CONSTRUCTIVE SOLUTIONS FOR EXPLOSION-RESISTANT BUILDINGS WITH CIVIL PROTECTION FACILITIES
Authors: GETUN Galyna , KOLIAKOVA Vira , BEZKLUBENKO Iryna , SOLOMIN Andriy 
Published: December 2023

In the conditions of the large-scale war led by russia in Ukraine, the issue of designingblast-resistant buildings with civil defense facilities that can withstand additional special loads and impacts has become crucial. These impacts include artillery and missile attacks, bomb explosions, blast waves, and the spread of fires, among others. An analysis of the consequences of building and structure destruction resulting from military operationsindicates that reinforced concrete structures of buildings have superior load-bearing capacity compared to traditional brick and steel frames of pavilion-type buildings.Reinforced concrete is a non-combustible material with significant mass, improving its inertialresistance. It possesses high strength and plasticity characteristics, allowing it to deform and redistribute forces between adjacent structures, thereby preventing progressive collapse – the cascading destruction of buildings.The main principles of designing blast-resistant reinforced concrete frames for high-rise buildings involve rational constructive systems and schemes with simple and compact configurations and symmetrical plans. The structural solution of the reinforced concrete frame must ensure the redistribution of gravity loads between adjacent structures. Therefore, the joints of vertical and horizontal structures must be plastic, capable of dissipating a significant amount of explosion energy. The load-bearing elements of buildingstructures must withstand cycles of large deformations in different directions, such aspressures from the lifting of floor slabs opposing ordinary gravity loads. For buildings classified with medium (CC2) and significant (CC3) consequences, where more than 50 individuals are constantly present or periodically more than 100 people, it is necessary to design civil protection premises. These premises should be strategically located below the planned ground level.The construction of civil protection premises located in the underground floors of an explosionproof building must withstand all types of main and episodic loads and impacts and resist the spread of fire. Building frames with monolithic reinforced concrete ribbed ceilings and systems of main and secondary beams or transversely located beams rigidly fixed to vertical supporting structures – columns, pylons, walls – can withstand such loadsbest. The article investigates the reasons for the destruction of reinforced concrete slabs in high-rise frame monolithic buildings when subjected to bending or pressure from explosive loads below. It also explores the potential twisting of the building as a result of reverse explosive effects.The article presents measures to strengthen sections of floor structures in high-rise framemonolithic buildings that may be destroyed due to reverse explosive loads and upward pressure from explosive forces. The expediency of reinforcing critical areas of monolithic reinforced concrete floor slabs with external reinforcement – adhering reinforcing mats in the form of fabrics, lamellas, or carbon fiber nets to the upper zones of slabs near vertical supports – is justified.