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- Title
- Wind and Seismic Effects - Proceedings of the Joint Panel Conference of the U.S.-Japan Cooperative Program in Natural Resources (8th) Held at National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, Maryland on May 18-21, 1976.
- File
- PB267316.pdf
- Author(s)
- Lew, H. S.
- Source
- May 1977, 630 p.
- Identifying Number(s)
- NBS-SP-477
- Abstract
- The Eighth Joint Meeting of the U.S.-Japan Panel on Wind and Seismic Effects was held in Gaithersburg, Maryland on May 18-21, 1976. The proceedings of the Joint Meeting include the program, the formal resolutions, and the technical papers. The subject matter covered in the papers includes wind effects on structures and design criteria; extreme winds for structural design; earthquake ground motions and instrumentation; seismicity and earthquake risk; seismic effects on structures and design criteria; lessons learned from recent natural disasters; design of nuclear reactor facilities.
- Keywords
- ; Bridges; Typhoons; Wind pressure; Seismic waves; Earth movements; Buildings; Tornadoes; Meetings; Nuclear power plants; Design criteria; Earthquakes