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Blast Proofing the College Hall in the American University of Beirut
Rany Abbas, Mohammed Abdul Nabi, Ali Karaki, Bassam Ramadan, and Farah Said
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DOI:10.17265/1934-7359/2026.05.001
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, American University of Beirut, Bliss Street, Beirut
The aim of this paper is to blast-proof the College Hall at the American University of Beirut. The paper starts with a risk assessment analysis for the college hall building in order to assign a certain worst-case scenario. Based on the assigned scenario, blast calculations are going to be conducted and the corresponding structural analysis will be carried out.Several structural and non-structural materials that can contribute in the enhancement of the performance of the building in a blast event are reviewed. The building is also assessed according to sustainable standard measures and scales. The theme of this paper is System and Data Analysis.
Blast-proofing, blast loading, structural analysis, CFRP, building retrofitting.
Rany Abbas, Mohammed Abdul Nabi, Ali Karaki, Bassam Ramadan, and Farah Said. (2026). Blast Proofing the College Hall in the American University of Beirut, Journal of Civil Engineering and Architecture, May 2026, Vol. 20, No. 5, 171-178.
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