Design of blast doors
Design of blast doors
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Hi All :
I am currently working on a project where I have to design a blast door. I have used TM5-1300 Manual for design of monolithic steel door. The issue is if I use a 1" plate thickness I do not meet the customer requirements(high ductility ratio and rotation ). But if i use a 2"
plate , I do meet the requirements but the door weight becomes high and is not acceptable to the customer. So what we need to do is use a 1" plate and place stiffeners at critical locations, but I don't know how to analyze the blast doors with stiffeners on them , since TM5-1300 does not talk about those kind of doors.
Can you all learned people suggest me as to how should I approach this problem ?
Thanks,
Kapil
Structural Engineer, EWI
I am currently working on a project where I have to design a blast door. I have used TM5-1300 Manual for design of monolithic steel door. The issue is if I use a 1" plate thickness I do not meet the customer requirements(high ductility ratio and rotation ). But if i use a 2"
plate , I do meet the requirements but the door weight becomes high and is not acceptable to the customer. So what we need to do is use a 1" plate and place stiffeners at critical locations, but I don't know how to analyze the blast doors with stiffeners on them , since TM5-1300 does not talk about those kind of doors.
Can you all learned people suggest me as to how should I approach this problem ?
Thanks,
Kapil
Structural Engineer, EWI






RE: Design of blast doors
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Mike McCann
MMC Engineering
RE: Design of blast doors
RE: Design of blast doors
Design of a build up steel blast door.
Methodogy Section 5-36.6.2
Example in Chapter 15 and 5A-7.
RE: Design of blast doors
What approach should I take for this case ?
Thanks
Kapil
RE: Design of blast doors