Here are some points to consider when applying a blast load.

1) In STAAD, the analysis for blast loading is done using the facilities of time
history analysis.

2) STAAD's time history analysis can handle only accelerations (for seismic
motions) and forces (for external load acting at specific nodes of the structure).
The ground motions are considered to be acting on the entire structure
simultaneously, where as the point of application of the time-force pairs is at
specific nodes.

3) The blast load has to be defined as discrete time-force pairs, with the force
changing from a very small value to a large value, and then back to a small value
over a very small time interval.

4) A blast load which is in the form of an element or panel pressure has to be

converted to a force. One way to do this is, for each node, calculate the influence
area surrounding the node, multiply the blast pressure by the influence area, and
apply it as a force at the node.

5) In the event of multiple blasts which are separated by time intervals, one may
use the Arrival Time command to convey the time separation between the commencement
of the loads.

6) The results STAAD produces for this kind of loading are the same as that for a
standard time-force loading, or a ground motion loading. These include the history
of displacements, forces and reactions, and the maximas from that history.