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  • Schiff, A.
    Guide to Improved Earthquake Performance of Electric Power Systems.
    National Inst. of Standards and Technology (BFRL), Gaithersburg, MD.; National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA., September 1998, 328 p.
    Keywords: ; Vulnerability; Control systems; Seismic design; Communication sysltems; Electric utilities; Facilities management; Electric power plants; Earthquake engineering; Electric power distribution; Operation and maintenance; Design analysis; Electric power production; Electric power generation; Substations; Seismic effects; Electric power systems; Dynamic structural analysis

  • Cooper, T. W.
    Study of the Performance of Petroleum Storage Tanks during Earthquakes, 1933-1995.
    June 1997, 118 p.
    Identifying Number(s): NIST/GCR-97/720
    Keywords: ; Damage assessment; Storage tanks; Earthquake damage; Performance evaluation; Earthquake engineering; Design analysis; Soil structure interactions; Petroleum industry; Seismic effects

  • Sadek, F.; Mohraz, B.; Riley, M. A.
    Linear Static and Dynamic Procedures for Structures with Velocity-Dependent Supplemental Dampers.
    May 1999, 60 p.
    Identifying Number(s): NISTIR-6329
    Keywords: Seismic effects; Structural vibration; Earthquake resistance; Performance evaluation; Degrees of freedom; Structural response; Energy dissipation; Static response; Vibration damping; Design analysis; Passive systems; Dampers; Building codes; Linearity; Dynamic structural analysis

  • Chai, Y. H.; Priestley, M. J. N.; Seible, F.
    Flexural Retrofit of Circular Reinforced Bridge Columns by Steel Jacketing. COLRET: A Computer Program for Strength and Ductility Calculation.
    California State Dept. of Transportation, Sacramento. Office of Structures Design.; California State Business and Transportation Agency, Los Angeles.; Federal Highway Administration, Sacramento, CA. California Div.; National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA., October 1991, 152 p.
    Identifying Number(s): UCSD/SSRP-91/05
    Keywords: Reinforced concrete; Columns (Supports); COLRET computer program; Deflection; Bridge maintenance; Design analysis; Highway bridge; Ductility; Earthquake resistant structures; Retrofitting; Earthquake damage; Buckling; Circular bodies; Structural steels; Bridge design; Highway maintenance; Reinforcing materials; Flexural strength; Computer programs; Reinforcement (Structures)

  • Equchi, R. T.
    Proceedings of the U.S.-Japan Workshop on Earthquake Disaster Prevention for Lifetime Systems (4th). Held in Los Angeles, California on August 19-21, 1991.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC.; Public Works Research Inst., Tokyo (Japan)., August 1992, 500 p.
    Identifying Number(s): NIST/SP-840
    Keywords: Seismic waves; Disasters; Damage assessment; Design analysis; Earthquake damage; Risk; Meetings; Highway bridges; Tunnels; Japan; Seismic effects; Earthquake resistance; United States; Dynamic response; Earthquake engineering; Repair; Reinforcement (Structures); Earthquakes; Lifeline systems

  • Phan, L. T.; Todd, D. R.; Lew, H. S.
    Strengthening Methodology for Lightly Reinforced Concrete Frames-I.
    February 1993, 112 p.
    Identifying Number(s): NISTIR-5128
    Keywords: ; Reinforced concrete; Framed structures; Deformation; Mechanical hysteresis; Mathematical models; Walls; Dynamic response; Concrete structures; Earthquake engineering; Regression analysis; Stiffness; Design analysis; Loads (Forces); Reinforcement (Structures); Dynamic structural analysis

  • Phan, L. T.; Cheok, G. S.; Todd, D. R.
    Strengthening Methodology for Lightly Reinforced Concrete Frames: Recommended Design Guidelines for Strengthening with Infill Walls.
    May 1995, 62 p.
    Identifying Number(s): NISTIR-5682
    Keywords: Reinforced concrete; Structural failure; Frames; Structural design; Dynamic response; Concrete structures; Earthquake engineering; Infilled walls; Shear strength; Design analysis; Displacement; Loads (Forces); Reinforcement (Structures); Design criteria; Structural analysis

  • Proceedings of the U.S.-Japan Workshop on Seismic Retrofit of Bridges (1st). Held in Tsukuba Science City, Japan on December 17-18, 1990.
    January 1990, 437 p.
    Keywords: Bridges (Structures); Reinforced concrete; Loma Prieta Earthquake; Bridge peirs; San Francisco (California); Damage assessment; Bridge inspection; Design analysis; Ductility; California; Earthquake damage; Meetings; Highway bridges; Structural steels; Bridge design; Seismic effects; Japan; Structural engineering; Failure; United States; Earthquake engineering; Reinforcement (Structure); Earthquakes