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  • Shama, A. A.; Mander, J. B.; Friedland, I. M.; Allicock, D. R.
    Seismic Vulnerability of Timber Bridges and Timber Substructures.
    Federal Highway Administration, Washington, DC.; National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA. Earthquake Engineering Research Centers Program., June 7, 2007, 198 p.
    Identifying Number(s): MCEER-07-0008
    Keywords: ; Earthquake damage; Failure mode analysis; Damage assessment; Performance evaluation; Vulnerability; Pile structures; Earthquake engineering; Retrofit; Wooden structures; Substructures; Seismic effects; Strength; Modeling; Bridges; Cyclic loads; Ductility

  • Ebel, J. E.; Helmberger, D. V.
    P-Wave Complexity and Fault Asperities: The Borrego Mountain, California, Earthquake of 1968.
    Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Bolling AFB, DC., November 13, 1980, 27 p.
    Keywords: Teleseismic waves; Synthetic seismograms; Earthquakes; Time domain; Modeling; Reprints; Fault asperities; P waves; Seismic waves

  • Langenheim, V. E.; Griscom, A.; Jachens, R. C.; Hildenbrand, T. G.
    Preliminary Potential-Field Constraints on the Geometry of the San Fernando Basin, Southern California.
    January 2000, 44 p.
    Identifying Number(s): USGS/OFR-00-219
    Keywords: ; Geometry; Ground motion; Magnetic data; Structural underpinnings; San Fernando Basin (California); Gravity data; Mission Hills thrust fault; Modeling; Seismic data

  • Po Lam, I.; Law, H.; Martin, G. R.
    Bridge Foundations: Modeling Large Pile Groups and Caissons for Seismic Design.
    Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research, Buffalo, NY.; Federal Highway Administration, Washington, DC., December 1, 2007, 150 p.
    Identifying Number(s): MCEER-07-0018
    Keywords: Bridge foundations; Long span bridges; Ground motions; Earthquake engineering; Pile structures; Linear stiffness matrices; Highway bridges; Seismic design; Large pile groups; Kinematic soil-pile interactions; Soil foundation structure interactions; Modeling; Soil mechanics; Caissons; Retrofitting

  • Miles, S. B.
    Towards Policy Relevant Environmental Modeling: Contextual Validity and Pragmatic Models.
    January 2000, 24 p.
    Identifying Number(s): USGS/OFR-00-401
    Keywords: ; Policy; Emperical observations; Environmental modeling; Comparisons; Modeling; Decision-making; Contextual validity; Pragmatism; Relevancy; Model validation

  • Reasenberg, P. A.; Shostak, N.; Terwilliger, S.
    Sensitivity of Earthquake Loss Estimates to Source Modeling Assumptions and Uncertainty.
    January 2006, 38 p.
    Identifying Number(s): USGS/OFR-2006-1020
    Keywords: United States; Emergency management; Hazards; Computer programs; Earthquakes; Losses; Modeling; Calculation; California; Hurricanes; San Francisco Bay; Economic factors; Floods

  • Hachem, M. H.; Mahin, S. A.; Moehle, J. P.
    Performance of Circular Reinforced Concrete Bridge Columns under Bidirectional Earthquake Loading.
    National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA. Earthquake Engineering Research Centers Program., February 2003, 473 p.
    Identifying Number(s): ['PEER 2003/06', 'UCB/ENG-9374']
    Keywords: ; Earthquake resistant structures; Reinforced concrete; Circular columns; Finite element analysis; Shaking table; Modeling; Bridges; Bidirectional loading; Experiments