Of interest to engineers from civil, military, nuclear, offshore, aeronautical, transportation and other backgrounds, this book contains the proceedings of a well-established conference on the subject that was first held in 1989. Topics covered include: Impact and Blast Loading; Energy Absorbing Issues; Interaction between Computational and Experimental Results; Aeronautical and Aerospace Applications; Response of Reinforced Concrete under Impact; Response of Building Facade and Components to Blast and Impact Load; Seismic Behaviour; Structural Crashworthiness; Nonlinear Numerical Analysis.