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  • chopra, A. K.; Chakrabarti, P.; Gupta, S.
    Earthquake Response of Concrete Gravity Dams Including Hydrodynamic and Foundation Interaction Effects.
    January 1980, 202 p.
    Identifying Number(s): UCB/EERC-80/01
    Keywords: Water; Concrete; California; Gravity dams; Pine Flat Dam; Reservoirs; Foundations (Structures); Ground motion; Frequency; Response; Dams; Hydrodynamics; Interactions; Earthquakes

  • Leik, R. K.; Carter, T. M.; Clark, J. P.; Kendall, S. D.; Gifford, G. A.
    Community Response to Natural Hazard Warnings.
    April 1981, 89 p.
    Keywords: Group dynamics; Hurricanes; Disasters; Tornadoes; Floods; Weather forecasting; Storms; Social communication; Research management; NTISDODXA; Communications networks; NTISNSFG; Sampling; Civilian population; Warning systems; Emergencies; Response; Information transfer; Community relations; Earthquakes

  • Blair, M. L.; Vlasic, T. C.; Cotton, W. R.; Fowler, W.
    When the Ground Fails: Planning and Engineering Response to Debris Flows. Program on Environment and Behavior.
    National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA., cJanuary 1985, 130 p.
    Keywords: Emergency preparedness; Emergency planning; Landslides; Federal government; Disasters; Floods; Intergovernmental relationships; Mitigation; Damage assessment; Debris flow; State government; Slope failure; Case studies; Debris avalanches; Mudslides; Recovery; Ground failure; Local government; Slope stability; Response; Slope protection

  • Bruneau, M.; Filiatrault, A.; Lee, G.; O'Rourke, T.; Reinhorn, A.; Shinozuka, M.; Tierney, K.
    White Paper on the SDR Grand Challenges for Disaster Reduction.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., December 5, 2006, 46 p.
    Identifying Number(s): MCEER-05-SP09
    Keywords: Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research (MCEER); Disasters; Research strategies; Critical facilities; Response; Challenges; Disaster loss reduction; Infrastructure systems; Mitigation

  • Huang, L. C.; Chwang, A. T.
    Seismic Water Pressures on Dams for Arbitrarily Shaped Reservoirs.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., September 1985, 102 p.
    Identifying Number(s): IIHR-291
    Keywords: Boundary integral method; Deformation; Seismic waves; Pressure; Mathematical models; Reservoirs; Boundaries; Response; Dams; Flexible foundations; Hydrodynamics; Earthquakes

  • Seed, H. B.; Romo, M. P.; Sun, J.; Jaime, A.; Lysmer, J.
    Relationships between Soil Conditions and Earthquake Ground Motions in Mexico City in the Earthquake of September 19, 1985.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., October 1987, 125 p.
    Identifying Number(s): UCB/EERC-87/15
    Keywords: ; Sites; Clay soils; Mexico City; Magnitude; Secondary waves; Shaking; Soil properties; Response; Recording instruments; Motion; Accelerometers; Earthquakes

  • Jaw, J. W.; Hwang, H. H. M.
    Seismic Fragility Analysis of Shear Wall Structures.
    National Center for Earthquake Engineering Research, Buffalo, NY.; National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., April 30, 1988, 64 p.
    Keywords: Earthquake resistant structures; Dynamic loads; Mechanical hysteresis; Graphs (Charts); Fatigue (Materials); Mechanical properties; Shear wall structures; Response; Seismic analysis; Loads (Forces); Seismic effects; Earthquakes; Dynamic structural analysis

  • Lavelle, F. M.; Bergman, L. A.; Spanos, P. D.
    Seismic Floor Response Spectra for a Combined System by Green's Functions.
    National Center for Earthquake Engineering Research, Buffalo, NY.; National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., May 1, 1988, 41 p.
    Keywords: Floors; Earthquake resistant structures; Vibration; Floor response; Soil-structure analysis; Linear secondary systems; Graphs (Charts); Response; Seismic effects; Earthquakes; Dynamic structural analysis

  • Veletsos, A. S.; Prasad, A. M.; Tang, Y.
    Design Approaches for Soil-Structure Interaction.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., December 30, 1988, 50 p.
    Identifying Number(s): NCEER-88-0031
    Keywords: Earthquake resistant structures; Deformation; Seismic waves; Kinematics; Torsion; Damping; Mathematical models; Superstructures; Response; Inertia; Foundations; Motion; Design criteria; Soil structure

  • El-Aidi, B.
    Nonlinear Earthquake Response of Concrete Gravity Dam Systems.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., August 21, 1988, 202 p.
    Identifying Number(s): EERL-88-02
    Keywords: ; Cracking (Fracturing); Mathematical models; Gravity dams; Viscoelasticity; Cavitation; Concrete structures; Tensile stress; Response; Displacement; Rigid foundations; Earthquakes