Brings together the key elements of the loads produced from explosive sources, how they interact with structures & the way structures respond to them. This work presents quantitative information & design methods. It is also

Includes:: a coverage of the threat spectrum, & is supported by relevant worked examples.

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Reflects developments in the field of blast engineering since the early 1990s. Combining coverage of the design standards, codes & materials with an appreciation of the needs & demands of the designer, this book provides the engineer with a comprehensive source of reference for the main elements of blast engineering design in modern practice. ...

It's 2.15a.m. & the phone rings. The protagonist of this tale is lying awake, listening to the sound of his own voice on the answer machine informing the caller that there is no one there & thinking that only someone with bad news would ring at this time of night. He is right, it is a blast from the past. ...

1962. Calvin Webber (Christopher Walken) is a brilliant scientist who has built a self-sufficient bunker in his suburban home. When a plane crashes nearby he mistakes the roar for a nuclear attack & flees to the bunker with his pregnant wife (Sissy Spacek). Their son Adam (Brendan Fraser) is born in the time-locked bunker & spends the first thirty-five years of his life oblivious to the progress of time outside his shelter. When he is finally released he bumps straight into Eve (Alicia Silverstone), a young but already cynical inhabitant of 1990s L.A. Having had a string of no-hoper boyfriends, dead-end jobs & broken dreams, Eve is pleasantly surprised by Adam's wide-eyed naiveity & the couple find themselves falling in love. ...

The toys have found a spaceship. Now they only need to figure out who will be the lucky one to go to space. Jim Giraffe is too tall to fit, Sally Sheep is afraid of the dark & Chickadoodle is just too little. Who will make it all the way through the countdown? ...

When the space colony finally finds an earth-like planet to land on, Luke, Yasmin & Yuri can't believe their luck. But when the trio of friends accidentally stumble across an abandoned alien city, tripping the planet's self-destruct system in the process, it seems that all their dreams are about to go out with a bang! ...

Zach Skann came to Denver toting a deadly 12-gauge Greener shotgun. His mind was warped & sick from fifteen years in a penitentiary & it sought the palliative of vengeance against mines investor Ryan Bennett, the former Pinkerton detective responsible for his incarceration & the hangings of comrades. ...