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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: Environmental engineering; Seismic design; Tall buildings; Failure; Wind pressure; Specifications; Seismic risk; Structural design; Buildings; Earthquake engineering; Hazards; Building codes; EarthquakesBeason, W. L.
Failure Prediction Model for Window Glass.
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Engineering and Applied Science., May 1980, 224 p.
Keywords: Sheet glass; Predictions; Failure; Window glass; Wind pressure; Glass strength; Plate glass; Earthquake engineering; Loads (Forces); Lateral pressureTakayanagi, T.; Scanlon, A.; Corley, W. G.
Earthquake Resistant Structural Walls Analysis of Coupled Wall Specimens.
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., July 1981, 120 p.
Keywords: Earthquake resistant structures; Shear walls; Static loads; Failure; Stiffness methods; Mechanical hysteresis; Walls; Dynamic response; Buildings; Earthquake engineering; Concrete structures; Computer aided analysis; Coupled walls; Static structural analysisEarthquake Design Criteria for Water Supply and Wastewater Systems.
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., September 1981, 492 p.
Keywords: Sewage treatment plants; Building codes; Damage assessment; Earthquake resistant structures; Soils; Geological faults; Failure; Water supply; Planning; Earthquakes; Site surveys; Water pipelines; Displacement; Sewage treatment; Sewers; Design criteria; Waste waterSafety 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: Evaluation; Risk assessment; Earthquake resistant structures; Failure; Structural design; Reservoirs; Safety; Soil properties; Foundations; Dams; Slope protection; Geological investigationsBenjamin, J. R.; Webster, F. A.
Optimal Reliability of Lifeline Levee Systems Under Multiple Natural Hazards.
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., August 1, 1984, 138 p.
Identifying Number(s): JBA-109-030-H-01
Keywords: ; Probability theory; Subsidence; Levels; Failure; Flood control; Landslides; Mathematical models; Flooding; Bursting; Graphs (Charts); Stability; Disasters; Shear strength; Hazards; Water flow; Drawdown; EarthquakesSaxena, 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; Earth movements; Ground motion; Earthquake engineering; Buildings; Hazards; Meetings; Soil dynamics; Rock mechanics; Soil mechanics; ConstructionDe 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: La Marquesa Dam; Motion; Failure; La Palma Dam; Performance evaluation; Chile; Stresses; Liquefaction; Soil properties; Dams; Slope; EarthquakesJia, Z. H.; Ketter, R. L.
Experimental Study of 'Elephant Foot Bulge' Instability of Thin-Walled Metal Tanks.
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., February 22, 1989, 56 p.
Identifying Number(s): NCEER-89-0004
Keywords: Elephant foot bulge; Steel construction; Thin walled shells; Failure; Experimental data; Storage tanks; Steel structures; Shells (Structural forms); Design standards; Earthquake engineering; Structural members; Design criteria; Structural analysisAnand, 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: Masonry; Earthquake resistant structures; Failure; Walls; Graphs (Charts); Earthquake engineering; Shear stress; Strain analysis; Loads (Forces); Creep tests; Mechanical properties; Dynamic structural analysis