phamENG, I agree approx the impact time is a crap shoot. I have spent some time looking through section 2.8 in Blodgett's Design of Welded Structures. It looks like a great reference, thank you. In looking at the stiffness of the shelter I think need to look at the shelter elements separately...
Anyone have experience in designing storm shelters for host building collapse? I have an ICC 500 storm shelter that is below 2 stories of its host building. Curious to see what kind of impact loading others have used or would recommend for host building collapse. Any advice is welcome.
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