Experimental data for 'Reconstruction of Surface Pressures on Flat Plates Impacted by Blast Waves Using the Virtual Fields Method'

Measurements on a flat steel plate were conducted in order to demonstrate a novel approach to reconstruct full-field pressure distributions on said plate using the virtual fields method (VFM). Pressure was applied using SIMLab Shock Tube Facility at the Department of Structural Engineering, NTNU specialized on blast wave generation. Deflectometry was used to measure time-resolved slope changes on the plate surface. Background Oriented Schlieren was used to visualize the approaching blast wave. The shock tube exit was modified with 3 different blockages to change the symmetry of the generated blast waves. Pressure transducer measurements were conducted to compare the VM pressure reconstructions to an established technique. This dataset contains the experimental data acquired during the blast tests on the steel plate.