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  • de Neufville, R.
    How Do We Evaluate and Choose Between Alternative Codes for Design and Performance.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C. Research Applied to National Needs., February 1975, 38 p.
    Identifying Number(s): MIT-CE-R75-3
    Keywords: Ground motion; Buildings; Building codes; Earthquake engineering; Earthquake resistant structures; Risk; Probability density functions; Seismic design; Seismic design decision analysis; Earthquakes; Safety factor; Benefit cost analysis; Seismic risk

  • Munroe, T.; Blair, C.
    Economic Impact in Seismic Design Decision Analysis: A Preliminary Investigation.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C. Research Applied to National Needs., June 1975, 100 p.
    Identifying Number(s): MIT-CE-R75-25
    Keywords: Economic impact; Ground motion; Buildings; Damage assessment; Earthquake engineering; Boston (Massachusetts); San Francisco (California); Earthquake resistant structures; Seismic design; Seismic design decision analysis; Earthquakes; Decision making; Puget Sound; Benefit cost analysis; Seismic risk

  • Aristizabal-Ochoa, J. D.; Sozen, M. A.
    Behavior of Ten-Story Reinforced Concrete Walls Subjected to Earthquake Motions.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C., October 1976, 397 p.
    Identifying Number(s): ['UILU-ENG-76-2017', 'STRUCTURAL RESEARCH SER-431']
    Keywords: Dynamic response; Ground motion; Buildings; Earthquake engineering; Earthquake resistant structures; Earthquakes; Reinforced concrete; Walls; Earth movement; Dynamic structural analysis

  • Burger, T. M.; Massoglia, M. F.
    RANN Utilization Experience (Case Studies 32 through 41).
    National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C. Research Applied to National Needs., November 1976, 328 p.
    Keywords: Case studies; Projects; Research; Furniture; Textiles; Metal bending; Automation; Organizations; Oil recovery; Computer programming; Metropolitan meteorological experiment; Electronic fund transfer system; Earthquakes; Weather modification; Research applied to national needs; Cold working; Cash flow; Energy; Surveys; Utilization; Shipbuilding; Technology innovation; Urban planning; Institutes; Technology

  • Mayes, R. L.; Omote, Y.; Chen, S. W.; Clough, R. W.
    Expected Performance of Uniform Building Code Designed Masonry Structures.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C., September 1976, 93 p.
    Identifying Number(s): EERC-76-7
    Keywords: Buildings; Building codes; Earthquake engineering; Seismic design; Earthquakes; Shear stresses; Design criteria; Structural analysis

  • Daly, W.; Judd, W.; Meade, R.
    Evaluation of Seismicity at U.S. Reservoirs.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C. Research Applied to National Needs., May 1977, 31 p.
    Keywords: Ground motion; Dams; Pore pressure; Earthquake engineering; Reservoir engineering; Earthquakes; Reservoirs; Site surveys; Earth movements; Geological faults

  • Kunreuther, H.; Ginsberg, R.; Miller, L.; Sagi, P.; Slovic, P.
    Limited Knowledge and Insurance Protection: Implications for Natural Hazard Policy.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C. Research Applied to National Needs., March 1977, 493 p.
    Keywords: Floods; Regions; Attitude surveys; Data acquisition; Earthquakes; Decision making; Earthquake prone areas; Interviews; California; Homeowners; Insurance; Consumer affairs; Disasters; Flood prone areas

  • Abdel-Ghaffar, A. M.
    Studies on the Effect of Differential Motions of Two Foundations Upon the Response of the Superstructure of a Bridge.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C.; Geological Survey, Reston, Va., January 1977, 96 p.
    Identifying Number(s): EERL-77-02
    Keywords: Dynamic response; Dynamic structural analysis; Earthquake engineering; Highway bridges; Earthquakes; Soil structure interactions; Soil dynamics; Random vibration; Girder bridges

  • Botsai, E. E.; Goldberg, A.; Fisher, J. L.; Lagorio, H. J.; Wosser, T. D.
    Architects and Earthquakes.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C. Research Applied to National Needs., January 1977, 113 p.
    Keywords: Dynamic structural analysis; Ground motion; Buildings; Earthquake engineering; Earthquake resistant structures; Risk analysis; Seismic design; Earthquakes; Structural design; Earth movements; Design criteria; Geological faults; Seismic risk

  • Vanmarcke, E. H.; Lai, S. S. P.
    Strong-Motion Duration of Earthquakes.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C. Div. of Advanced Environmental Research and Technology., July 1977, 38 p.
    Identifying Number(s): R77-16
    Keywords: Acceleration (Physics); Ground motion; Buildings; Earthquake engineering; Seismic epicenter; Earthquakes; Time measurement; Earth movements; Seismic waves