Carleton University · IPIS 5507

Blast Load Effects on Structures

Credits : 0.5 creditReference year : 2026-27

Description

Threats, risk analysis, vulnerability assessment; explosives: types and mechanisms; load determination; response of structural elements under blast loads, analysis and design for blast loads; blast mitigation, retrofit of structures; post-event assessment.

Prerequisites

  • Prerequisite(s): those enrolled in the M.IPIS program must have prior knowledge of structural steel and reinforced concrete design, typically obtained through the completion of an undergraduate engineering degree.

Conditions and arrangements

  • Also listed as CIVE 5507 .
  • Prerequisite(s): those enrolled in the M.IPIS program must have prior knowledge of structural steel and reinforced concrete design, typically obtained through the completion of an undergraduate engineering degree.
Reference text in its original language

Threats, risk analysis, vulnerability assessment; explosives: types and mechanisms; load determination; response of structural elements under blast loads, analysis and design for blast loads; blast mitigation, retrofit of structures; post-event assessment.

  • Prerequisite(s): those enrolled in the M.IPIS program must have prior knowledge of structural steel and reinforced concrete design, typically obtained through the completion of an undergraduate engineering degree.
  • Also listed as CIVE 5507 .

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