Textbook on Urban Security
Professor Jameel Ahmad is currently writing an engineering textbook on urban security. The textbook is a result of a course that Professor Ahmad developed in 2004 and has taught at Cooper Union over the past 7 years. The table of contents of the book is shown below:
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction to Urban Security and Protective Design
Chapter 2: Blast Loading
Chapter 3: Blast Response of a Structure: Critical parameters
Chapter 4: Pressure-Impulse Diagrams
Chapter 5: Façade Glazing Design
Chapter 6: Blast Wall Systems
Chapter 7: Perimeter Security Design
Chapter 8: Prevention of Progressive Collapse
Chapter 9: New York City’s Risk Tier Guidelines for Buildings
Chapter 10: Underground Explosions
Chapter 11: Underwater Explosions
Bibliography
Appendices