TY - BOOK ID - 61116025 TI - Blast protection of civil infrastructures and vehicles using composites PY - 2010 SN - 1845698037 184569399X 1439827710 PB - Boca Raton, Fla. : Oxford : CRC Press ; Woodhead Pub. Ltd., DB - UniCat KW - Composite materials. KW - Blast effect. KW - Structural engineering. KW - Engineering, Structural KW - Structures, Engineering of KW - Architecture KW - Engineering KW - Blast loads KW - Explosion loads KW - Aerodynamic load KW - Shock (Mechanics) KW - Shock waves KW - Vibration KW - Impact KW - Composites (Materials) KW - Multiphase materials KW - Reinforced solids KW - Solids, Reinforced KW - Two phase materials KW - Materials UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:61116025 AB - With the upsurge in terrorism in recent years and the possibility of accidental blast threats, there is growing interest in manufacturing blast 'hardened' structures and retrofitting blast mitigation materials to existing structures. Composites provide the ideal material for blast protection as they can be engineered to give different levels of protection by varying the reinforcements and matrices.Part one discusses general technical issues with chapters on topics such as blast threats and types of blast damage, processing polymer matrix composites for blast protection, standards and s ER -