Assessing the vulnerability of large critical infrastructure using fully- coupled blast effects modeling

Forensic Engineering, Proceedings of the Congress

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 115-124

  McMichael, Larry ^a   Noble, Charles ^a   Margraf, Jonathan ^a   Glascoe, Lee ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Blasting; California; Infrastructure; Security; Structural failures

Indexed keywords

BLAST EFFECTS; CALIFORNIA; CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE; EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATIONS; FINITE ELEMENT SOFTWARE; FINITE-ELEMENT APPROACH; FULLY-COUPLED; INFRASTRUCTURE; INFRASTRUCTURE SECURITY; LARGE BLAST; MINNEAPOLIS; MINNESOTA; MODELING TECHNIQUE; NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE; NATURAL HAZARD; NEW ORLEANS; NUMERICAL TOOLS; PROGRESSIVE COLLAPSE; SPECIFIC PROBLEMS; STRUCTURAL FAILURE; WORLD TRADE CENTER;

BLASTING; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; COUPLED CIRCUITS; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FRACTURE MECHANICS; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; NETWORK SECURITY; PATHOLOGY; PUBLIC WORKS; SAFETY ENGINEERING; STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY;

FORENSIC ENGINEERING;

EID: 75649131786     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/41082(362)12     Document Type: Conference Paper

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