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  • Miles, S. B.; Chang, S. E.
    Urban Disaster Recovery: A Framework and Simulation Model.
    National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA.; Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research, Buffalo, NY., July 25, 2003, 126 p.
    Keywords: ; Literature review; Sensitivity analysis; Emergency planning; Computerized simulation; Prototypes; Disasters; Disaster recovery; Urban areas; Socioeconomics; Management; Decision making; Earthquakes

  • Celik, O. C.; Berman, J. W.; Bruneau, M.
    Cyclic Testing of Braces Laterally Restrained by Steel Studs to Enhance Performance During Earthquakes.
    National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA., March 16, 2004, 256 p.
    Identifying Number(s): MCEER-04-0003
    Keywords: Braces; Hysteretic behavior; Literature review; Cyclic tests; Ductility; Cold formed steel studs; Earthquake engineering; Braced steel infills; Energy dissipation; Earthquakes; Mechanical properties; Displacement; Strength (Mechanics); Stiffness; Steel frames; Performance; Studs

  • Badillo-Almaraz, H.; Whittaker, A. S.; Reinhorn, A. M.; Cimellaro, G. P.
    Seismic Fragility of Suspended Ceiling Systems.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., February 4, 2006, 256 p.
    Identifying Number(s): MCEER-06-0001
    Keywords: Fragility; Ceilings; Literature review; Damage; Suspended ceiling systems; Buildings; Earthquake engineering; Simulation; Failures; Structural analysis

  • Vargas, R. E.; Bruneau, M.
    Analytical Investigation of the Structural Fuse Concept.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., March 16, 2006, 394 p.
    Identifying Number(s): MCEER-06-0004
    Keywords: Literature review; Structural fuse concept; Structural performance; Single degree of freedom; Earthquake engineering; Seismic response; Passive energy devices

  • Stratigraphy, Structure, and Geologic and Coastal Hazards in the Penuelas to Salinas Area, Southern Puerto Rico: A Compendium of Published Literature.
    January 2007, 33 p.
    Identifying Number(s): USGS-OFR-2007-1259
    Keywords: ; Lavas; Literature review; Southern Puerto Rico; Natural gas pipeline; Giology; Contruction; Fan-delta deposites; Sedimentary rocks; Coastal plain; Carbonate units; Penuelas to Salinas area