文档介绍：The Pennsylvania State University
The Graduate School
College of Engineering
CHARACTERIZING BLAST AND IMPACT RESISTANCE OF
LONG CARBON FIBER REINFORCED CONCRETE
A Thesis in
Civil Engineering
by
Eric Musselman
© 2007 Eric Musselman
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements
for the Degree of
Doctor of Philosophy
August 2007
The thesis of Eric Musselman was reviewed and approved* by the following:
Andrea J. Schokker
Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Thesis Advisor
Chair mittee
Daniel G. Linzell
Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Lyle N. Long
Distinguished Professor of Aerospace Engineering and Mathematics
Andrew Scanlon
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Peggy A. Johnson
Head of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
*Signatures are on file in the Graduate School
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ABSTRACT
The primary objective of the study was to investigate the blast and impact
resistance of carbon fiber reinforced concrete. The impact resistance was assessed
through the use of both instrumented and uninstrumented impact testing conducted on
two-way, simply supported panels. The blast resistance was examined by qualitatively
comparing the behavior of a standard reinforced concrete and fiber reinforced concrete
exposed to the same blast loadings. The blast specimens consisted of six foot square by
inch deep concrete slabs exposed to 75 lbs of TNT at a standoff distance of feet.
The results of both dynamic tests indicate the addition of carbon fibers significantly
improves the blast and impact resistance of concrete.
In addition to dynamic testing, static testing was also conducted to determine the
material properties of the carbon fiber reinforced concrete. These tests included tensile,
compressive and flexural testing. Tensile testing was conducted using s