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.
Refereed Journals
  1. Krauthammer, T., “Challenges for Advancing the Performance of Military Concrete,” Magazine of Concrete Research, Magazine of Concrete Research, Vol. 66, No. 1, pp 3-5, January 2014.
  2. Astrarlioglu, S., Krauthammer, T., Bui, L., “Plastic Hinge Formation in NSC and UHPC Columns,” Engineering Structures, Vol. 61, pp. 1-12, March 2014.
  3. Bochorishvili, N. Chikhradze, N., Mataradze, E., Akhvlediani, I., Chikhradze, M., and Krauthammer, T., “New Suppression System of Methane Explosion in Coal Mines,” Journal Procedia Earth & Planetary Science, Vol. 15, pp. 720-724, 2015.
  4. Gebbeken, N., and Krauthammer, T., “Natural Threat – Tornadoes,” BAUTECHNIK, Ernst & Sohn (Wiley), Vol. 93, No. 4, pp. 243-253, April 2016.
  5. Chikhradze, N., Mataradze, E., Akhvlediani, I., Bochorishvilii, N., and Krauthammer, T., “New Design of Shock Tube for the Study of Vapor Cloud Explosion,” Journal Procedia Earth & Planetary Science (accepted for publication, currently in print).
  6. Krauthammer, T., and Astarlioglu, S., “Direct Shear Resistance Models for Simulating Buried RC Roof Slabs under Airblast-induced Ground Shock,” Engineering Structures, Vol. 140, pp. 308-316, 2017.
  7. Foust, B., and Krauthammer, T., “Boundary Condition Effects on Static Response of Ultra-High-Performance Concrete (UHPC) Slabs,” ACI Committee 421, Special Publication SP-321, Recent Developments in Two-way Slabs: Design, Analysis, Construction, and Evaluation, Edited by Hamid, M., and Shin, M., SP-321-5, American Concrete Institute, September 2017.
  8. Chickradze, N., Matardze, E., Chikhradze, M., Krauthammer, T., Mansurov, Z., and Alyiev, E., “Methane Explosion Mitigation in Coal Mines by Water Mist,” Earth and Environmental Sciences, Vol. 95, 2017.
  9. 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.
  10. Tsai, Y.K., and Krauthammer, T., “Energy Based Load-Impulse Diagrams,” Engineering Structures, Vol. 149, pp. 64-77, October 2017.
  11. Krauthammer. T., “Recent Observations on Design and Analysis of Protective Structures,” Engineering Structures, Engineering Structures, Vol. 149, pp. 78-90, October 2017.
  12. Wilkes, J. and Krauthammer, T., “An Energy Flow Approach for Progressive Collapse Assessment,” Engineering Structures, Vol. 190, pp. 333-344, July 2019.
  13. 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.
  14. 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.
  15. 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.
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. French, R., Stone, M., Kim, J. and Krauthammer, T., “Assessment of Direct Shear Behavior in Normal and Ultra-high Performance Concretes,” 22nd International Symposium on Military Aspects of Blast and Shock (MABS 22), Oxford, UK, 8-12 September 2014.
  2. Kim, J., Krauthammer, T., French, R., Stone, M., and Maher, E., “Frequency Domain Assessment of Direct Shear in NCS and UHPC,” 22nd International Symposium on Military Aspects of Blast and Shock (MABS 22), Oxford, UK, 8-12 September 2014.
  3. Krauthammer, T., and Astarlioglu, S., “The Effects of Direct Shear Resistance Models on the Simulated Behavior of Buried RC Roof Slabs Subjected to Airblast-induced Ground Shock,” 22nd International Symposium on Military Aspects of Blast and Shock (MABS 22), Oxford, UK, 8-12 September 2014.
  4. Burchfield, C., French, R., Jaberi, B., Kim, J., Maher, E., Tsai, J., and Krauthammer, T., “Assessing the Capabilities to Predict Combined Blast and Fragment Effects,” 22nd International Symposium on Military Aspects of Blast and Shock (MABS 22), Oxford, UK, 8-12 September 2014.
  5. Stone, M., Krauthammer, T., Friedrich, N., “Size and Rate Effects of Normal Strength and Ultra-high Performance Concrete Cylinders,” 22nd International Symposium on Military Aspects of Blast and Shock (MABS 22), Oxford, UK, 8-12 September 2014.
  6. Tsai, Y.K., and Krauthammer, T., “Energy Flow Approach for Load-impulse Diagrams for Structural Elements,” Proc. 5th International Conference on Design and Analysis of Protective Structures (DAPS), Singapore,19-21 May 2015.
  7. Maher, E., Krauthammer, T., Stone, M., French, R., and Kim, J., “Experimental Frequency Domain Assessment of Direct Shear in NSC and UHPC,” Proc. 5th International Conference on Design and Analysis of Protective Structures (DAPS), Singapore, 19-21 May 2015.
  8. Mataradze, E., Chikhradze, N., Krauthammer, T., and Marjanishvili, S., “Design of Wireless System for the Detection of Accidental and Terrorist Explosions and Fires in Manufacturing Sites,” Proc. 5th International Conference on Design and Analysis of Protective Structures (DAPS), Singapore, 19-21 May 2015.
  9. Faust, B., and Krauthammer, T., “Boundary Condition Effects on Ultra High Performance Concrete (UHPC) Slab Performance,” Proc. 5th International Conference on Design and Analysis of Protective Structures (DAPS), Singapore, 19-21 May 2015.
  10. Astarlioglu1, S., and Krauthammer, T., “Analysis of Normal-Strength and Ultra-High-Performance Concrete Beams under Impact Loads”, Proc. 16th International Symposium on the Interaction of the Effects of Munitions with Structures (ISIEMS 16), Destin, Florida, USA, 9-13 November 2015.
  11. Burchfield, C., French, R., Jaberi, B., Kim, J., Maher, E., Tsai, J., and Krauthammer, T., “Assessing Predictive Capabilities for Combined Blast and Fragment Effects,” Proc. 16th International Symposium on the Interaction of the Effects of Munitions with Structures (ISIEMS 16), Destin, Florida, USA, 9-13 November 2015.
  12. Burchfield, C., Wilkes, J., Smith, M., French, R., Jaberi, B., Kim, J., Maher, E., Tsai, J., and Krauthammer, T., “Progressive Collapse of a Typical Mid-Rise Reinforced Concrete Building,” Proc. 16th International Symposium on the Interaction of the Effects of Munitions with Structures (ISIEMS 16), Destin, Florida, USA, 9-13 November 2015.
  13. Faust, B., and Krauthammer, T., “Restrained Ultra High Performance Concrete (UHPC) Slab Response,” Proc. 16th International Symposium on the Interaction of the Effects of Munitions with Structures (ISIEMS 16), Destin, Florida, USA, 9-13 November 2015.
  14. Stone, M., Krauthammer, T., Friedrich, N., “Size and Rate Effects in Normal Strength and Ultra-high Performance Concrete Cylinders,” Proc. 16th International Symposium on the Interaction of the Effects of Munitions with Structures (ISIEMS 16), Destin, Florida, USA, 9-13 November 2015.
  15. Tsai, Y.K., and Ted Krauthammer, T., “Energy Based Load-Impulse Diagrams for RC Structural Elements,” Proc. 16th International Symposium on the Interaction of the Effects of Munitions with Structures (ISIEMS 16), Destin, Florida, USA, 9-13 November 2015.
  16. Mataradze, E., Chikhradze, N., Chikhradze, N., and ,Krauthammer, T., “Development and Testing of an Active Suppression Systems for Reduction of Blast Effect,” Proc. 16th International Symposium on the Interaction of the Effects of Munitions with Structures (ISIEMS 16), Destin, Florida, USA, 9-13 November 2015.
  17. Smith, M., Maher, E., Krauthammer, T., Stone, M., French, R., and Kim, J., “Experimental Frequency Domain Assessment of Direct Shear in UHPC,”, Proc. 24th International Symposium on Military Aspects of Blast and Shock (MABS 24), Halifax, Canada, September 18-23 2016.
  18. Krauthammer, T., French, R., Maher, E., Smith, M., Stone, M., Kim, J., Foust, B.W., McMahon, G.W., Lewis, R., and Sohn, Y., “Direct Shear in Structural Concrete,” Proc. 17th International Symposium on the Interaction of the Effects of Munitions with Structures (ISIEMS 17), Bad Neuenahr, Germany, 16-20 October 2017.
  19. Wilkes, J., and Krauthammer, T. “An Energy Flow Methodology for Progressive Collapse Assessment,” Proc. 17th International Symposium on the Interaction of the Effects of Munitions with Structures (ISIEMS 17), Bad Neuenahr, Germany, 16-20 October 2017.
  20. Chikhradze, N., Mataradze, E., Chikhradze, M. , and Krauthammer, T., “Protection concept and design system for mitigating effect of terrorist and accidental explosions in underground structures,” Proc. 17th International Symposium on the Interaction of the Effects of Munitions with Structures (ISIEMS 17), Bad Neuenahr, Germany, 16-20 October 2017.
  21. Ornai, D., Shohet, I.M., Ben-Dor, G., Vilnay, O., Levy, R., Krauthammer, T., leviathan, I., and Urlainis, A., “Decreased Separation Distances for Maximal Ammunition Storage using Rear Earth Bermed Polygonal Walls,” Proc. 25th International Symposium on Military Aspects of Blast and Shock (MABS 25), The Hague, The Netherlands, 23-28 September 2018.
  22. Torres-Alamo, J., Dexter, K., Hoekstra, R., and Krauthammer, T., “Design and Optimization of Modular Munition Storage Cells to Reduce Quantity-Distance Requirements,” Proc. 25th International Symposium on Military Aspects of Blast and Shock (MABS 25), The Hague, The Netherlands, 23-28 September 2018.
  23. 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.
  24. 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.
  25. 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.
  26. 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.
  27. 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.
  28. 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.
  29. 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.
  30. 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.
Research Reports
  1. Ornai, D., Shohet, I.M., Levy, R., Vilnay, O., Reinhorn, A., Krauthammer, T., Shmerling, A., and Chadad, L., “Upgrading for Blast and Strong Ground Motions Resistance of Infrastructures: A Critical State-of-the-art Review and Some Recommendations,” Technical Report ES-56-2012 to the Ministry of National Infrastructures, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel, March 2014.
  2. Kim, J., Krauthammer, T., French, R., and Stone, M., “Frequency Domain Assessment of Direct Shear in NSC and UHPC,” Technical Report to DTRA, CIPPS-TR-001-2014, Center for Infrastructure Protection and Physical Security, University of Florida, May 2014.
  3. Maher, E., Krauthammer, and T., Stone, M., “Experimental Frequency Analysis of Direct Shear Behavior in Normal Strength and Ultra-High Performance Concretes,” Technical Report CIPPS-TR-001-2015, Center for Infrastructure Protection and Physical Security, University of Florida, March 2015.
  4. Tsai, Y.K., and Krauthammer, T., “Energy Based Load-Impulse Diagram for Structural Elements,” Technical Report CIPPS-TR-002-2015, Center for Infrastructure Protection and Physical Security, University of Florida, April 2015.
  5. Wilkes, J.R., Maher, E.J., Kantrales, G., and Krauthammer, T., “Protected DEPMEDS Combat Support Hospital and Shelter,” Technical Report CIPPS-TR-003-2015, Center for Infrastructure Protection and Physical Security, University of Florida, August 2015.
  6. Smith, M., Wilkes, John, and Krauthammer, T., “Progressive Collapse Study 10 Story Reinforced Concrete Building,” Technical Report CIPPS-TR-004-2015, Center for Infrastructure Protection and Physical Security, University of Florida, September 2015.
  7. Smith, M., Krauthammer, T., and Stone, M., “Frequency Analysis of Direct Shear Behavior in Ultra-high Performance Concrete,” Technical Report CIPPS-TR-001-2016, Center for Infrastructure Protection and Physical Security, University of Florida, March 2016.
  8. Kantrales, G., Smith, M., Wilkes, J.R., and Krauthammer, T., “Retrofit of a Mid-rise Structural Concrete Office Building,” Technical Report CIPPS-TR-002-2016, Center for Infrastructure Protection and Physical Security, University of Florida, May 2016.
  9. Wilkes, J.R., and Krauthammer, T., “An Energy Flow Methodology for Progressive Collapse,” Technical Report CIPPS-TR-003-2016, Center for Infrastructure Protection and Physical Security, University of Florida, July 2016.
  10. Chung, J. H., Krauthammer, T., McVay, M., Davidson, M., Taghavi, A., and Patil, A., “Physics-based Prediction of Unexploded Ordinance Penetration in Granular Materials,” Final Technical Report to Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP), Computer Laboratory for Granular Physics Studies, University of Florida, March 2017.
  11. Stone, M., and Krauthammer, T., “Energy Flow Assessment of Normal Strength and Ultra-High Performance Concrete Cylinder Failure Behavior Under Impact,” Technical Report CIPPS-TR-001-2017, Center for Infrastructure Protection and Physical Security, University of Florida, December 2017.
  12. Krauthammer, T., Carabeo, K., Dexter, K, and Torres, J.,” Optimized High Performance Concrete (OHPC) Structural Behavior Subjected to Severe Dynamic Loads,” Interim Technical Report to US Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) via Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), CIPPS-TR-001-2018, Center for Infrastructure Protection and Physical Security, University of Florida, 29 May 2018.
  13. Willems, K., and Krauthammer, T., “An Energy Flow Based Approach to Structural Response Assessment,” Final Technical Report on Contract FA8651-15-D-0310 Task 1, to Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL/RWML), CIPPS-TR-002-2018, Center for Infrastructure Protection and Physical Security, University of Florida, Limited Distribution under Statement D, August 2018.
  14. Krauthammer, T., Carabeo, K., Dexter, K, and Torres, J., “Optimized High Performance Concrete (OHPC) Structural Behavior Subjected to Severe Dynamic Loads,” Final Technical Report on Contract FA8651-15-D-0310 Task 2, to US Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) via Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), CIPPS-TR-003-2018, Center for Infrastructure Protection and Physical Security, University of Florida, Limited Distribution under Statement D, August 2018.
  15. Dupont, V., Kantrales, G., Smith, M., Wilkes, J.R., and Krauthammer, T., “Retrofit of a Mid-rise Structural Concrete Office Building,” Technical Report CIPPS-TR-002-2018, Revision 1, Center for Infrastructure Protection and Physical Security, University of Florida, December 2018.
  16. Dupont, V., and Krauthammer, T., “Refinement of Expedient Munition Storage Using Soil-Filled Walls,”CIPPS-TR-001-2019, Center for Infrastructure Protection and Physical Security, University of Florida, March 2019.
  17. Burchfield, C.A., and Krauthammer, T., “Multiple Fiber Effects on Pullout Performance of Ultra-high Performance Fiber Reinforced Concrete,” CIPPS-TR-002-2019, Center for Infrastructure Protection and Physical Security, University of Florida, September 2019.