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- Title
- U.S.-Japan Cooperative Research Program: Construction of the Full Scale Reinforced Concrete Test Structure.
- File
- PB85150308.pdf
- Author(s)
- Wight, J. K.
- Source
- National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., August 1983, 101 p.
- Identifying Number(s)
- UMEE-83R2
- Abstract
- This report describes the construction of a seven-story reinforced concrete structure and provides results of tests performed as part of the U.S.-Japan Cooperative Earthquake Program. The building layout and notation are reviewed, and the construction technique is considered.
- Keywords
- Structures; Earthquake resistant structures; Reinforced concrete; Construction; Construction materials; Concretes; Foreign technology; Earthquake engineering; Joints (Junctions); Tests; Reinforcement (Structures); Concrete construction; Mechanical properties