Design of bridges for security against terrorist attacks

Since the unfortunate events of September 11th, the United States must focus additional attention on determining vulnerabilities to terrorist attack. One such vulnerability that has received consideration is the threat of terrorist action against a transportation target. This report summarizes results of research to investigate cost effective measures to improve bridge security against a terrorist threat. It discusses previous research performed on risk management and threat assessment, and discusses the dynamics of extreme loadings on structures. It also discusses the analysis methods and results of parameter studies used to determine cost effective bridge retrofit or design change options for improved security. This research provides a guideline for a bridge engineer to create a bridge design to protect against terrorist blast loads.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Science in Engineering.

Level thesis:degree_level

Masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Civil Engineering

Grantor

University of Texas at Austin

Year dc:date.issued

2004

Author dc:creator

• Gannon, Joseph Charles

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Williamson, Eric B., 1968-

• Bridge security
• Blast dynamics

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright © is held by the author. Presentation of this material on the Libraries' web site by University Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin was made possible under a limited license grant from the author who has retained all copyrights in the works.

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Identifier URI

http://dx.doi.org/10.26153/tsw/2795

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:repositories.lib.utexas.edu:2152/75692