An Overview of Methods for Blast Load Testing and Devices for Pressure Measurement

Table 2

Shock tube experiments.

Author	Year	Element type	Material type	Scale/dimensions (mm)	Shock wave (kPa)	Impulse (kPa  ms)	Load transfer
Toutlemonde et al. [43]	1993	Slabs	RC	φ 900	1700	N/A	PW
Schleyer et al. [42]	2007	Panels	STS	1 : 4	38–221	2013–4358	PW
Magnusson et al. [44]	2010	Beams	NSC and HSC	1 : 1	1200–3200	6300–11130	PW
Ellis et al. [10]	2014	Panels	UHPC	1626, 864 and 51	N/A	810–2050	PW
Stolz et al. [38]	2014	Slabs	DUCON	2410 × 1140	35–250	N/A	PW
Zhang et al. [45]	2014	Plates	Steel 1008 and 1018	50.8 × 203.3	375	N/A	PW
Aoude et al. [46]	2015	Columns	UHPFRC (CRC)	1 : 1	12.6–108.6	109–964	LTD
Thiagarajan et al. [40]	2015	Slabs	HSC-VR, HSC-NR, NSC-VR and NSC-NR	1 : 3	350–390	6790–7710	PW
Haris et al. [41]	2017	Panels	Polyurea, STF, foam, and STF-infused foam	120 × 110	186	N/A	PW
Lee et al. [47]	2018	Beams	SFRC	125 × 250 × 2438	22.78–67.81	196.02–680.4	LTD
Lacroix and Doudak [48]	2018	Beams	24F-ES Spruce Pine glulam + FRP	137 × 222 × 2235	41.2–76.2	419.1–1110	LTD
Poulin et al. [49]	2018	Panels	CLT SPF	105 (175) × 445 x 2500	5.8–58.6	59.4–690.7	LTD

UHPFRC: ultrahigh-performance fibre-reinforced concrete, CRC: compact reinforced concrete. UHPC: ultrahigh-performance concrete, STF: shear thickening fluid, NSC: normal strength concrete. HSC: high-strength concrete, STS: stainless steel, DUCON: ductile concrete, VR: high-strength low alloy vanadium reinforcement, NR: normal reinforcement, SFRC: steel fibre-reinforced concrete, FRP: fibre-reinforced polymer, CLT SPF: cross-laminated timber with Spruce pine fir, PW: pressure wave, and LTD: load transfer device.