ANALYSIS OF CFFT PILE FOUNDATION SUBJECTED TO BLAST LOADING USING ANSYS
Keywords:
Blast loading, Concrete-filled FRP tube, ANSYS AUTODYN hydrocodeAbstract
It has been observed from past incidents of terrorist explosive threats that performance of building and
response of bridges are greatly affected .So it is important to examine the adverse effects of blast loading. This paper
makes an attempt to make an analysis of bridge pile foundation subjected to surface explosion. Concrete filled FRP
tubes(CFFTs) are known to improve the resistance of a conventional reinforced member by strengthening, protecting
and confining the RC core .In this work blast effect on CFFT pile and RC pile to findout which pile configuration shows
better performance under blast load. For this purpose finite element tool ANSYS AUTODYN hydrocode software is used.