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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 (9th), Held at Tokyo, Japan in May 24-27, 1977.
- File
- PB286993.pdf
- Author(s)
- Lew, H. S.
- Source
- September 1978, 523 p.
- Identifying Number(s)
- NBS-SP-523
- Abstract
- The Ninth Joint Meeting of the U.S.-Japan Panel on Wind and Seismic Effects was held in Tokyo, Japan on May 24-27, 1977. The proceedings of the Joint Meeting include the program, the formal resolutions, and the technical papers. The subjects covered in the paper include (1) characteristics of strong winds; (2) wind loads on structures and design criteria; (3) earthquake prediction; (4) earthquake ground motions and soil failures; (5) seismic loads on structures and design criteria; (6) design of special structures; (7) earthquake hazard reduction program; and (8) quantitative evaluation of damages caused by winds and earthquakes. (Portions of this document are not fully legible)
- Keywords
- Seismic design; Bridges; Typhoons; Wind pressure; Seismic waves; Earth movements; Buildings; Earthquake engineering; Ground motion; Tornadoes; Meetings; Design criteria; Earthquakes; Dynamic structural analysis