Repair of Earthquake Damaged Concrete and Masonry Wall Buildings.
Federal Emergency Management Agency, Washington, DC.,
May 1999,
71 p.
Identifying Number(s): FEMA-308
Keywords: ; Damage; Performance evaluation; Buildings; Repair; Specifications; Masonry; Earthquakes; Walls; Concrete blocks; Design; Procedures
Beedle, L. S.
On Hazards of the High-Rise.
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC.,
February 1979,
54 p.
Identifying Number(s): LEHIGH/FL/369-251
Keywords: Failure; Hazards; Buildings; Building codes; Earthquake engineering; Specifications; Seismic design; Structural design; Earthquakes; Environmental engineering; Wind pressure; Tall buildings; Seismic risk
Assessment of the Seismic Provisions of Model Building Codes.
National Inst. of Standards and Technology (BFRL), Gaithersburg, MD.; Federal Emergency Management Agency, Washington, DC.,
July 1992,
174 p.
Keywords: Building codes; Regulations; Earthquake resistant structures; Earthquake engineering; Specifications; Structural design; Executive Order 12699; Design criteria; Design standards; Standards; Tables (Data); Seismic waves
Fleming, J. F.
Seismic Research for Highway Bridges (U.S.-Japan Program).
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC.,
June 1984,
696 p.
Keywords: Retrofitting; Earthquake engineering; Earthquake resistant structures; Loads (Forces); Highway bridges; Earthquakes; Specifications; Wind pressure; Maintenance; Design; Seismic waves
Raufaste, N. J.
Earthquake Resistant Construction Using Base Isolation: Survey Report on Framing of the Guidelines for Technological Development of Base-Isolation Systems for Buildings. Volume 2.
April 1992,
580 p.
Identifying Number(s): NIST/SP-832-VOL-2
Keywords: Dynamic response; Performance evaluation; Foreign technology; Bearings; Vibration isolators; Earthquake resistant structures; Earthquake engineering; Specifications; Guidelines; Structural vibration; Earthquakes; Buildings; Translations; Vibration damping; Structural members; Displacement; Japan; Effectiveness; Case histories; Seismic waves
Reinhorn, A. M.; Soong, T. T.; Lin, R. C.; Riley, M. A.; Wang, Y. P.
Active Bracing System: A Full Scale Implementation of Active Control.
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC.,
August 14, 1992,
113 p.
Identifying Number(s): NCEER-92-0020
Keywords: ; Braces; Dynamic response; Buildings; Earthquake resistance; Earthquake resistant structures; Specifications; Loads (Forces); Earthquake engineering; Structural vibration; Earthquakes; Seismic effects; Active control; Mathematical models; Servomechanisms; Algorithms; Actuators; Bracing
Jensen, E. G.
Filter Circuit Board for the Earthworm Seismic Data Acquisition System.
January 2000,
22 p.
Identifying Number(s): USGS/OFR-00-379
Keywords: Multi-channel digitizer; Earthworm (EW) system; Specifications; Seismic networks; Schematics; Seismic waveforms; Data acquisitions; Photographs; Diagrams; Filter circuits; Processing system
Ellingwood, B.; Galambos, T. V.; MacGregor, J. G.; Cornell, C. A.
Development of a Probability Based Load Criterion for American National Standard A58, Building Code Requirements for Minimum Design Loads in Buildings and Other Structures.
June 1980,
232 p.
Identifying Number(s): NBS-SP-577
Keywords: Building codes; Static loads; Computer programs; Specifications; Aerodynamic loads; Probability density functions; UNIVAC-1108 computers; Fortran; Construction materials; Dynamic loads; Design
KCMR Dial-a-Ride Study: Report Number 4. Vehicles, Maintenance, Fare Collection.
Urban Mass Transportation Administration, Washington, D.C.,
August 1976,
28 p.
Keywords: Fare collection; Demand responsive dial a ride; Johnson County (Kansas); Dial a ride systems; Local government; Specifications; Kansas; Kansas City (Missouri); Urban transportation; Wheel chairs; Services; Missouri; Buses (Vehicles); Passenger transportation; Metropolitan areas; Independence (Missouri); Suburban areas; Paratransit; Maintenance
Yancey, C. W. C.; Greenberg, J.
Guidelines and Procedures for Implementation of Executive Order on Seismic Safety.
Federal Emergency Management Agency, Washington, DC.,
January 1988,
36 p.
Identifying Number(s): NBSIR-88/3711
Keywords: Readiness; Specifications; Accident prevention; Guidelines; Earthquakes; Earthquake resistant structure; Safety engineering; Design criteria; Concrete construction; Construction management; Project management; Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977