Index

9/11 attacks 3, 5, 6, 25, 251

accidental actions 222, 247

accidental limit state 9

active vehicle security barriers 264, 267–70

adaptive gridding 82, 84, 84, 87

airblast 3, 34, 206, 278, 280, 282–4

air quality, protected spaces 29, 278–80

Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building (Oklahoma City) 24–5, 25, 223, 227, 227

alternate loadpath methods 25, 221–2, 230, 233–47

ambient/atmospheric pressure 16, 35–6, 38, 40, 44–5, 70, 78, 99

ammonium nitrate–fuel oil (ANFO) 38–9

angle of incidence 45–6, 50

annealed glass 20, 188–92, 197, 218

behaviour 188, 192

dynamic breaking strength 204

in laminated glass see laminated glass

anti-ram vehicle barriers 261–2