Protecting Buildings From Bomb Damage

Download or read book Protecting Buildings from Bomb Damage written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1995-10-26 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a brief overview of worldwide terrorist activity and reviews technologies and methods for designing blast resistant buildings. These techniques, primarily developed by the military, have applicability and relevance to the design of civilian structures. The volume recommends that a program of applied research and technology transfer be undertaken to hasten the availability and utility of these techniques to the civilian building community.