BLAST REGULATIONS IN INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS – AN OVERVIEW

Abstract

Regarding to what was happening in the global world of terrorist attacks that often targeted to damage public institutions, communications towers, electrical towers, public facilities and historical places. It is now important to consider the blast loads in the design consideration and strengthening for any type of building, and adding this type of loading in the design codes which are not covering this type of loading. Through this paper we present most of international codes are giving regulations and consideration regarding blast load, also we will show the suitable regulations can be used and applied in Egyptian Design Code for Reinforced Concrete.