This paper presents an experimental investigation into the response of circular Domex-700 MC steel plates to repeated uniform blast loads. The experiments are carried out on a ballistic pendulum for a 3mm thick test plate to witness up to five similar uniform blast loads. As expected, a trend of increasing permanent mid-point deflection is observed for an increase in charge mass and number of blast loads. In general, the results showed that the incremental increase in mid-point deflection decreases while the Vickers hardness of the plate increases with increasing number of blast loads.
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