CSA-S850 Design and Assessment of Buildings

Subjected to Blast Loads

CSA S850 is a new Canadian standard for the design and assessment of buildings subjected to blast loads. It is the most
detailed and comprehensive standard of its kind in the world. The standard allows designers to determine for a given
blast scenario, or design basis threat, the level of protection that can be provided by an existing building structure or
that can be achieved in a new structure. It provides detailed procedures for determining blast load on buildings for a
given charge size and standoff, the strength of materials under high strain rates, the selection of the appropriate
methods of analysis and design for reinforced concrete, steel, masonry and wood components and structures and for
field testing of structural and non-structural components under blast loads. It also contains provisions for preventing
progressive collapse and brittle failure.
The procedures for Threat and Risk Assessment (TRA) will be discussed. This includes the review and documentation of
potential threats and all existing or planned security measures which may affect the selection of the appropriate
Design Basis Threat (DBT). In CSA S850, DBT is a key component of the design and assessment of buildings subjected to
blast loads and designers will learn about the elements which are considered in its determination.
The course is presented by Ghani Razaqpur, Ph.D., P.Eng., professor of civil engineering at McMaster University and
past president of CSCE and Murat Saatcioglu, Ph.D., P.Eng., professor of civil engineering at the University of Ottawa
and Ken Clupp, CD., P.Eng., C.Tech., PSP. Dr. Razaqpur is the Chair of the Technical Committee for the CSA Standard
S850 and Dr. Saatcioglu is a leading member and chair of its sub-committee on design. They have extensive experience
in the analysis, design and testing and of steel, concrete and masonry structures under blast load and have played
a leading role in the development of the CSA-S850. Ken Clupp is the Lead Physical and Technical Security Equipment
Evaluation Engineer in the RCMP Departmental Security Branch. He routinely provides advice and guidance on physical
security topics to Government of Canada departments and agencies.

Agenda

Overview of CSA Standard S850-12 and its scope

Introduction to blast and types of explosion
Threat assessment and design basis threat (DBT)
Building performances criteria under blast loads
Effects of explosion, including pressure, impulse and
their time variation, and their calculation
Effects of explosion, including pressure, impulse
consideration in design
Dynamic analysis of structures subjected to blast loads
Design of reinforced concrete, steel and masonry
structures for resisting blast loads
Structural integrity and prevention of progressive collapse
Building envelope design
Wrap-up

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CALGARY - April 24, 2013

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