Conference Papers
This paper presents the experimental and analytical results for blast loaded prestressed concrete wall panels. Full scale, 16-ft simple-span, prestressed concrete wall panels were tested with blast loads generated from a shock tube. The panels tested included 6-inch thick solid prestressed concrete panels, and prestressed concrete sandwich panels with 3-inch thick wythes separated with 2 inches of rigid insulation. Panels were tested in both a non-load-bearing and load-bearing configuration. Load-bearing panels had a static concentric axial load applied throughout the dynamic shock tube tests. The axial load magnitude was 10 percent of the gross static axial capacity of each wall member using the nominal concrete compression strength. All panels had simple bearing connections without in-plane restraint. Panels were tested multiple times to define support rotations at which different levels of damage occurred.
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