Title Protecting people and buildings from terrorism : technology transfer for blast-effects mitigation / Committee for Oversight and Assessment of Blast-effects and Related Research, Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed Environment, Division of Engineering and Physical Sciences, National Research Council

Published Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press : Available from Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed Environment, National Research Council, 2001

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 82 pages) : illustrations, charts Contents Information and technology needs of stakeholders -- Translating blast-effects research into practice -- Conclusions and recommendations Summary 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Notes Print version record Subject United States. Department of Defense. Blast Mitigation for Structures Program. SUBJECT United States. Department of Defense. Blast Mitigation for Structures Program fast Subject Building, Bombproof -- United States -- Information services Terrorism -- United States -- Prevention Buildings -- Standards -- Government policy -- United States Technology transfer. Buildings -- Blast effects. TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Construction -- General. Buildings -- Blast effects Technology transfer Terrorism -- Prevention United States Form Electronic book ISBN 0309509599 9780309509596

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