Analysis of selected structural components subjected to blast wave

The phenomenon of high-energy explosion of a substance such as the mixture of flammable gases, explosives, etc. is highly exothermic chemical reaction that causes a blast wave consisting of hot gases at high pressure. Very complex nature of the phenomenon of detonation, affects the need for advanced methods of analysis. In the present work analysis of two steel columns (I-section and tubular section) subjected to the blast wave are presented. The columns have similar values of the moments of inertia and mass per unit length. To describe the complex phenomena occurring in gas medium the Eulerian formulation was used. The steel structures were described using Lagrangian formulation. Interaction between domains was achieved by numerical coupling algorithm with implemented penalty function. From the results from all the analysis cases, the dynamic response of structural elements was obtained. Permanent deformation and the amount of absorbed energy are of special interest in this study. The resultant velocity vectors were also presented to illustrate the characteristic of blast wave propagation.