Bridge Vulnerability Assessment and Mitigation Against Explosions
Soon after the attacks of September 11, 2001, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) assembled a Blue-Ribbon Panel of experts to develop strategies and provide guidance to improve the safety and security of bridge and tunnel infrastructure. This effort led to recognizing that the threat is real and can be devastating, risk assessment is necessary, and engineering guidance are needed based on research. Building on current and past efforts, the goal of this project is develop procedures to assist professionals and bridge owners identify critical bridges and to develop procedures to assess their vulnerability to explosions (terrorist's bomb attacks).
Language
- English
Project
- Status: Completed
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Sponsor Organizations:
Midwest Transportation Consortium
Iowa State University
Ames, IA United States 50010-8664University of Missouri, Columbia
Department of Civil Engineering
Columbia, MO United States 65211California Department of Transportation
1227 O Street
Sacramento, CA United States 95843 -
Performing Organizations:
University of Missouri, Columbia
Department of Civil Engineering
Columbia, MO United States 65211 -
Principal Investigators:
Kiger, Sam
- Start Date: 20070301
- Expected Completion Date: 0
- Actual Completion Date: 20080228
- Source Data: RiP Project 14341
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Bridges; Research projects; Risk assessment; Safety and security; Terrorism; Tunnels
- Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Highways; Security and Emergencies;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01462809
- Record Type: Research project
- Source Agency: Midwest Transportation Consortium
- Files: UTC, RiP, STATEDOT
- Created Date: Jan 3 2013 2:10PM