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  • Okrent, D.
    A Survey of Expert Opinion on Low Probability Earthquakes.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C. Research Applied to National Needs., February 1975, 58 p.
    Identifying Number(s): UCLA-ENG-7515
    Keywords: Louisiana; Massachusetts; Risk analysis; Seismic risk; Probability theory; North Carolina; Site surveys; Nuclear power plants; History; Geological faults; Mississippi; Nebraska; California; Oregon; Risk; South Carolina; Ohio; Earthquake engineering; Delaware; Earthquakes

  • Veneziano, D.
    Probabilistic and Statistical Models for Seismic Risk Analysis.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C. Research Applied to National Needs., July 1975, 156 p.
    Identifying Number(s): MIT-CE-R75-34
    Keywords: Probability theory; Seismic design; Damage assessment; Earthquake resistant structures; Massachusetts; Seismic risk; Earth movements; Ground motion; Earthquake engineering; Buildings; Risk; Nuclear power plants; Seismic design decision analysis; 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

  • Whitman, R. V.; Cornell, C. A.; Vanmarcke, E. H.; Reed, J. W.
    Methodology and Initial Damage Statistics. Optimum Seismic Protection and Building Damage Statistics, Report Number 1.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Applied Science and Research Applications., March 1972, 31 p.
    Identifying Number(s): ['STRUCTURES PUB-339', 'R72-17']
    Keywords: Seismic design; Earthquake resistant structures; Tall buildings; Damage assessment; Probability; Massachusetts; Seismic risk; Dynamic response; Buildings; Earthquake engineering; Boston (Massachusetts); Soil dynamics

  • Murphy, V. J.
    In situ Shear Wave Velocity Measurements on MIT Campus. Optimum Seismic Protection for New Building Construction in Eastern Metropolitan Areas.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Applied Science and Research Applications., January 1973, 14 p.
    Identifying Number(s): INTERNAL STUDY-26
    Keywords: Seismic velocity; Seismic design; Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Seismometers; Seismic waves; Massachusetts; Boreholes; Seismic arrays; Seismic refraction; Earthquake engineering; Cambridge (Massachusetts)

  • Taleb-Agha, G.; Hein, K.
    Multiple Failure Risk of Spatially Distributed Structures. Seismic Design Decision Analysis.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Applied Science and Research Applications., February 1975, 17 p.
    Identifying Number(s): INTERNAL STUDY-53
    Keywords: Probability theory; Earthquake resistant structures; Failure; New England; Massachusetts; Vermont; Seismic risk; New Hampshire; Rhode Island; Maine; Ground motion; Earthquake engineering; Nuclear power plants; Earthquakes

  • Whitman, R. V.; Biggs, J. M.; Brennan, J.; Cornell, C. A.; de Neufville, R.
    Summary of Methodology and Pilot Application.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Applied Science and Research Applications., October 1973, 64 p.
    Identifying Number(s): ['STRUCTURES PUB-381', 'R73-58']
    Keywords: Seismic design; Seismic Design Decision Analysis; Earthquake resistant structures; Dynamic loads; Wind pressure; Massachusetts; Seismic risk; Buildings; Earthquake engineering; Boston (Massachusetts); Risk; Decision making; Building codes; Design criteria; Lateral pressure

  • Yegian, M. K.; Whitman, R. V.
    Elastic and Inelastic Response Analysis of Site-Influenced Ground Motion Records. Seismic Design Decision Analysis.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Applied Science and Research Applications., April 1975, 35 p.
    Identifying Number(s): INTERNAL STUDY-55
    Keywords: Massachusetts; Soil classification; Earth movements; Elastic analysis; Dynamic response; Buildings; Earthquake engineering; Ground motion; Soil surveys; Soil properties; Earthquakes; Dynamic structural analysis

  • Whitman, R. V.
    Damage Probability Matrices for Prototype Buildings. Seismic Design Decision Analysis, Report No. 8.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Applied Science and Research Applications., October 1973, 117 p.
    Identifying Number(s): ['R73-57', 'STRUCTURES PUB-380']
    Keywords: Probability theory; Seismic design; Earthquake resistant structures; Dynamic loads; Massachusetts; Wind loads; Seismic risk; Structural design; Earthquake engineering; Boston (Massachusetts); Damage assesment; Commercial buildings; Building codes

  • Hein, K. H.; Whitman, R. V.
    Effects of Earthquakes on System Performance of Water Lifelines. Seismic Design Decision Analysis.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., May 1976, 84 p.
    Identifying Number(s): R76-23
    Keywords: Probability; Water supply; Massachusetts; Risk analysis; Urban planning; Seismic risk; Earth movements; Ground motion; Earthquake engineering; Earthquakes; Disasters; Pipelines; Soil mechanics; Water services