摘要: |
The scope of this contract includes conducting research in the area of bridge vulnerabilities to single or multiple hazards, development of the mitigation and adaptation countermeasures including materials for existing and new structures, development of the next generation of analysis and design tools, and methodologies to address extreme events, assessment of the condition and health of bridge networks after extreme events, and materials research to develop resilient systems. Extreme event loads include both natural hazards, such as flooding, wind, and seismic; as well as manmade hazards, such as overloads, fire, impact forces, unintentional (explosion), or intentional blast events (terrorism). |