Blast Analysis in the Urban Environment Lecture
Blast Analysis in the Urban Environment
The Institution of Structural Engineers is running a series of lectures, this one I think is particularly interesting, it is the penultimate one in the series.
| Date | 27 September 2017 |
| Time | 17:30 for 18:00 start |
| Venue | The Institution of Structural Engineers, 47-58 Bastwick Street, London, EC1V 3PS, UK |
| Speaker | Nick Misselbrook – Associate Principal and Office Director, Thornton Tomasetti Defence Ltd. |
Description
Protective building design requires a detailed understanding of blast loads and explosion damage mechanics. Many of the tools available for blast analysis are based upon a combination of empirical data, analytical approximations and scaling rules, which are not always accurate for explosive events in complex urban environments.This lecture will give an overview of the blast analysis tools currently available, demonstrating where and when such tools are valid, and a look at state of the art possibilities.
Speaker
Nick Misselbrook is an Associate Principal and Office Director for Thornton Tomasetti Defence Ltd. Nick has an MSc in Weapons Effects on Structures from the Royal Military College of Science, is a Chartered Engineering and Chartered Physicist and a Member of the Register of Security Engineers and Specialists.
The lecture is free and you can register at the link below.
There is also a webinar and database of previous lectures from the series.
https://www.istructe.org/techlecseries
The final lecture is on the 5 October – ‘The success and potential failure of engineering computational design’. Details can be found at the above links.
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Sounds interesting, I’ve booked in. Thank James