BLAST THREAT TO CRITICAL AND MILITARY INFRASTRUCTURE
Journal Title: UNKNOWN - Year 2013, Vol 1, Issue 1
Abstract
Blast attacks to public stmctures and critical or military infrastructure present threats that must he taken seriously. In modem asymmełric conflicts, force protection engineering mainly deals with protection against explosions caused by lED’s and the mitigation of blast effects. Protective measures are based onpractical experience with blast ejfects on stmctures and personnel, or on modern methods such as simulations. Different methods сан he used to assess and analyze possible effects of blast attacks on constructions. Simulations can he used to predict the effects of explosions and can help to discover adeąuate protection measures. The aim of the article is to briefly present the use of AUTODYN software as a possible way ofpredicting the effect of blast attack. Simulations in this field are applicable not only in the military but in critical infrastructure protection too. The protection of critical infrastructure against a terrorist attack is a one of the most challenging issue nowadays. Government experts face problems with appropriate countermeasures in the uncertain environment of unidentified lED threats.
Authors and Affiliations
Pavel Maňas, Lubomír Kroupa, Rudolf Urban, Dalibor Coufal
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