Brennan, J. E.; McNamara, R.; Webster, A.
Optimum Seismic Protection for New Building Construction in Eastern Metropolitan Areas. Design and Costing of Prototype Building.
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Engineering and Applied Science.,
February 1973,
56 p.
Identifying Number(s): INTERNAL STUDY-28
Keywords: Apartment buildings; Steel structures; Earthquake engineering; Boston (Massachusetts); Earthquake resistant structures; Seismic design; Structural design; Massachusetts; Concrete structures; Cost analysis; Dynamic structural analysis
Ochshorn, J.; Schumacker, B.
Procedures for SDDA Boston Building Inventory. Seismic Design Decision Analysis, Internal Study Report No. 66.
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Engineering and Applied Science.,
August 1976,
22 p.
Keywords: ; Buildings; Earthquake resistant structures; Urban areas; Massachusetts; Inventories; Construction; Design standards
Taleb-Agha, G.; Hein, K.
Multiple Failure Risk of Spatially Distributed Structures. Seismic Design Decision Analysis.
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Applied Science and Research Applications.,
February 1975,
17 p.
Identifying Number(s): INTERNAL STUDY-53
Keywords: Failure; Ground motion; Earthquake engineering; Earthquake resistant structures; New Hampshire; Maine; Earthquakes; Probability theory; Rhode Island; Vermont; Nuclear power plants; Massachusetts; New England; Seismic risk
Okrent, D.
A Survey of Expert Opinion on Low Probability Earthquakes.
National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C. Research Applied to National Needs.,
February 1975,
58 p.
Identifying Number(s): UCLA-ENG-7515
Keywords: Louisiana; Risk; Earthquake engineering; Ohio; Risk analysis; Earthquakes; Nebraska; Probability theory; Delaware; History; Site surveys; South Carolina; Nuclear power plants; Mississippi; Massachusetts; California; Oregon; North Carolina; Geological faults; Seismic risk
Whitman, R. V.
Damage Probability Matrices for Prototype Buildings. Seismic Design Decision Analysis, Report No. 8.
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Applied Science and Research Applications.,
October 1973,
117 p.
Identifying Number(s): ['R73-57', 'STRUCTURES PUB-380']
Keywords: Building codes; Damage assesment; Earthquake resistant structures; Earthquake engineering; Boston (Massachusetts); Seismic design; Commercial buildings; Structural design; Probability theory; Massachusetts; Dynamic loads; Wind loads; Seismic risk
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: Ground motion; Earthquake engineering; Boston (Massachusetts); Earth movements; Massachusetts; Vibration tests; Seismic waves
Trudeau, P. J.
Borings on MIT Campus Near Westgate II. Optimum Seismic Protection for New Building Construction in Eastern Metropolitan Areas.
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Engineering and Applied Science.,
October 1972,
14 p.
Identifying Number(s): INTERNAL STUDY-18
Keywords: Ground motion; Earthquake engineering; Boston (Massachusetts); Boreholes; Soil profiles; Earthquakes; Earth movements; Massachusetts; Seismic waves
Brennan, J. E.; McNamara, R. J.
Optimum Seismic Protection for New Building Construction in Eastern Metropolitan Areas. Inventory of Buildings for Boston and Cambridge, Internal Study Report Number 6.
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Engineering and Applied Science.,
April 1972,
11 p.
Keywords: Floors; Buildings; Earthquake engineering; Boston (Massachusetts); Earthquake resistant structures; Timber construction; Frames; Foundations; Walls; Massachusetts; Concrete construction; Construction materials; Steel construction; Cambridge (Massachusetts); Data bases
Krimgold, F.
Seismic Design Decisions for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Buiding Code.
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Engineering and Applied Science,
June 1977,
138 p.
Identifying Number(s): MIT-CE-R77-27
Keywords: Legislation; Urban planning; Building codes; Risk; Earthquake resistant structures; Earthquake engineering; Seismic design; Decision making; Soil properties; Massachusetts; Design criteria; SDDA project; Seismic risk
Busch, C. A.; Whitman, R. V.; Becker, J. M.
Residential Construction in Boston at the Time of the Cape Ann Earthquake of 1755.
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Office of Planning and Resources Management.,
June 1979,
140 p.
Keywords: Damage assessment; Boston (Massachusetts); Earthquake resistant structures; Structural design; Residential buildings; History; Massachusetts; Construction materials; Fires; Cape Ann earthquake; Dynamic structural analysis