This book provides a brief overview of worldwide terrorist activity and reviews technologies and methods for designing blast resistant buildings. These techniques, primarily developed by the military, have applicability and relevance to the design of civilian structures. The volume recommends that a program of applied research and technology transfer be undertaken to hasten the availability and utility of these techniques to the civilian building community.
Table of Contents
Front Matter
Executive Summary
1 Introduction
2 Terrorism: Its Motives, Methods, and Immediate Results
3 Review of Existing Knowledge for Blast-Effects Mitigation and
Protective Design Technologies
4 Blast-Effects Mitigation Potential for Commercial Buildings
5 Findings and Recommendations
Appendix A: Financial Performance of a Commercial Office Building
Appendix B: Computer Code Abstracts Provided by Code Developers
Appendix C: Committee Briefings
Appendix D: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members
- ISBN:
- 9780309053754
- 9780309053754
-
Category:
- Building construction & materials
- Format:
- Paperback
- Publication Date:
-
27-01-1995
- Language:
- English
- Publisher:
- National Academies Press
- Country of origin:
- United States
- Pages:
- 112
- Dimensions (mm):
- 229x152mm
- Weight:
- 0.18kg
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