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  • Scribner, C. F.; Culver, C. G.
    National Earthquake Engineering Experimental Facility Study. Phase One. Large Scale Testing Needs.
    Federal Emergency Management Agency, Washington, DC.; National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., April 1987, 78 p.
    Identifying Number(s): NBS/SP-729
    Keywords: Buildings; Earthquake engineering; High rise buildings; Low rise buildings; Dynamic tests; Test facilities; Structural engineering; Seismic effects; Planning; Industrial plants

  • Whitman, R. V.; Vanmarcke, E. H.
    Damage Statistics from Japanese Earthquakes.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Engineering and Applied Science., May 1972, 10 p.
    Identifying Number(s): INTERNAL STUDY-9
    Keywords: Buildings; Earthquake engineering; High rise buildings; Earthquake resistant structures; Earthquakes; Tokachi Oki earthquake; Japan; Damage assessement; Statistical data; Tall buildings; Higashi Matsuyama earthquake

  • Porter, K.; Scawthorn, C.; Taylor, C.; Blais, N.
    Appropriate Seismic Reliability for Critical Equipment Systems: Recommendations Based on Regional Analysis of Financial and Life Loss.
    Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research, Buffalo, NY.; National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA., November 10, 1998, 122 p.
    Keywords: Earthquake damage; Earthquake resistance; Nonstructural systems; Reliability analysis; Earthquake engineering; High rise buildings; Risk analysis; Emergency preparedness; Cost benefit analysis; Fire protection; Seismicity; Life saving equipment; Sprinkler systems; Critical equipment systems; Safety equipment; Retrofitting

  • Kircher, C. A.; Shah, H. C.
    Ambient Vibration Study of Six Similar High-Rise Apartment Buildings.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Applied Science and Research Applications., January 1975, 92 p.
    Identifying Number(s): 14
    Keywords: Apartment buildings; Damping; Earthquake engineering; High rise buildings; Earthquakes; Vibration; Resonant frequency; Wind pressure; Spectral energy distribution; Power spectra; Dynamic structural analysis

  • Sack, R. L.; Beers, R. J.; Rains, D. J.; Sessa, V. A.; Thomas, D. L.
    Seismic Behavior of Precast Curtain Walls in High-Rise Buildings.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Office of Planning and Resources Management., January 1981, 352 p.
    Keywords: Dynamic response; Concrete slabs; Computer programming; Buildings; Earthquake engineering; High rise buildings; Bending stress; Earthquakes; SAPFAP computer program; Walls; Fasteners; Mathematical models; Curtain walls; Dynamic structural analysis

  • Whitman, R. V.; Hong, S. T.; Reed, J. W.
    Damage Statistics for High-Rise Buildings in the Vicinity of the San Fernando Earthquake. Optimum Seismic Protection and Building Damage Statistics, Report No. 7.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Applied Science and Research Applications., April 1973, 207 p.
    Identifying Number(s): ['STRUCTURES PUB-363', 'R73-24']
    Keywords: Dynamic response; Los Angeles (California); Buildings; Damage assessment; Earthquake engineering; High rise buildings; Earthquake resistant structures; Seismic design; Earthquakes; San Fernando Earthquake; California; Questionnaires; Dynamic structural analysis

  • Vagliente, V. N.
    Forecasting the Risk Inherent in Earthquake Resistant Design.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Engineering and Applied Science., May 1973, 240 p.
    Identifying Number(s): TR-174
    Keywords: Fortran 5 programming language; Dynamic structural analysis; Hazards; Risk; Computer programs; Earthquake engineering; High rise buildings; Earthquake resistant structures; Risk analysis; Theses; Structural design; Mobile homes; Design criteria; Fortran; Benefit cost analysis; Seismic risk

  • Petrovski, J.; Stephen, R. M.; Gartenbaum,; Bouwkamp, J. G.
    Dynamic Behavior of a Multistory Triangular-Shaped Building.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C., October 1976, 138 p.
    Identifying Number(s): EERC-76-3
    Keywords: Dynamic response; Ground motion; Los Angeles (California); Buildings; Earthquake engineering; High rise buildings; Earthquake resistant structures; Theme Tower buildings; Forced vibration; California; Resonant frequency; Mathematical models