Download or read book Modern Protective Structures, Second Edition written by Theodor Krauthammer and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2016-05-01 with total page 650 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tackling the analytical, design, assessment, and hazard mitigation issues associated with short-duration dynamic loads, this book examines how impulsive loads affect various types of structures. It provides the necessary material to help ensure the safety of persons, assets, and projects. Coverage includes information on explosives, nuclear explosions, loads on structures, the behaviors of structural elements, dynamic response and analysis, internal shock, impulse diagrams, progressive collapse, and protective design. The book offers guidance from design manuals and features illustrations, charts, tables, solved problems, and case histories to supplement discussion.