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  • 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

  • Cochrane, H. C.; Revier, C. F.; Nakagawa, T.
    Impact of Disasters on Construction Costs.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Applied Science and Research Applications., January 1978, 120 p.
    Keywords: ; Economic impact; Floods; Cyclones; Economic models; Earthquakes; Construction costs; Real property; Residential buildings; Housing studies; Demand (Economics); Supply (Economics); Prices; Tornadoes; Assessments; Land use; Fires; Disasters; Inflation

  • Goltz, J. D.
    Northridge, California Earthquake of January 17, 1994: General Reconnaissance Report.
    National Center for Earthquake Engineering Research, Buffalo, NY.; National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA.; New York State Science and Technology Foundation, Albany., March 11, 1994, 224 p.
    Keywords: Los Angeles (California); Damage assessment; San Fernando Valley; Gas pipelines; Emergency preparedness; Northridge (California); Earthquakes; Reconnaissance; Overpasses; Structural analysis

  • Stewart, J. P.; Bray, J. D.; Seed, R. B.; Sitar, N.
    Preliminary Report on the Principal Geotechnical Aspects of the January 17, 1994 Northridge Earthquake.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC.; David and Lucile Packard Foundation, Los Altos, CA., June 1994, 260 p.
    Identifying Number(s): UCB/EERC-94/08
    Keywords: Failure; Performance evaluation; Damage assessment; Dams; Earth movements; Structures; Maps; San Gabriel mountains; Earthquake damage; Los Angeles (California); San Fernando Valley; Seismic epicenter; Earthquakes; Soil properties; Northridge Earthquake; Liquefaction; Earth fills; California; Solid wastes; Geological faults; Seismographs; Earthquake resistant structures; Landslides

  • Hwang, H. H. M.; Huo, J. R.
    Generation of Hazard-Consistent Fragility Curves for Seismic Loss Estimation Studies.
    National Center for Earthquake Engineering Research, Buffalo, NY.; National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA.; New York State Science and Technology Foundation, Albany., June 14, 1994, 180 p.
    Keywords: Damage probability matrix; Earthquake damage; Hazards; Damage assessment; Building codes; Earthquake engineering; Earthquakes; Soil structure interactions; Estimation; Structural failure; Soil mechanics; Mathematical models; Structural analysis; Nonlinear systems; Fragility curves

  • Geotechnical Reconnaissance of the Effects of the January 17, 1995, Hyogoken-Nanbu Earthquake, Japan.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Directorate for Engineering., July 1995, 168 p.
    Identifying Number(s): UCB/EERC-95/01
    Keywords: Damage assessment; Dams; Soil-structure interactions; Water supply; Seismicity; Japan; Bridges; Earthquake damage; Communication links; Public transportation; Pipelines; Earthquakes; Landfills; Honshu Island; Rock falls; Liquefaction; Ground motion; Buildings; Foundations (Structures); Seismic effects; Dynamic structural analysis; Levees; Landslides; Nyogoken-Nanbu Earthquake

  • Yokel, F. Y.
    Effect of Subsurface Conditions on Earthquake Ground Motions.
    January 1993, 100 p.
    Identifying Number(s): NISTIR-4769
    Keywords: Dynamic response; Spectra analysis; Earthquake engineering; Soil profiles; Earthquakes; Oakland (California); Soil properties; Loma Prieta Earthquake; Earth movements; Wave propagation; Shear strain; Mathematical models; Seismic waves

  • Idriss, I. M.
    Procedures for Selecting Earthquake Ground Motions at Rock Sites (Revised).
    National Inst. of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD., March 1993, 40 p.
    Keywords: ; Damping; Tremors; Earthquakes; Time studies; Seismic effects; Spectral response; Shock waves; Attenuation; Motion studies

  • Beall, K. A.
    Meeting of the UJNR Panel on Fire Research and Safety (13th). Held in Gaithersburg, Maryland on March 13-20, 1996. Volume 1.
    June 1997, 496 p.
    Identifying Number(s): NISTIR-6030-V1
    Keywords: Smoke; Research management; Buildings; Hazards; Risk assessment; Meetings; US NIST; Earthquakes; Carbon monoxide; Fire hazards; Building fires; Safety engineering; Toxicology; Toxicity; Crude oil; Japan; Building materials; Fire safety; United States; Gaithersburg (Maryland)

  • Ellingwood, B. R.
    Review and Refinement of ATC 3-06 Tentative Seismic Provisions. Report of Technical Committee 1: Seismic Risk Maps.
    Federal Emergency Management Agency, Washington, DC., October 1980, 38 p.
    Identifying Number(s): NBSIR-80-2111-1
    Keywords: Seismic surveys; Buildings; Building codes; Earthquake engineering; Regulations; Meetings; Earthquakes; Design criteria; Seismicity index; Recommendations; Geological maps; Seismic risk