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

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

National Research Council
Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences
Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed Environment

Paperback

Technology & EngineeringGeneral Construction & RenovationGeneral Political Science

ISBN10: 0309082862
ISBN13: 9780309082860
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: Jan 31 2002
Pages: 98
Weight: 0.50
Height: 0.20 Width: 6.20 Depth: 9.30
Language: English

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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