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Improved Design Procedure for Shallow-Buried Structures to Resist Airblast Loading

by Paul M. LaHoud, US Army Corps of Engineers, Huntsville, AL, USA,



Document Type: Proceeding Paper

Part of: Dynamics of Structures

Abstract:

Both conventional and nuclear weapons generate airblast loads of sufficient magnitude that structure survival at acceptable cost favors below grade construction. The design of shallow-buried underground rectangular structures has evolved from simplified analytical procedures which ignore the beneficial effects of soil-structure interaction. This paper presents design procedures based on recent research which results in much more economical structures.

Subject Headings: Underground structures | Concrete structures | Structural design | Soil-structure interaction | Soil structures | Load factors | Underground construction

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