The effect of an explosive shock wave on the plate of a protective structure of a critical infrastructure

Abstract

The article presents the outcomes of an analysis on the stress-strain conditions of reinforced concrete structures subjected to an explosive shock wave resulting from the detonation of a combat unit from a kamikaze drone against a protective screen. When designing protective structures for critical infrastructure, employing computer simulation enables an assessment of the genuine impact of explosive loading on the structural elements' strength. The active phase of explosive loading is exceptionally brief, lasting only a fraction of a second. Under such circumstances, modeling is best performed using explicit methods of direct integration in time.

The structure considered in this work is a reinforced concrete slab supported by a metal beam cage with I-beam cross-sections, topped with a sand backfill. The study was executed within the SIMULIA Abaqus software suite, incorporating models depicting nonlinear material behavior in a three-dimensional context. Discretely positioned reinforcement was considered for reinforced concrete structures, and the "Concrete Damage Plasticity" model was applied for concrete, accounting for damage accumulation. The devised computational scheme for the shelter represents a section of the protective structure's roof under conditions of cyclic symmetry.

The article elucidates the core principles of incorporating explosive loading according to algorithm CONWEP.The results demonstrate that during the detonation of a kamikaze drone, an explosive wave created a crater in the sand backfill, exposing the slab. The study illustrates the development of damage in the reinforced concrete slab at various time intervals. Despite the identified damage to the slab, the protective structure overall withstood the explosive load. The intensity of the explosive shock wave diminishes significantly as it propagates away from the explosion site.