Protecting buildings from bomb damage : transfer of blast-effects mitigation technologies from military to civilian applications / Committee on Feasibility of Applying Blast-Mitigating Technologies and Design Methodologies from Military Facilities to Civilian Buildings ; Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed Environment Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems, National Research Council.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

National Research Council (U.S.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Building, Bombproof.

Buildings--War damage.

Buildings.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 102 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : National Academy Press, 1995.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Provides an overview of terrorist activity and reviews technologies and methods for designing blast resistant buildings. These techniques have applicability and relevance to the design of civilian structures. This volume recommends that a program be undertaken to hasten the availability of these techniques to the civilian building community.

Contents:

1 Front Matter; 2 Executive Summary; 3 1 Introduction; 4 2 Terrorism: Its Motives, Methods, and Immediate Results; 5 3 Review of Existing Knowledge for Blast-Effects Mitigation and Protective Design Technologies; 6 4 Blast-Effects Mitigation Potential for Commercial Buildings; 7 5 Findings and Recommendations; 8 Appendix A: Financial Performance of a Commercial Office Building; 9 Appendix B: Computer Code Abstracts Provided by Code Developers; 10 Appendix C: Committee Briefings; 11 Appendix D: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9786610192663

9780309132619

0309132614

9781280192661

1280192666

9780309588669

0309588669

9780585144740

0585144745

OCLC:

614717842