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  • Okrent, D.
    A Survey of Expert Opinion on Low Probability Earthquakes.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C. Research Applied to National Needs., February 1975, 58 p.
    Identifying Number(s): UCLA-ENG-7515
    Keywords: Louisiana; Risk; Earthquake engineering; Ohio; Risk analysis; Earthquakes; Nebraska; Probability theory; Delaware; History; Site surveys; South Carolina; Nuclear power plants; Mississippi; Massachusetts; California; Oregon; North Carolina; Geological faults; Seismic risk

  • Wong, E. H.
    Correlations Between Earthquake Damage and Strong Ground Motion.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C. Research Applied to National Needs., May 1975, 87 p.
    Identifying Number(s): MIT-CE-R75-23
    Keywords: Dynamic structural analysis; Dynamic response; Ground motion; Los Angeles (California); Buildings; Earthquake engineering; Damage assessment; Seismic design; Seismic design decision analysis; Earthquakes; Earth movements; California; San Fernando earthquake; Seismic risk

  • Valera, J. E.; Seed, H. B.; Tsai, C. F.; Lysmer, J.
    Soil-Structure Interaction Effects at the Humboldt Bay Power Plant in the Ferndale Earthquake of June 7, 1975.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C., January 1977, 53 p.
    Identifying Number(s): UCB/EERC-77/02
    Keywords: Humbolt Bay Nuclear Power Plant; Ground motion; Earthquake engineering; Ferndale Earthquake; Earthquakes; Soil structure interactions; Soil dynamics; Finite element analysis; Nuclear reactor safety; Nuclear power plants; Earth movements; California

  • 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

  • Anderson, J. C.; Bertero, V. V.
    Implications of the Landers and Big Bear Earthquakes on Earthquake Resistant Design of Structures.
    National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA., July 1997, 110 p.
    Identifying Number(s): UCB/EERC-97/08
    Keywords: Ground motion; Buildings; Damage assessment; Earthquake engineering; Seismic design; Soil-structure interactions; Big Bear (California); Landers (California); California; San Bernandina Mountains; Mojave desert; Ductility

  • Scawthorn, C.; Cowell, A. D.; Borden, F.
    Fire-Related Aspects of the Northridge Earthquake.
    National Inst. of Standards and Technology (BFRL), Gaithersburg, MD., March 1998, 166 p.
    Identifying Number(s): NIST-GCR-98-743
    Keywords: Los Angeles (California); Incident management; Emergency preparedness; Earthquakes; Pipelines; Emergency planning; Surveys; Natural disasters; Investigations; Northridge earthquake; Fire departments; California; Maps; Fires; San Fernando Valley (California); Natural gas

  • Yang, T. S.; Popov, E. P.
    Experimental and Analytical Studies of Steel Connections and Energy Dissipators.
    National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA.; American Inst. of Steel Construction, Chicago, IL., December 1995, 222 p.
    Identifying Number(s): UCB/EERC-95/13
    Keywords: Buildings; Steel structures; Earthquake engineering; Beams (Supports); Seismic design; Joints (Junctions); Finite element analysis; Northridge earthquake; Fraction mechanics; California; Framed structures; Bolted joints

  • Okrent, D.
    Alternative Risk Management Policies for State and Local Governments.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., May 1982, 17 p.
    Identifying Number(s): UCLA-ENG-8241
    Keywords: Los Angeles (California); Local government; Risk; Hazards; Public buildings; State government; Earthquakes; Government policies; Water quality; California; Water pollution

  • Durkin, M.
    Alternative Methods for Hazard Reduction in Unreinforced Masonry Buildings.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., December 1982, 46 p.
    Keywords: Dynamic response; Damage assessment; Dynamic structure analysis; Earthquake engineering; Earthquake resistant structures; Masonry; Seismic design; History; California; Seismic risk

  • Wyner, A. J.; Mann, D. E.
    Seismic Safety Policy in California: Local Governments and Earthquakes.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., February 1983, 381 p.
    Keywords: Local government; Building codes; Earthquake engineering; Earthquakes; Decision making; Government policies; California; Attitudes; Land use; Seismic safety; Seismic risk