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- Title
- Wind and Seismic Effects: Proceedings of the Joint Panel Meeting (34th) of the U.S.-Japan Copperative Program on Wind and Seismic Effects. Held at Gaithersburg, Maryland on May 13-15, 2002.
- File
- PB2003104175.pdf
- Author(s)
- Cauffman, S. A.
- Source
- September 2002, 415 p.
- Identifying Number(s)
- NIST/SP-987
- Abstract
- This publication is the Proceedings of the 34th Joint Meeting of the US-Japan Panel on Wind and Seismic Effects. The meeting was held at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland during 13-15 May 2002. The Proceedings include the technical program, list of members, Panel Resolutions, Task Committee Reports, and the 30 technical papers authored for this joint meeting. The Manuscripts were presented within five Sessions: Geotechnical Engineering and Ground Motion; Next-Generation Building and Infrastructure Systems; Wind; Dams; and Transportation Systems and three Technical Themes: Terrorism-Collapse of the WTC and Pentagon Wedge A; Disaster Information; and Management of Infrastructure Systems.
- Keywords
- ; Infrastructure; Seismic design; Earthquake resistant structures; Structural engineering; Wind pressure; Wind loads; Safety engineering; Engineering structures; Earthquake engineering; Ground motion; Buildings; Meetings; Terrorism; Dams; Transportation systems; Seismic effects; Design criteria