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Publications

Selected Recent Publications and Research Activities

Books Authored
  1. Ventsel, E. and Krauthammer, T., “Thin Plates and Shells: Theory, Analysis and Applications,” Marcel Dekker, 2001.
  2. Krauthammer, T., “Modern Protective Structures”, CRC Press, 2008.
  3. Krauthammer, T., “Modern Protective Structures”, Korean Translation Edition, CIR Communication, 2011.
Chapters in Books
  1. Gebbeken, N. And Krauthammer, T., “Application of Dynamic Knowledge in Practice,” Ch. 11 in J. Weerheijm (editor), “Concrete in Tension,” Woodhead Publishing, 2013.
  2. Krauthammer, T., “Blast, Shock, and Impact Hazards, to Nuclear Structures,” Ch. 17 in “Infrastructure Systems for Nuclear Energy,” edited by Hsu, T.T.C., Wu, C.L., and Lin, J.L., Wiley, 2014.
  3. Tedesco, J., and Krauthammer, T., “Material Characteristics,” Ch. 7, in “Report for the Design of Concrete Structures for Blast Effects,” American Concrete Institute, July 2014.
  4. Krauthammer, T., and Assadi, A., “Structural Analysis,” Ch. 8, in “Report for the Design of Concrete Structures for Blast Effects,” American Concrete Institute, July 2014.
  5. Tedesco, J. W., and Krauthammer, T., “Structural Dynamics” in Structural Engineering and Geomechanics, (Ed. Sashi K. Kunnath), in Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS), Developed under the Auspices of UNESCO, Eolss Publishers, Paris, France, 2014.
  6. Gebbeken, N. And Krauthammer, T., “Understanding the dynamic response of concrete to loading: Practical Examples,” Ch. 12 in “Understanding the Tensile properties of Concrete in Statics and Dynamics,” 2nd edition, edited by Weerheijm, J., Elsevier, 2024.
Articles in Refereed Journals
  1. French, R., Maher, E., Smith, M., Stone, M., Kim, J., and Krauthammer, T., “Direct Shear Behavior in Concrete Materials,” International Journal of Impact Engineering, Vol. 108, pp. 89-100, 2017.
  2. Tsai, Y.K., and Krauthammer, T., “Energy Based Load-Impulse Diagrams,” Engineering Structures, Vol. 149, pp. 64-77, October 2017.
  3. Krauthammer. T., “Recent Observations on Design and Analysis of Protective Structures,” Engineering Structures, Engineering Structures, Vol. 149, pp. 78-90, October 2017.
  4. Wilkes, J. and Krauthammer, T., “An Energy Flow Approach for Progressive Collapse Assessment,” Engineering Structures, Vol. 190, pp. 333-344, July 2019.
  5. Tsai, Y.K., and Krauthammer, T., “Energy Based Load-Impulse Diagrams with Multiple Failure Modes for Blast-Loaded Reinforced Concrete Structural Elements,” Engineering Failure Analysis, Vol. 104, pp. 830-843, 2019.
  6. Koh, Y.H., and Krauthammer, T., “Exploring Numerical Approaches for Pre-test Progressive Collapse Assessment of RC Frame Structures,” Engineering Structures, Vol. 201, 15 December 2019.
  7. Chee, K.H., Krauthammer, T., and Astarlioglu, S., “Shallow Buried RC Structures Behavior under Airblast in the Time and P-I domains,“ Engineering Structures, Vol. 203, 15 January 2020.
  8. Krauthammer, T., “Building-in Safety,” Material World, Feature Article, pp. 28-30, November 2020.
  9. Carabeo, K., Dexter, K., Dupont, V., Hoekstra, R., Krauthammer, T., Torres-Alamo, J.O., and Willems, K., “Safety Assessment of Soil-Filled HESCO® Bastion Wall Concept for Modular Munition Storage,” Int. Jour. of Human Factors and Mechanical Engineering for Defense and Safety, Vol. 6 No. 9, Springer, April 2022.
  10. Willems, K., Krauthammer, T., and Ohrt, A., “Energy Flow Considerations for Structural Response under Blast,” Hormigón y Acero (H&A) Journal of the Spanish Association of Structural Engineering (ACHE), 3 August 2023, DOI: https://doi.org/10.33586/hya.2023.3130
Papers in Refereed Proceedings
  1. Krauthammer, T., French, R., Maher, E., Smith, M., Stone, M., Kim, J., Foust, B.W., McMahon, G.W., Lewis, R., and Sohn, Y., “Assessing Direct Shear in Normal Strength and Ultra High Performance Concrete,” Proc. 6th International Symposium on Design and Analysis of Protective Structures (DAPS 2017), Melbourne, Australia, 30 November – 1 December 2017.
  2. Wilkes, J., and Krauthammer, T., “Progressive Collapse Assessment with Energy Flow,” Proc. 6th International Symposium on Design and Analysis of Protective Structures (DAPS 2017), Melbourne, Australia, 30 November – 1 December 2017.
  3. Chikhradze, N., Mataradze, E., and Krauthammer, T., “Hybrid System for Attenuation of Shock Wave and Fire in Tunnels,” Proc. 6th International Symposium on Design and Analysis of Protective Structures (DAPS 2017), Melbourne, Australia, 30 November – 1 December 2017.
Invited Papers
  1. Krauthammer, T., “Recent Observations on Design and Analysis of Protective Structures,” Proc. 5th International Conference on Design and Analysis of Protective Structures (DAPS), Singapore, 19-21 May 2015.
  2. Krauthammer, T., “Challenges for the Next Generation of Protecting Structures,“ Proc. 7th International Conference on Design and Analysis of Protective Structures (DAPS), Seoul, Republic of Korea,4-6 December 2019.
Proceedings Papers
  1. Carabeo, K., Dexter, K. , Krauthammer, T., Foust, B., Torres-Alamo, J. O., and Crane, K., “Considerations of Longitudinal and Shear Reinforcements for UHPFRC Beams,” Proc. 18th International Symposium on the Interaction of the Effects of Munitions with Structures (ISIEMS 18), Panama City, FL, 21-25 October 2019.
  2. Willems, K., Krauthammer, T. And Ohrt, A., “An Energy Flow Based Approach for Structural Response Assessment,” Proc. 18th International Symposium on the Interaction of the Effects of Munitions with Structures (ISIEMS 18), Panama City, FL, 21-25 October 2019.
  3. Dupont, V., and Krauthammer, T., “Refinement of Temporary Munition Storage using Soil-Filled Walls,” Proc. 18th International Symposium on the Interaction of the Effects of Munitions with Structures (ISIEMS 18), Panama City, FL, 21-25 October 2019.
  4. Stone, M., and Krauthammer, T., “An Energy Flow Approach for assessing NSC and UHPC Cylinders under Static and Impact Loads,” Proc. 18th International Symposium on the Interaction of the Effects of Munitions with Structures (ISIEMS 18), Panama City, FL, 21-25 October 2019.
  5. Stone, M., Koch, D., Krauthammer, T., Foust, B., and Green, B., “Normal Strength Concrete and Ultra-High-Performance Concrete Beams under Impact,” Proc. 18th International Symposium on the Interaction of the Effects of Munitions with Structures (ISIEMS 18), Panama City, FL, 21-25 October 2019.
  6. Dupont, V., and Krauthammer, T., “Temporary Munition Storage using Soil-Filled Walls,” Proc. 7th International Conference on Design and Analysis of Protective Structures (DAPS), Seoul, Republic of Korea,4-6 December 2019.
  7. Jasser-Stone, M., and Krauthammer, T., “Assessing Normal Strength and Ultra-High Performance Concrete Cylinders Under Static and Impact Loads with an Energy Flow Approach,“ Proc. 7th International Conference on Design and Analysis of Protective Structures (DAPS), Seoul, Republic of Korea,4-6 December 2019.
  8. Jasser-Stone, M., Koch, D., Krauthammer, T., and Astarlioglu, S., “NSC and UHPC Beams under Impact,” Proc. 7th International Conference on Design and Analysis of Protective Structures (DAPS), Seoul, Republic of Korea,4-6 December 2019.
  9. Krauthammer,T., Jasser-Stone, M., Emmanuelli, G., and Ohrt, A., “An Interactive Dynamic Response Assessment of RC Slabs under Combined Blast-fragment Effects,” 26th International Symposium on Military Aspects of Blast and Shock (MABS 26), Wollongong, Australia, 4-8 December 2023.
  10. Krauthammer, T., and Roman-Castro, D.G., “Timber-Based Roof for Expeditionary Modular Munition Storage System,” Proc. 19th International Symposium on the Interaction of the Effects of Munitions with Structures (ISIEMS 19), Bonn, Germany, 9-13 December 2024.
  11. Krauthammer, T., Jasser-Stone, M., Emmanuelli, G., and Ohrt, A., “Combined Blast-fragment Effects on RC Slabs,” Proc. 19th International Symposium on the Interaction of the Effects of Munitions with Structures (ISIEMS 19), Bonn, Germany, 9-13 December 2024.
Research Reports
  1. Foust, B.W., Woodson, B.G., Krauthammer, T., and Stone, M., “ Analysis of UHPC Beams subjected to Impact Loading,” Technical Report, US Army Corps of Engineers, Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC), December 2020, (CUI).
  2. Krauthammer, T., Jasser-Stone, M., and Emmanuelli, G., “Preconditioning of Target Components,” Final Report CIPPS-TR-001-2021, submitted to Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL/RWK) on Contract FA8651-16-D-0310 Section C CLIN 0001, November 2021, Updated August 2022, (CUI).
  3. Krauthammer, T., “Advanced Modeling for Combined Effects,” Final Technical Report and Closeout for Project PredictOne, CIPPS-TR-001-2025, Center for Infrastructure Protection and Physical Security, University of Florida, submitted to Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL/RWK), August 2025 (CUI).
  4. Fraser, E., Silk, T., Wolf, G., and Krauthammer, T., “Modified Damage and Behavior of structural Concrete Under Combined Blast and Fragmentation Loads,” Technical Report CIPPS-TR-002-2025, Center for Infrastructure Protection and Physical Security, University of Florida, December 2025 (CUI).
  5. Fraser, E., Silk, T., Wolf, G., and Krauthammer, T., “Improved Hardened Field Hospital Design,” Technical Report CIPPS-TR-003-2025, Center for Infrastructure Protection and Physical Security, University of Florida, December 2025 (CUI).
  6. Krauthammer, T., “Timber-Based Roof for Expeditionary Modular Munition Storage Systems,” Final Technical Report CIPPS-TR-001-2026, Center for Infrastructure Protection and Physical Security, University of Florida, submitted to, US Air Force, AFCEC/CXA, Tyndall AFB, FL, March 2026 (CUI).
  7. Silk, T., and Krauthammer, T., “Performance of Structural Concrete Slabs under Successive Combined Blast-fragment Incidents,” Technical Report CIPPS-TR-002-2026, Center for Infrastructure Protection and Physical Security, University of Florida, April 2026 (CUI).
  8. Fraser, E., and Krauthammer, T., “Numerical Assessment of Structural Concrete Slabs Subjected to Combined Blast – Fragment Loads from Moving Charges,” Technical Report CIPPS-TR-003-2026, Center for Infrastructure Protection and Physical Security, University of Florida, April 2026 (CUI).
  9. Fraser, E., Silk, T., Wolf, G., and Krauthammer, T., “Retrofit of a Mid-rise Structural Concrete Office Building to Resist New Threat Environments,” Technical Report CIPPS-TR-004-2026, Center for Infrastructure Protection and Physical Security, University of Florida, April 2026 (CUI).