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  • 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; Seismic response; Earthquake engineering; Single degree of freedom; Passive energy devices; Structural fuse concept; Structural performance

  • Chrysostomou, C. Z.; Gergely, P.; Abel, J. F.
    Preliminary Studies of the Effects of Degrading Infill Walls on the Nonlinear Seismic Response of Steel Frames.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., December 19, 1988, 100 p.
    Identifying Number(s): NCEER-88-0046
    Keywords: Seismic response; Steel structures; Earthquake engineering; Earthquake resistant structures; Loads (Forces); Lateral pressure; Infill walls; Structural analysis; Framed structures; Charts (Graphs); Nonlinear systems

  • Idriss, I. M.
    Assessment of Site Response Analysis Procedures.
    National Inst. of Standards and Technology (BFRL), Gaithersburg, MD., July 1993, 156 p.
    Keywords: Seismic response; San Francisco (California); Soil-structure interactions; Yerba Buena Island; Site characterization; Soil dynamics; Seismic velocity; San Francisco Airport; Soil mechanics; Shear strain; Ground motion; Treasure Island Naval Station; Loma Prieta Earthquake; Seismic effects; Spectrum analysis; Shear waves; California; Subsurface investigations; Seismic waves; Seismographs; Shear stress; Accelerometers; Seismological station

  • Methodolgy for Mitigation of Seismic Hazards in Existing Unreinforced Masonary Buildings: Wall Testing, Out-of-Plane.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., August 1981, 380 p.
    Identifying Number(s): ABK-TR-04
    Keywords: Seismic hazards; Dynamic response; Seismic response; Buildings; Earthquake engineering; Earthquake resistant structures; Mechanical hysteresis; Masonry; Soil structure interactions; Walls; Kinematics; Unreinforced masonry; Dynamic structural analysis

  • Abo-Shadi, N.; Saiidi, M.; Sanders, D.
    Seismic Response of Reinforced Concrete Bridge Pier Walls in the Weak Direction.
    Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research, Buffalo, NY.; Federal Highway Administration, Washington, DC., July 17, 2000, 352 p.
    Keywords: Ductility; Seismic response; Steel structures; Earthquake engineering; Computer programs; Axial loads; Seismic design; Coding systems; Hinged structures; Bridge piers; Reinforced concrete; Structural responses; PIER program; Walls; Calibration; United States; Siesmic behavior

  • Chen, M.; Penzien, J.
    Nonlinear Soil-Structure Interaction of Skew Highway Bridges.
    Federal Highway Administration, Washington, D.C.; National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C., August 1977, 127 p.
    Identifying Number(s): UCB/EERC-77/24
    Keywords: Ground motion; Seismic response; Computer programs; Earthquake engineering; Earthquakes; Bridge decks; Skew bridges; Soil structure interactions; Bridge piers; Soil dynamics; Backfills; Finite element analysis; Earth movements; Mathematical models; SKEW computer program; Seismic loads

  • Clough, R. W.; Huckelbridge, A. A.
    Preliminary Experimental Study of Seismic Uplift of a Steel Frame.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C.; American Iron and Steel Inst., Washington, D.C., August 1977, 171 p.
    Identifying Number(s): UCB/EERC-77/22
    Keywords: Dynamic response; Seismic response; Buildings; Earthquake engineering; Loads (Forces); Seismic design; Earthquakes; Uplift pressure; Uplift response; Earth movements; Columns (Supports)

  • Ghafory-Ashtiany, M.
    Seismic Response of Structural System with Random Parameters.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., September 1981, 107 p.
    Identifying Number(s): VPI-E-81-15
    Keywords: Dynamic response; Seismic response; Buildings; Earthquake engineering; Earthquake resistant structures; Earthquakes; Numerical analysis; Random vibration; Bending moments; Dynamic structural analysis

  • Roeder, C. W.; Popov, E. P.
    Inelastic Behavior of Eccentrically Braced Steel Frames Under Cyclic Loadings.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C.; American Iron and Steel Inst., Washington, D.C., August 1977, 338 p.
    Identifying Number(s): UCB/EERC-77/18
    Keywords: Dynamic response; Ground motion; Seismic response; Buildings; Earthquake engineering; Earthquake resistant structures; Computer programs; Earthquakes; Stiffness; Earth movements; Steel construction; Framed structures; Cyclic loads

  • Huckelbridge, A. A.
    Earthquake Simulation Tests of a Nine Story Steel Frame with Columns Allowed to Uplift.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C., August 1977, 193 p.
    Identifying Number(s): UCB/EERC-77/23
    Keywords: Dynamic response; Ground motion; Seismic response; Buildings; Earthquake engineering; Data acquisition; Loads (Forces); Earthquakes; Lateral pressure; Earth movements