Engineering Response to Hazards of Terrorism
 

 
   
 
 

 

This volume contains the articles or power point presentations made during the seminar. The seminar themes included hazard estimations, structural and non-structural mitigaton measures and hazard detection.

This publication is a part of the Proceedings of the INAE National Seminar on Engineering Response to Hazards of Terrorism held during   25-26 September 2006 at Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur.

     
Authors : Sudhir K. Jain, C.V.R Murty and Durgesh C. Rai
Publisher : National Information Center of  Earthquake Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur
ISBN : 978-81-906130-1-9
Price : Rs. 450/-
 


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  Executive summary
  Keynote Lecture
  Lessons of World Trade Centre Collapse
   
 
  Section I: Buildings & Structures
    Concepts in Robust Structural Design against Terrorism
    Disaster Reduction in Structures subject to Terrorist Threat
    Blast Resistant Design of Buildings for Explosions Above Ground
    On Use of Conventional Blast Design Codes for Terrorist Attacks
    Guidelines on Measures to Mitigate Effects of Terrorist Attacks on Buildings
    Terrorism Related Hazard in Dams
    Analysis of Aircraft Impact on Containment Structure
    Risk Assessment of Intentional Threats: A New Perspective
    Consideration and Scope of Terrorist Hazards in Structures
     
 
  Section II: Use of Information Technology in Combating Terrorism
    Cryptanalysis
    Multimodal Biometric System at IIT Kanpur
    Anti-terrorism Incident Response using Information Technology
    Automation of Video Surveillance: Some Recent Advances
     
 
  Section III: Sensors, Devices and Systems
    Application of Remotely Operated Vehicle for Hazard Detection
    A Survey on Techniques for Detection of Chemical Explosives
     
 


 

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