Attenuation of the Destructive Effects of an Explosion by Stratified Screens

Abstract

The demolition of the buildings with explosives presents a series of risks for the environment and for the persons within the incidence of the explosion effects. The putting into practice of an explosion demolition work, in particular in the urban environment, means also a compromise between the quantity of explosive used/ its disposal for achieving the desired purpose and the protection effective level of the environment/ of the persons within the incidence of the explosions. The practice in the field proved that this compromise could be realized concomitantly, by the use of explosive charges resulted from calculations as being necessary for the realization of the desired effects, with the execution of explosion simulations of these charges using protection means accordingly sized so as to reach the safety level required.

Keywords

• simulation
• experiment
• explosive charge
• ballistic protection means