What is Explosion protection?
[[File:SRBPSS 1s.jpg|thumb|Structural control with [[w:en:Curtain wall#Loads|blast-protective curtain wall system]].]]'''Explosion protection''' is meant to protect [[building]]s and other [[civil engineering]] objects against internal and external [[explosion]]s. It was widely believed<ref name=PhysicalSecurity>{{cite book|title= Structural Design for Physical Security|author=Task Committee|date=1999|publisher=ASCE|isbn=978-0-7844-0457-7}}</ref> until recently that a building subject to an explosive attack had a chance to remain standing only if it possessed some extraordinary resistive capacity. This belief rested on the assumption that the blast load was fully beyond our control. ==Two approaches to explosion protection== :1. ''Prevention''. Prevention makes an explosion impossible to occur. :2. ''Structural control''. Structural control will limit structural damage from [[Pressure#Explosion or Deflagration pressures|explosion pressure]] and flying [[debris]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://wtc.nist.gov/ |title=Draft final reports on World Trade Center |access-date=2020-09-15 |archive-date=2006-12-24 |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/5LMz5DtSw?url=http://wtc.nist.gov/ |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref> {{Commons category}} ==Other websites== * [http://www.emrtc.nmt.edu/services/curtainwall.php Curtain Wall Testing] * [http://www.wbdg.org/resources/resistexplosivethreat.php Designing Buildings to Resist Explosive Threats] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100613010933/http://wbdg.org/resources/resistexplosivethreat.php |date=2010-06-13 }} * [http://www.websbiggest.com/dir-wiki.cfm/Top/Science/Technology/Structural_Engineering/Blast_Protection The world's top Blast Protection websites] ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Explosion Protection}} [[Category:Explosives]] [[Category:Buildings and structures]] [[Category:Terrorism]]