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.

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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
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references.
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.
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Subject	United States. Department of Defense. Blast Mitigation for Structures Program.
	United States. Department of Defense. Blast Mitigation for Structures Program.
	United States. Department of Defense. Blast Mitigation for Structures Program.
	Building, Bombproof -- United States -- Information services.
	Building, Bombproof.
	United States.
	Information services.
	Terrorism -- United States -- Prevention.
	Terrorism.
	Buildings -- Standards -- Government policy -- United States.
	Buildings -- Standards.
	Government policy.
	Buildings.
	Technology transfer.
	Technology transfer.
	Buildings -- Blast effects.
	Buildings -- Blast effects.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Other Form:	Print version: National Research Council (U.S.). Committee for Oversight and Assessment of Blast-effects and Related Research. Protecting people and buildings from terrorism. Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press : Available from Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed Environment, National Research Council, 2001 0309082862 (DLC) 2001099570 (OCoLC)48768855
ISBN	0309509599 (electronic book)
	9780309509596 (electronic book)
	0309082862 (paperback)
	9780309082860 (paperback)

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