Database of "Experimental and Numerical Investigations of a Scaled-Down Steel Frame Building subjected to Shock Tube-Induced Blast Pressure"

Background: This database contains some data used during the study on a scaled-down steel frame building subjected to shock tube-induced blast pressure (experimental and numerical investigations). The files included in the database are outlined below and briefly described: 1.Shock tube experiments.pdf gives a brief detail of shock tube experiments from literature, conducted on full-scale/scaled-down construction elements, namely beams, columns, and slabs. They are summarised in Table S1. 2.JC model.pdf outlines the underlying equations of the Johnson-Cook (JC) constitutive model used to represent the material behaviour in the finite element analysis. 3.Geometric similarity law.pdf discusses the principles of geometric similarity used in the study. Table S2 discusses how different variables are scaled. The effects of neglecting strain-rate sensitivity and thermal softening in the Johnson-Cook constitutive model are also addressed. 4.Comparison to field blast.pdf provides a comparison of the blast parameters between the shock tube experiment and those derived using the Kingery Bulmash (KB) charts. 5.Accelerometer.pdf contains Fig. S1 which is the acceleration-time history and the MATLAB code used for deriving the displacement-time history from the accelerometer. 6.High speed camera.pdf contains the MATLAB code used for deriving the displacement-time history from the high-speed camera. 7.Calibration data (Overpressure-time history without sample) recorded at M15 and M17 pressure sensors.