This two-part article presents the results of experimental and numerical work on the
response of built-in mild steel quadrangular plates with different stiffener configurations
(unstiffened, single, double, cross and double cross), subjected to blast loading. Part I
studies the response of plates to uniform blast loading, while Part II examines the response
to localised blast loading. The approach in both studies is similar—experimental results
obtained from blast tests, using a ballistic pendulum, are presented and compared with finite …

This two-part article presents the results of experimental and numerical work on the
response of built-in mild steel quadrangular plates with different stiffener configurations
(unstiffened (flat), single (S), double (D), cross (C) and double cross (DC)) subjected to blast
loading. Part I reports on the response of these plates to uniform blast loading while
localised blast loading is examined in Part II. The approach in both studies is similar—
experimental results obtained from blast tests using a ballistic pendulum are presented and …