Design of Blast Resistant Buildings

The design of blast resistant buildings is required for safety of operations and humans in petroleum refineries. These refineries require blast resistant buildings for the operations near the possible ground zero of the explosive unit. This chapter explains the design for blast resistant building in petroleum refinery in Mumbai, India. This chapter investigates the present research in blast resistant building. Then, it explains a case study of blast resistant operation building designed near Diesel Hydrodesulphurisation unit. Some of the important design parameter includes the loading, concrete retaining wall design and aesthetic. The research looks into important question for blast resistant buildings like How does the building behave during the explosion? How to design a Reinforced Cement Concrete structure for blast resistant design? What are architectural criteria for design of blast resistant buildings? How to design a facade that resist the blast as well as looks appealing aesthetically? The application of similar design can be adapted for the blast resistant buildings under threat from terrorist attack and for military installations. Furthermore, this chapter illustrated an innovative design of facade for bast resistant buildings.