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Steel V-structure blast simulation results graphs

This is the data from the thesis titled:

Response of composite and steel V-structures to localised air blast loading (2023)

This compressed folder contains the graphs generated from the steel V-structure blast simulations. The files have first been separated based on the V-angle. In each of the subfolders, the V-tip radii and charge mass configurations were varied. Included in the files are pdf graphs generated in MATLAB of the mid-point displacement time histories, peak ridge and crosscut profiles, and the influences of varying the V-structure geometry on these damage metrics.

The first zipped folder titled - Steel_V_structure_blast_results_graphs.zip contains four subfolders labelled:

90

105

120

Graphs

- The folders labelled 90, 105, and 120, are labelled for the V-angle of the V-structure simulated. They contain subfolders for each simulation performed, i.e. different V-tip radii and charge masses.

- These subfolders contain the ridge and crosscut profiles and the mid-point displacement time histories.

- The folder labelled Graphs contains subfolders that investigate the influence of the V-angle on the permanent crosscut profiles, permanent ridge profiles, and mid-point displacement of the blast simulated steel V-structures.

Funding

81802 - National Research Foundation (South Africa) - Composites for Transport Structures

111737 - National Research Foundation (South Africa) - Influence of Geometric Shape on the Blast Loading and Response Characteristics of Plated Structures

History

Department/Unit

Blast Impact and Survivability Research Unit (BISRU) Centre, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Cape Town