Protecting People and Buildings from Terrorism: Technology Transfer for Blast-effects Mitigation - Softcover

National Research Council; Division On Engineering And Physical Sciences; Board On Infrastructure And The Constructed Environment; Committee For Oversight And Assessment Of Blast-effects And Related Research

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0309082862 ISBN 13: 9780309082860

Publisher: National Academies Press, 2001

Synopsis

Concerned with the vulnerability of U.S. civilian and military personnel to terrorist bombing attacks, the U.S. Congress directed the Department of Defense to undertake a comprehensive research and testing program aimed at protecting people in buildings from such attacks. The Blast Mitigation for Structures Program (BMSP) was initiated in 1997 and has produced a large volume of experimental and analytical data that will permit the design of new, more robust buildings as well as the development of methods to retrofit a large number of vulnerable existing structures. This report reviews the BMSP program and investigates a process that would use existing institutional infrastructures (i.e., building code and standards-writing organizations, professional and technical organizations, universities, and research centers) to disseminate knowledge.

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Committee for Oversight and Assessment of Blast-effects and Related Research, National Research Council

Edition details

• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0309082862
• ISBN 13: 9780309082860
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 98