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  • de Neufville, R.
    How Do We Evaluate and Choose Between Alternative Codes for Design and Performance.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C. Research Applied to National Needs., February 1975, 38 p.
    Identifying Number(s): MIT-CE-R75-3
    Keywords: Seismic design; Earthquake resistant structures; Safety factor; Benefit cost analysis; Probability density functions; Seismic risk; Ground motion; Earthquake engineering; Buildings; Risk; Building codes; Seismic design decision analysis; Earthquakes

  • Larrabee, R. D.; Whitman, R. V.
    Costs of Reinforcing Existing Buildings and Constructing New Buildings to Meet Earthquake Codes.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C. Research Applied to National Needs., June 1976, 90 p.
    Identifying Number(s): MIT-CE-R76-25
    Keywords: Seismic design; Earthquake resistant structures; Safety factor; Seismic risk; Ground motion; Earthquake engineering; Buildings; Economic analysis; Economic impact; Construction costs; Building codes; Seismic design decision analysis; Design criteria

  • Mayes, R. L.; Omote, Y.; Chen, S. W.; Clough, R. W.
    Expected Performance of Uniform Building Code Designed Masonry Structures.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C., September 1976, 93 p.
    Identifying Number(s): EERC-76-7
    Keywords: Seismic design; Shear stresses; Buildings; Earthquake engineering; Building codes; Design criteria; Earthquakes; Structural analysis

  • Montgomery, C. J.; Hall, W. J.
    Studies on the Seismic Design of Low-Rise Steel Buildings.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C. Research Applied to National Needs., July 1977, 181 p.
    Identifying Number(s): ['STRUCTURAL RESEARCH SER-442', 'UILU-ENG-77-2012']
    Keywords: Seismic design; Earthquake resistant structures; Steel construction; Seismic waves; Low rise buildings; Earth movements; Dynamic response; Ground motion; Earthquake engineering; Buildings; Building codes; Dynamic structural analysis

  • Solomon, K. A.; Okrent, D.; Rubin, M.
    Earthquake Ordinances for the City of Los Angeles, California. A Brief Case Study.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C. Applied Science and Research Applications., October 1977, 62 p.
    Identifying Number(s): UCLA-ENG-7765
    Keywords: Earthquake resistant structures; Predictions; California; Risk analysis; Seismic risk; Ordinances; Hazards; Los Angeles (California); Building codes; Earthquakes

  • Meltsner, A. J.
    Seismic Safety of Existing Buildings and Incentives for Hazard Mitigation in San Francisco: An Exploratory Study.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C., December 1977, 86 p.
    Identifying Number(s): UCB/EERC-77/28
    Keywords: Seismic design; Earthquake resistant structures; California; Urban planning; Risk analysis; Seismic risk; Public opinion; Questionnaires; Buildings; Earthquake engineering; Hazards; San Francisco (California); Building codes; Earthquakes

  • Whitman, R. V.; Biggs, J. M.; Brennan, J.; Cornell, C. A.; de Neufville, R.
    Seismic Design Decision Analysis.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C. Applied Science and Research Applications., March 1974, 33 p.
    Identifying Number(s): ['P74-1', 'STRUCTURES PUB-381']
    Keywords: Seismic design; Earthquake resistant structures; Probability; Massachusetts; Seismic risk; Earth movements; Structural design; Ground motion; Earthquake engineering; Boston (Massachusetts); Design standards; Building codes; Concrete construction; Earthquakes

  • NSF-DCPA-ASEE Summer Institute on Multiprotection Design (1977).
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Applied Science and Research Applications., August 5, 1977, 25 p.
    Keywords: Environmental engineering; Structural engineering; Earthquake resistant structures; Natural disasters; Structural design; Disasters; Buildings; Tornadoes; Meetings; Building codes; Design criteria

  • Earthquake Prediction and Public Policy.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Applied Science and Research Applications., January 1975, 153 p.
    Keywords: Planning; Predictions; Earthquake resistant structures; Earthquake prediction; Seismic risk; Earthquake warning systems; Public opinion; Economic analysis; Government policies; Decision making; Building codes; Earthquakes

  • Hong, S. T.; Reed, J. W.
    Optimum Seismic Protection for New Building Construction in Eastern Metropolitan Areas. 1965 Puget Sound, Washington, Earthquake Tall Building Damage Review.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Applied Science and Research Applications., December 1972, 18 p.
    Identifying Number(s): INTERNAL STUDY-23
    Keywords: Seismic design; Earthquake resistant structures; Tall buildings; Damage assessment; Takoma (Washington); Earthquake engineering; Seattle (Washington); Buildings; Olympia (Washington); Washington (State); Building codes; Dynamic structural analysis