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  • Collocation Impacts on the Vulnerability of Lifelines During Earthquakes with Applications to the Cajon Pass, California: Study Overview, Earthquake Hazard Reduction Series 59.
    October 1991, 22 p.
    Identifying Number(s): FEMA-221
    Keywords: Emergency plans; Ground motion; Risk; Gas pipelines; Vulnerability; Damage assessment; Geologic faults; Communication; Earthquakes; Transportation; Hazards; Evaluation; Cajon Pass (California); Seismic effects; Electric power; California; Bridges; Lifelines; Disasters

  • Wiggins, J. H.; Slosson, J. E.; Krohn, J. P.
    Natural Hazards: Earthquake, Landslide, Expansive Soil Loss Models.
    National Science Foundation, WAshington, DC. Div. of Policy Research and Analysis., December 1978, 166 p.
    Keywords: Damage; Economic impact; Clay soils; Risk; Risk assessment; Cost analysis; Rainfall; Economic models; Injuries; Earthquakes; Landslides; Earth movements; Value; Mathematical models; Expansion; United States; Disasters; Soil water

  • Whitman, R. V.; Biggs, J. M.; Brennan, J.; Cornell, C. A.; de Neufville, R.
    Summary of Methodology and Pilot Application.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Applied Science and Research Applications., October 1973, 64 p.
    Identifying Number(s): ['STRUCTURES PUB-381', 'R73-58']
    Keywords: Buildings; Building codes; Earthquake engineering; Boston (Massachusetts); Earthquake resistant structures; Risk; Seismic design; Lateral pressure; Decision making; Massachusetts; Design criteria; Seismic Design Decision Analysis; Wind pressure; Dynamic loads; Seismic risk

  • RANN 2. Realizing Knowledge as a Resource. Proceedings of the Symposium on Research Applied to National Needs (2nd). Volume IV. Coping with Man-Made and Natural Hazards.
    January 1977, 179 p.
    Identifying Number(s): ['NSF-77-54', 'NSF/RA-770248']
    Keywords: Universities; Research management; Hazards; Risk; Meetings; Earthquakes; National Science Foundation; Government policies; Air pollution; Technology transfer; Water pollution; Objectives; Industries; Research projects; Land use; Disasters; Knowledge

  • Apostolakis, G. E.
    The Effect of a Certain Class of Potential Common Mode Failures on the Reliability of Redundant Systems.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Office of Energy R and D Policy., November 1975, 42 p.
    Identifying Number(s): UCLA-ENG-7528
    Keywords: Reliability; Failure; Risk; Nuclear reactor accidents; Birth and death processes; Common mode failures; Nuclear reactor safety; Nuclear power plants; Redundancy; Statistical analysis; Mathematical models

  • Kiremidjian, A. S.; Shah, H. C.; Lubetkin, L.
    Seismic Hazard Mapping for Guatemala.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Applied Science and Research Applications.; Banco de Guatemala.; Instituto Nacional de Electrificacion (Guatemala),; Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala., May 1977, 230 p.
    Identifying Number(s): 26
    Keywords: ; Seismic surveys; Hazards; Risk; Computer programs; Earthquake resistant structures; Seismic epicenter; Earthquakes; Guatemala; Magnitude; Maps; Mathematical models; Seismology

  • Palm, R. I.
    Real Estate Agents and Special Studies Zones Disclosure: The Response of California Home Buyers to Earthquake Hazards Information.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., cJanuary 1981, 163 p.
    Identifying Number(s): IBS/TEAM-32
    Keywords: ; Risk; Earthquakes; Real property; California; Communicating; Disasters; Legislation

  • 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

  • Tong, W. H.
    Seismic Risk Analysis for Two-Sites Case.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C. Research Applied to National Needs., May 1975, 87 p.
    Identifying Number(s): MIT-CE-R75-22
    Keywords: Ground motion; Buildings; Risk; Earthquake engineering; Seismic design; Seismic design decision analysis; Earthquakes; Probability theory; Site surveys; Earth movements; Spatial distribution; Seismic risk

  • Hsieh, T.; Okrent, D.
    Some Probabilistic Aspects of the Seismic Risk of Nuclear Reactors.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C. Research Applied to National Needs., December 1976, 85 p.
    Identifying Number(s): UCLA-ENG-76113
    Keywords: Failure; Risk; Risk benefit analysis; Earthquakes; Uncertainty; Numerical analysis; Nuclear reactor safety; Piping systems; Mathematical models