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Rojahn, C.
Comparison of Building Seismic Design Practices in the United States and Japan.
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., January 1984, 314 p.
Identifying Number(s): ATC-15
Keywords: Seismic design; Earthquake resistant structures; Steel structures; Buildings; Concrete structures; ConstructionBertero, V. V.
Implications of Recent Earthquakes and Research on Earthquake-Resistant Design and Construction of Buildings.
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., March 1986, 85 p.
Identifying Number(s): UCB/EERC-86/03
Keywords: Research projects; Design; Regulations; Mexico; Chile; Buildings; Earthquakes; ConstructionSaxena, 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; ConstructionPantelic, J.; Reinhorn, A.
Report on the Whittier-Narrows, California Earthquake of October 1, 1987.
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., November 1987, 34 p.
Identifying Number(s): NCEER-87-0026
Keywords: Structures; Emergency planning; Damage; Disasters; Disaster relief; Responses; Loads (Forces); Economic factors; Hazards; Safety; Bridge foundations; Foundations; Insurance; Construction; Foreign technology; Buildings; Recovery; Disaster recovery; Mortality; Emergencies; Walls; Ground motion; Disaster planning; Health; EarthquakesGeis, D. E.; Smith, K. N.
Architectural and Urban Design Lessons from the 1985 Mexico City Earthquake: The Mexican Perspective.
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Directorate for Engineering., June 1988, 413 p.
Keywords: Lesson learned; Damage assessment; Mexico City (Mexico); Photographs; Urban planning; Architecture; Construction; Structural design; Buildings; EarthquakesAgbabian, M. S.; Adham, S. A.; Masri, S. F.; Avanessian, V.; Traina, I.
U.S.-Japan Coordinated Program for Masonry Building Research: Out-of-Plane Dynamic Testing of Concrete Masonry Walls. Volume 1. Final Report.
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Directorate for Engineering., July 1989, 121 p.
Keywords: ; Masonry; Reinforced concrete; Seismic detection; Mathematical models; Construction; Walls; Dynamic tests; Response; Motion; Building codes; Design criteria; EarthquakesMader, G. G.; Tyler, M. B.
Rebuilding After Earthquakes. Lessons from Planners.
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Div. of Industrial Science and Technological Innovation., cJanuary 1991, 91 p.
Keywords: Planning; Earthquake damage; Buildings; Repair; Disasters; Hazards; Meetings; Earthquake engineering; Earthquake restoration; Public works; Seismic effects; ConstructionMerryman, K. M.; Leiva, G.; Antrobus, N.; Klingner, R. E.
In-Plane Seismic Resistance of Two-Story Concrete Masonry Coupled Shear Walls.
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., May 1990, 190 p.
Identifying Number(s): REPT-3.1(C)-1
Keywords: ; Grout; Earthquake resistance buildings; Deformation; Shear stress; Reinforced concretes; Performance evaluation; Diagrams; Masonry; Reinforcing steels; Concrete blocks; Design criteria; Compressive strength; Floors; Photographs; Precast concrete; Roofs; Test methods; Walls; Joints (Junctions); ConstructionLeiva, G.; Klingner, R. E.
In-Plane Seismic Resistance of Two-Story Concrete Masonry Shear Walls with Openings.
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., August 1991, 319 p.
Identifying Number(s): REPT-3.1(C)-2
Keywords: Grout; Reinforced concrete; Deformation; Shear stress; Loads (Forces); Structural members; Axial stress; Mathematical models; Cantilever walls; Masonry; Instrumentation; Strain measurement; Computer programming; Coupled walls; Earthquake resistant buildings; Design criteria; Failure; Test methods; Walls; Flexural strength; ConstructionSykora, D.; Look, D.; Croci, G.; Karaesmen, E.
Reconnaissance Report of Damage to Historic Monuments in Cairo, Egypt Following the October 12, 1992 Dahshur Earthquake.
National Center for Earthquake Engineering Research, Buffalo, NY.; National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., August 19, 1993, 162 p.
Keywords: Cracking (Fracturing); Masonry; Cairo (Egypt); Damage assessment; Historic sites; Architecture; Construction; Earthquake engineering; Historic buildings; Soil dynamics; Soil-structure interactions; Structural response; Seismic effects; Earthquakes