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.
Table of Contents |
skim chapter | |
|---|---|---|
| Front Matter | i-xvi | |
| Executive Summary | 1-6 | |
| 1 Introduction | 7-10 | |
| 2 Information and Technology Needs of Stakeholders | 11-18 | |
| 3 Translating Blast-effects Research into Practice | 19-39 | |
| 4 Conclusions and Recommendations | 40-44 | |
| Appendix A: Biographies of Committee Members | 45-52 | |
| Appendix B: Workshop Agenda | 53-60 | |
| Appendix C: Workshop Keynote Address, Dr. Jay Davis, Director, DTRA | 61-65 | |
| Appendix D: Workshop Synopsis | 66-78 | |
| Appendix E: Selected Annotated Bibliography | 79-82 | |
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