Safety of Existing Dams: Evaluation and Improvement.
Federal Emergency Management Agency, Washington, DC.,
cJanuary 1983,
408 p.
Identifying Number(s): ISBN-0-309-03387-X
Keywords: Geological investigations; Failure; Dams; Risk assessment; Earthquake resistant structures; Evaluation; Structural design; Foundations; Reservoirs; Slope protection; Soil properties; Safety
Saxena, S. K.
Siting and Geotechnical Program Focus and Directions. Report upon the Deliberations of a Workshop Held at the Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois on August 4-5, 1986.
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Directorate for Engineering.,
January 1986,
185 p.
Keywords: Failure; Ground motion; Hazards; Rock mechanics; Earthquake engineering; Buildings; Meetings; Soil dynamics; Earth movements; Construction; Soil mechanics
De Alba, P.; Seed, H. B.; Retamal, E.; Seed, R. B.
Residual Strength of Sand from Dam Failure in the Chilean Earthquake of March 3, 1985.
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC.,
September 1987,
50 p.
Identifying Number(s): UCB/EERC-87/11
Keywords: Failure; Performance evaluation; Dams; Earthquakes; Soil properties; La Palma Dam; La Marquesa Dam; Slope; Chile; Stresses; Liquefaction; Motion
Zagajeski, S. W.; Bertero, V. V.; Bouwkamp, J. G.
Hysteretic Behavior of Reinforced Concrete Columns Subjected to High Axial and Cyclic Shear Forces.
National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C.,
April 1978,
289 p.
Identifying Number(s): UCB/EERC-78/05
Keywords: Failure; Earthquake engineering; Loads (Forces); Earthquakes; Reinforced concrete; Finite element analysis; Columns (Supports); Cracks; Deformation; Mechanical hystersis
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: Failure; Damage assessment; San Francisco (California); Japan; Bridges (Structures); Ductility; Earthquake damage; Reinforcement (Structure); Earthquakes; Bridge peirs; Structural steels; Earthquake engineering; Meetings; Reinforced concrete; Bridge design; Loma Prieta Earthquake; Seismic effects; California; Design analysis; Bridge inspection; Highway bridges; Structural engineering; United States
Popov, E. P.; Stephen, R. M.
Tensile Capacity of Partial Penetration Welds.
National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C.; American Iron and Steel Inst., Washington, D.C.,
October 1976,
40 p.
Identifying Number(s): EERC-76-28
Keywords: ; Welded joints; Penetration; Failure; Steel structures; Tensile strength; Earthquake resistant structures; Frames structures; Tension tests; Steel construction
Cheok, G. S.; Lew, H. S.
Performance of 1/3-Scale Model Precast Concrete Beam-Column Connections Subjected to Cyclic Inelastic Loads. Report No. 2.
June 1991,
92 p.
Identifying Number(s): NISTIR-4589
Keywords: ; Failure; Earthquake resistant structures; Beams (Supports); Earthquake engineering; Concrete construction; Precast concrete; Model tests; Concrete structures; Cyclic loads; Construction joints; Ductility
Anand, S. C.; Rahman, A.
Analytical Investigations of the Behavior and Failure of Composite Masonry Walls: Analytical and Experimental Evaluation of Composite Masonry Walls Subjected to Gravity and Earthquake Loads.
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Directorate for Engineering.,
August 1989,
296 p.
Identifying Number(s): R-10S-89
Keywords: Failure; Strain analysis; Earthquake engineering; Earthquake resistant structures; Loads (Forces); Masonry; Graphs (Charts); Mechanical properties; Walls; Creep tests; Shear stress; Dynamic structural analysis
Earthquake Design Criteria for Water Supply and Wastewater Systems.
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC.,
September 1981,
492 p.
Keywords: Sewage treatment plants; Failure; Sewers; Damage assessment; Earthquake resistant structures; Waste water; Building codes; Earthquakes; Soils; Water pipelines; Sewage treatment; Water supply; Site surveys; Design criteria; Displacement; Planning; Geological faults
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