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  • Mohammadi, J.; Alyasin, S.; Bak, D. N.
    Investigation of Cause and Effects of Fires Following the Loma Prieta Earthquake.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Div. of Industrial Science and Technological Innovation., May 1992, 194 p.
    Identifying Number(s): IIT-CE-9201
    Keywords: Earthquake damage; Risk; Buildings; Fire prevention; San Francisco (California); Gas distribution; Earthquakes; Fire hazards; Leakage; Loma Prieta Earthquake; Seismic effects; Statistical analysis; Fires

  • Gregor, N. J.
    Attenuation of Strong Ground Motion Displacements.
    June 1995, 238 p.
    Identifying Number(s): UCB/EERC-95/02
    Keywords: ; Seismic waves; Rock mechanics; Earthquake resistant structures; Geologic faults; Earthquakes; Amplitude; Earth movements; Seismograms; Attenuation; California; Statistical analysis; Seismology; Soil mechanics; Geologic processes; Structual engineering; Displacements

  • Turner, R. H.; Nigg, J. M.; Paz, D. H.; Young, B. S.; Kiecolt, J.
    Earthquake Threat: The Human Response in Southern California.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Engineering and Applied Science., cJanuary 1979, 159 p.
    Keywords: Uplifts; Hazards; Local government; Emergency preparedness; Disaster preparedness; Earthquakes; Fear; Surveys; Communities; Anxiety; Threat evaluation; Human factors; Forecasting; California; Southern California Uplift; Attitudes; Los Angeles County (California); Awareness; Statistical analysis; Warning systems; Geological faults

  • Chen, G.; Soong, T. T.
    Energy Approach to Seismic Analysis and Design of Secondary Systems.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC.; New York State Science and Technology Foundation, Albany., August 6, 1993, 242 p.
    Identifying Number(s): NCEER-93-0014
    Keywords: Dynamic response; Damping; Earthquake resistant structures; Earthquake engineering; Structural vibration; Structural design; Displacement; Statistical analysis; Statistical energy analysis; Energy transfer; Dynamic structural analysis

  • Bonilla, M. G.; Mark, R. K.; Lienkaemper, J. J.
    Statistical Relations Among Earthquake Magnitude, Surface Rupture Length, and Surface Fault Displacement.
    January 1984, 50 p.
    Identifying Number(s): USGS-OFR-84-256
    Keywords: ; Regression analysis; Seismographs; Geologic faults; Earthquakes; Stochastic processes; Magnitude; Displacement; Statistical analysis; Data compilation; Surface waves; Correlations; Length

  • Apostolakis, G. E.
    The Effect of a Certain Class of Potential Common Mode Failures on the Reliability of Redundant Systems.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Office of Energy R and D Policy., November 1975, 42 p.
    Identifying Number(s): UCLA-ENG-7528
    Keywords: Reliability; Failure; Risk; Nuclear reactor accidents; Birth and death processes; Common mode failures; Nuclear reactor safety; Nuclear power plants; Redundancy; Statistical analysis; Mathematical models

  • Shoja-Taheri, J.
    Seismological Studies of Strong Motion Records.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C., January 1977, 213 p.
    Identifying Number(s): UCB/EERC-77/04
    Keywords: Ground motion; Elastic waves; Earthquake engineering; Earthquakes; Earth movements; Frequency distribution; Time dependence; Seismograms; California; Statistical analysis; Seismic risk

  • Tantala, M.; Nordenson, G.; Deodatis, G.; Jacob, K.; Swiren, B.
    Earthquake Risks and Mitigation in the New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut Region. New York City Area Consortium for Earthquake Loss Mitigation, 1999-2003.
    January 2003, 56 p.
    Keywords: ; New York; Risk; Earthquakes; Seismic design; Loss mitigation; Statistical analysis; Mathematical models; Financial loss; New Jersey; Connecticut

  • Wood, N.; Soulard, C.
    Variations in Community Exposure and Sensitivity to Tsunami Hazards on the Open-Ocean and Strait of Juan de Fuca Coasts of Washington.
    January 2008, 44 p.
    Identifying Number(s): USGS-SIR-2008-5004
    Keywords: Geographic information system tools; Hazards; Tsunamis; Coastal areas; Composite indices; Vulnerability assessments; Figures; Tables (Data); Earthquakes; Exposure; Critical facilities data; Strait of Juan de Fuca; Sensitivity; Cascadia Subduction Zone (CSZ) earthquake; Land cover data; Population data; Economic assests; Statistical analysis; Washington (State); Communities; Natural disasters; Economic data

  • Brady, R. J.; Perkins, J. B.
    Macroeconomic Effects of the Loma Prieta Earthquake.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Div. of Industrial Science and Technological Innovation., November 1991, 53 p.
    Keywords: San Francisco Bay Area; Economic impact; Earthquake damage; Economic analysis; Earthquakes; Employment; Loma Prieta Earthquake; Estimates; Statistical analysis; Least squares method; California; Economic factors