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SUMMARY:Behaviour of structures under extreme dynamic loadings: Characteri
 sation and modelling - Yong Lu\, Institute for Infrastructure and Environm
 ent\, The University of Edinburgh
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CONTACT:Stephen Walley
DESCRIPTION:This talk concerns the response of structures and concrete-lik
 e materials under high rate loading\, especially impact and blast. The cha
 racteristics of the structural response are discussed in comparison with t
 he lower dynamic response due for example to seismic excitation. The parti
 cularities in the governing failure mechanisms and the pertinent analysis/
 modeling requirements are highlighted. This is followed by a brief present
 ation of some recent modeling studies on the dynamic behaviour of concrete
  materials using a mesoscale approach.
LOCATION:Mott Seminar Room\, Cavendish Laboratory\, Department of Physics
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