Pulse-pressure loading effects on aviation and general engineering structures - Review

This paper reviews various aspects of modeling an explosion on an aircraft, which can be extended to more general structures. A brief summary of material and structural models is given, followed by a detailed history of pulse-pressure loading models with an emphasis on free-free beams and how pulse characteristics affect a structure's response. Techniques to desensitize pulse shape effects are discussed, which culminate in the form of pressure-impulse isodamage curves. Studies using random loading models are also presented. (c) 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.