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

• Pubblicazione: Washington, DC : , : National Academy Press, , 1995
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (ix, 102 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 693/.85
• Soggetto topico: Building, Bombproof; Buildings - War damage
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Protecting buildings from bomb damage
• ISBN: 0-309-13261-4; 1-280-19266-6; 9786610192663; 0-309-58866-9; 0-585-14474-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910778659003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II