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:

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