Author(s)

A. Kanarachos & Ch. Provatidis

Abstract

The influence of blast explosions to neighbouring buried structures is usually identified through 3D-FEM computations of the induced peak particle velocity. Asymptotic models for the prediction of the peak particle velocity, based on experimental data, are also used. In the present paper a new asymptotic "# - model" for the computation of the peak particle velocity is proposed. The new model is successfully applied for the case of a blast explosion in the proximity of a buried natural gas pipeline. 1 Introduction The influence of blast explosions to neighbouring buried structures can be identified through 3D-FEM computations of the induced peak particle velocities. However, significant limitations to handle large 3D-FEM soil models^, as well as uncer

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