Short Course on Blast Loading on Structures: Design, Response and Mitigation Strategies

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Protective Technology Research Centre

Topic

Blast Loading on Structures: Design, Response and Mitigation Strategies

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Abstract

Impact, blast, and shock threats pose significant challenges across engineering, security, and defense sectors, often linked to industrial safety and critical infrastructure protection.

This two-day course provides a comprehensive overview of principles, analysis, and design strategies for mitigating these effects. Key topics include blast load simulation, structural response, material characterization, and protective design methodologies.

Led by renowned scientists, the course combines engaging lectures, practical case studies, and interactive discussions to equip professionals with the knowledge and skills to address challenges in blast-resistant design. The program concludes with actionable insights and a holistic understanding of modern approaches to structural protection.

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About the Speakers

Speaker 1: Prof Tan Kang Hai (TKH) 

Prof. Tan Kang Hai is currently a professor at Nanyang Technological University and the director of Protective Technology Research Centre.

Prof. Tan has published over 300 internationally renowned SCI journal papers with over 14000 citations. He has been ranked among the top 2% of global scientists at Stanford University for many consecutive years. Prof. Tan has high international reputation in the filed of progressive collapse and fire resistance of structures, and won the Best Paper Award from SCI journal Structures in 2023 and the High Citation Research Award from the journal Engineering Structures. He serves on the editorial board of Cement and Concrete Composites, a premier journal in the filed of cementitious materials and concrete technology. At the same time, he is also a registered professional engineer and expert-level engineer in the field of protection in Singapore.

He has been awarded the Public Administration Medal (Bronze) and MND Medallion for service and contributions to the HDB Civil & Structural Engineering Advisory Panel. He is a member of the 17th Singapore Building Structure and Substructure Standards Committee and serves as the Chairman of Appeals Advisory Board for Infrastructure Protection Act. He has supervised over 50 PhD students to date, several of whom have received the Best PhD Thesis Award and other academic honors.

Prof. Yu Jun is currently working as a professor in School of Civil Engineering, Southeast University (SEU), Nanjing, China. He has been ranked among the top 2% of global scientists at Stanford University for many consecutive years. Prof. Yu has high international reputation in the field of progressive collapse of structures, and won the Best Paper Awards from the SCI journal Structures in 2023 and from the International Conference on Design & Analysis of Protective Structures (DAPS) in 2012.

He has awarded “Distinguished Young Scholar Fund of Jiangsu Province” in 2018, and 3 grants from National Science Foundation of China. He served as a committee member in China to draft “Standard for anti-collapse design of building structures (T/CECS 392-2021)”, successfully organized 2024 China and Singapore International Conference on Applied Mechanics and Engineering (CSAME) and other two domestic academic conferences regarding disaster mitigation for civil structures. He is also a member of American Society of Civil Engineering (ASCE) and International Association of Protective Structures (IAPS).

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• Please register by 31 Jan 2025. 
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• Please note that there is no refund of fees for cancellation.