structures and facilities

By increasing the risk of explosive terrorist attacks and threats to all types of structures and buildings, a careful study of the behavior of structures under explosive loading is considered as an important matter. A simple method to protect important structures against explosive loads is to improve the security of the environment by using protective perimeter walls against explosive loading. In this research, the effect of reinforced concrete perimeter walls with and without canopy has been investigated. Different parameters such as the geometrical shape of the perimeter wall, the element removal and degradation rate, wall displacement, the scaled distance change and the explosive mass have been investigated. Finite element software (LS-DYNA (R11.1.0) has been used for modeling. For this purpose, the perimeter walls were designed in three different shapes and conditions. The results indicate that the existence of canopies for the perimeter walls under explosive loading has positive effects, so that the canopied perimeter walls with a canopy angle of 90 degrees compared to other types of wall, at different station distances and in the same conditions, reduce the displacement rate in the protected structure by about 11 percent. Furthermore, the location of perimeter walls and obtaining a safe distance in placing these walls is very effective in enhancing safety and reducing the vulnerability of the facilities and structures protected by these walls.