Explosion protection

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Structural control with blast-protective curtain wall system.

Explosion protection is meant to protect buildings and other civil engineering objects against internal and external explosions. It was widely believed[1] until recently that a building subject to an explosive attack had a chance to remain standing only if it possessed some extraordinary resistive capacity. This belief rested on the assumption that the blast load was fully beyond our control.

## Two approaches to explosion protection

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1\. Prevention. Prevention makes an explosion impossible to occur.
2\. Structural control. Structural control will limit structural damage from explosion pressure and flying debris[2].

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## Other websites

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* Curtain Wall Testing
* Designing Buildings to Resist Explosive Threats
* The world's top Blast Protection websites

## References

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1. ↑ Task Committee (1999). Structural Design for Physical Security. ASCE. ISBN 0784404577.
2. ↑ Draft final reports on World Trade Center

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