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Description
Explosive devices are weapons commonly used by terrorists, organised crime and issue motivated groups. This book provides a comprehensive understanding of blast science, blast injuries and the effects of blasts on structures. It is written for those wanting to gain an in depth understand of blast effects including:
- First responders, such as police and emergency services personnel
- Security, emergency and facility managers
- Those involved in recovery operations, notably engineers and government officials
- Those responsible for designing structures and retrofitting protective measures
- Others with responsibility for protecting against acts of violence
The information in this book, using a hypothetical attack and real life examples, provides essential knowledge for those involved in mitigating or responding to an explosion.
Table of contents
- The science of blast
- The explosive train
- The detonation process
- The expanding explosion
- Positive phase of the blast
- Negative Pressure phase of the blast
- The physics of the blast: gas and fluid dynamics
- Blast injuries and fatalities
- Scenario blast effect timeline: The human consequences
- Blast injury types
- Primary blast injuries
- Secondary blast injuries
- Tertiary blast injuries
- Quaternary blast injuries
- Blast effects on buildings
- Blast effects on different buildings
- Structural system and non-structural components
- Design load and Blast
- Types of structural elements and building failure
- Direct effects of the blast
- Consequential structural effects
- Population calculations
This book is part of a two volume set. The other book is Bomb Incidents: The Manager’s Guide: How to prepare for and manage bomb incidents.
Authors: Dr Athol Yates with with Don Williams CPP, MIExpE and Professor Priyan Mendis, PhD, FIEAust
Publication Date: September 2012