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- Title
- Recommendations for the Strong-Motion Program in the United States.
- File
- PB88133509.pdf
- Source
- National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., July 1987, 68 p.
- Identifying Number(s)
- CETS-EE-006
- Abstract
- The design of safe and economical engineering structures requires an understanding of the nature of earthquake ground motion and the response of the structures to it. An adequate understanding can only be attained by instrument measurement of the physical processes involved; that is, by actually measuring the motion of the ground and base of the structure as well as the vibratory response of the structure during an earthquake. Such strong-motion instruments play a crucial role in providing data for earthquake hazard mitigation. The report reviews the present status of strong-motion activities in the United States.
- Keywords
- ; Economic factors; Earthquake resistant structures; Bursting; Earthquakes; Hazards; Safety; Motion; Seismographs; Design criteria; Geological faults