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• Isbell, J. E.
  Seismic Design Decision Analysis. Inelastic Design of Building Frames to Resist Earthquakes.
  National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Engineering and Applied Science., September 1974, 17 p.
  Identifying Number(s): INTERNAL STUDY-45
  Keywords: Seismic design; Damage assessment; Tall buildings; Framed structures; Steel construction; Earthquake resistant structures; Massachusetts; Seismic risk; Structural design; Buildings; Earthquake engineering; Boston (Massachusetts); Design standards; Concrete construction; Earthquakes

• Whitman, R. V.; Christian, J. T.; Trudeau, P. J.
  Optimum Seismic Protection for New Building Construction in Eastern Metropolitan Areas. Ground Motions Measured by VM-1.
  National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Engineering and Applied Science., September 1972, 22 p.
  Identifying Number(s): INTERNAL STUDY-17
  Keywords: Seismic waves; Vibration tests; Massachusetts; Earth movements; Ground motion; Earthquake engineering; Boston (Massachusetts)

• Vanmarcke, E. H.; Chow, D. Y. H.
  Evaluation of Expected Losses and Total Present Cost: Further Preliminary Sensitivity Analyses. Optimum Seismic Protection for New Building Construction in Eastern Metropolitan Areas.
  National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Engineering and Applied Science., October 1972, 18 p.
  Identifying Number(s): INTERNAL STUDY-19
  Keywords: Probability theory; Seismic design; Earthquake resistant structures; Cost analysis; Sensitivity analysis; Damage assessment; Massachusetts; Seismic risk; Risk; Earthquake engineering; Boston (Massachusetts); Earthquakes

• Trudeau, P. J.
  Identification of Typical Soil Profiles in the Boston Basin Area, Optimum Seismic Protection for New Building Construction in Eastern Metropolitan Areas.
  National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Engineering and Applied Science., November 1971, 18 p.
  Identifying Number(s): INTERNAL STUDY-3
  Keywords: Subsurface investigations; Massachusetts; Buildings; Earthquake engineering; Boston (Massachusetts); Ground motion; Soil surveys; Earthquakes

• Ackroyd, M. H.
  Preliminary Dollar Estimates of Incident Losses, Optimum Seismic Protection for New Building Construction in Eastern Metropolitan Areas.
  National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Engineering and Applied Science., April 1973, 20 p.
  Identifying Number(s): INTERNAL STUDY-36
  Keywords: Cost analysis; Seismic design; Damage assessment; Tall buildings; Earthquake resistant structures; Massachusetts; Cost estimates; Seismic risk; Buildings; Earthquake engineering; Boston (Massachusetts); Casualties; Construction costs; Earthquakes

• Protonotarios, J. N.
  Soil Amplification Studies for Typical Soil Profiles in the Boston Area, Optimum Seismic Protection for New Building Construction in Eastern Metropolitan Areas.
  National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Engineering and Applied Science., September 1972, 32 p.
  Keywords: Seismic waves; Massachusetts; Seismic risk; Earth movements; Earthquake engineering; Boston (Massachusetts); Secondary waves; Soil dynamics; Soil profiles

• Merz, H.; Cornell, C. A.
  Analysis of the Seismic Risk on Firm Ground for Sites in the Central Boston Metropolitan Area. Optimum Seismic Protection for New Building Construction in Eastern Metropolitan Areas.
  National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Engineering and Applied Science., January 1972, 30 p.
  Identifying Number(s): INTERNAL STUDY-7
  Keywords: Massachusetts; Risk analysis; Seismic risk; Earth movements; Buildings; Earthquake engineering; Boston (Massachusetts); Cambridge (Massachusetts); Site surveys; Risk; Urban areas; Earthquakes

• Vanmarcke, E. H.; Whitman, R. V.
  Background for Preliminary Expected Future Loss Computations. Optimum Seismic Protection for New Building Construction in Eastern Metropolitan Areas.
  National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Engineering and Applied Science., October 1971, 21 p.
  Identifying Number(s): INTERNAL STUDY-2
  Keywords: Probability theory; Seismic design; Earthquake resistant structures; Damage assessment; Massachusetts; Seismic risk; Buildings; Earthquake engineering; Boston (Massachusetts); Decision making; Dynamic structural analysis

• Biggs, J. M.
  Comparison of Wind and Seismic Forces on Tall Buildings. Optimum Seismic Protection for New Building Construction in Eastern Metropolitan Areas.
  National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Engineering and Applied Science., December 1971, 11 p.
  Identifying Number(s): INTERNAL STUDY-4
  Keywords: Earthquake resistant structures; Tall buildings; Wind pressure; Massachusetts; Buildings; Boston (Massachusetts); Seismic surveys; Building codes; Wind shear

• Optimum Seismic Protection for New Building Construction in Eastern Metropolitan Areas - Progress Through October 1971.
  National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Engineering and Applied Science., October 1971, 17 p.
  Keywords: Seismic design; Building; Earthquake resistant structures; Seismic waves; Massachusetts; Structural design; Dynamic response; Earthquake engineering; Boston (Massachusetts); Dynamic structural analysis