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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778632003321

Titolo

Blast mitigation for structures [[electronic resource] ] : 1999 status report on the DTRA/TSWG Program / / Committee for Oversight and Assessment of Blast Effects and Related Research, Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed Environment, Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems, National Research Council

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC., : National Academy Press, c2000

ISBN

0-309-17186-5

0-309-56321-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (85 p.)

Disciplina

624.1760973

Soggetti

Building, Bombproof

Buildings - Blast effects

Structural analysis (Engineering)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographic references.

Nota di contenuto

Blast Mitigation for Structures; Copyright; Acknowledgments; Contents; Acronyms; Executive Summary; CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS; REFERENCES; 1 Introduction; SCOPE OF THE STUDY; ORGANIZATION OF THE STUDY; ORGANIZATION OF THE REPORT; REFERENCE; 2 The Blast Mitigation for Structures Program; PROGRAM REVIEW; Program Goal and Objectives; Program Activities; Program Organization and Funding Profiles; PROGRAM ASSESSMENT; Observations; CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION; REFERENCES; 3 Review of Program Activities; STRUCTURAL ISSUES; Progressive Collapse; Computational Modeling

Small-Scale versus Full-Scale TestingDamaged Test Articles; Component Testing; Next Class of Structures; Internal versus External Blasts; Existing Buildings as Test Articles; Retrofits; Multihazard Mitigation; REDUCING INJURIES THROUGH NONSTRUCTURAL APPROACHES; Nonstructural Systems; Modeling for Injury Prediction; Rescue and Recovery; INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS; CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS; REFERENCES; 4 Technology Transfer; BACKGROUND; NEEDS OF THE ENGINEERING COMMUNITY; BUILDING



CODES AND STANDARDS; ROLE OF ACADEMIA; HANDLING OF SENSITIVE INFORMATION; A FRAMEWORK FOR TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER

CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONREFERENCES; Appendixes; A Biographies of Committee Members; B Blast Mitigation for Structures Program Master Plan; Draft In-Progress; EXECUTIVE SUMMARY; ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS; BLAST MITIGATION FOR STRUCTURES PROGRAM MASTER PLAN; APPENDIX A - TECHNICAL APPROACH