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).

• Record URL:
  http://www.intrans.iastate.edu/mtc/index.cfm/research/project/project/619990410

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Sponsor Organizations:

  Midwest Transportation Consortium

  Iowa State University
  Ames, IA  United States  50010-8664

  University of Missouri, Columbia

  Department of Civil Engineering
  Columbia, MO  United States  65211

  California 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