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• Mahin, S.; Okada, T.; Shinozuka, M.; Toki, K.
  U.S.-Japan Workshop on Cooperative Research for Mitigation of Urban Earthquake Disasters. Learning from Kobe and Northridge: Recommendations and Resolutions. Held in Maui, Hawaii on December 14-16, 1995.
  National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA., February 1997, 76 p.
  Identifying Number(s): UCB/EERC-97/03
  Keywords: ; Seismic design; Electric power; Emergency services; Public utilities; Urban areas; Damage assessment; Water supply; Urban planning; Telecommunications; Vulnerability; Transportation sector; Earthquake damage; Buildings; Meetings; Seismic effects; Earthquake engineering; Hospitals; Infrastructure; Pipelines; Dynamic structural analysis

• Seleemah, A. A.; Constantinou, M. C.
  Investigation of Seismic Response of Buildings with Linear and Nonlinear Fluid Viscous Dampers.
  National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA., May 21, 1997, 314 p.
  Identifying Number(s): NCEER-97-0004
  Keywords: Linear systems; Fluid damping devices; Time series analysis; Structural vibration; Seismic waves; Earthquake resistance; Fluid-structure interactions; Dynamic response; Buildings; Earthquake engineering; Ground motion; Vibration damping; Vibration isolators; Shaking table tests; Viscous dampers; Nonlinear systems; Dynamic structural analysis

• Mosalam, K. M.; White, R. N.; Gergely, P.
  Computational Strategies for Frames with Infill Walls: Discrete and Smeared Crack Analyses and Seismic Fragility.
  National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA., December 31, 1997, 188 p.
  Identifying Number(s): NCEER-97-0021
  Keywords: ; Masonry; Cracking (Fracturing); Seismic design; Mathematical models; Walls; Concrete blocks; Buildings; Earthquake engineering; Finite element analysis

• Balopoulou, S.; Grigoriu, M.
  Seismic Response of Nominally Symmetric Systems with Strength Uncertainty.
  National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA., December 23, 1997, 216 p.
  Identifying Number(s): NCEER-97-0015
  Keywords: Probability theory; Seismic design; Torsion; El Centro earthquake; Mathematical models; Eccentricity; Buildings; Earthquake engineering; Acceleration (Physics); Motion; Building codes; Lateral pressure

• Mosalam, K. M.; White, R. N.; Gergely, P.
  Seismic Evaluation of Frames with Infill Walls Using Quasi-Static Experiments.
  National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA., December 31, 1997, 114 p.
  Identifying Number(s): NCEER-97-0019
  Keywords: ; Masonry; Seismic design; Cracking (Fracturing); Framed structures; Steel structures; Walls; Buildings; Earthquake engineering; Shear stress; Cyclic loads

• Planning Seismic Rehabilitation: Societal Issues.
  Federal Emergency Management Agency, Washington, DC., March 1998, 116 p.
  Keywords: ; Seismic design; Planning; Social factors; Economic factors; Earthquake resistance; US FEMA; Retrofitting; Earthquake damage; Buildings; Earthquake engineering; Design analysis; Soil-structure interactions; Infrastructure; Seismic effects; Construction; Dynamic structural analysis

• Anderson, J. C.; Bertero, V. V.
  Implications of the Landers and Big Bear Earthquakes on Earthquake Resistant Design of Structures.
  National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA., July 1997, 110 p.
  Identifying Number(s): UCB/EERC-97/08
  Keywords: Seismic design; Damage assessment; California; Ground motion; Earthquake engineering; Big Bear (California); Landers (California); Buildings; Soil-structure interactions; San Bernandina Mountains; Mojave desert; Ductility

• Goel, R. K.; Chopra, A. K.
  Vibration Properties of Buildings Determined from Recorded Earthquake Motions.
  National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA., December 1997, 286 p.
  Identifying Number(s): UCB/EERC-97/14
  Keywords: Building codes; Seismic design; Shear walls; Structural vibration; Framed structures; Moments; Seismic waves; Rayleigh equations; Dynamic response; Ground motion; Buildings; Earthquake engineering; Transverse waves; Soil-structure interactions; Longitudinal waves; Seismic effects; Torsional vibration; Dynamic structural analysis

• Buonopane, S. G.; White, R. N.
  Seismic Evaluation of a Masonry Infilled Reinforced Concrete Frame by Pseudodynamic Testing.
  National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA., February 16, 1999, 168 p.
  Identifying Number(s): MCEER-99-0001
  Keywords: Cracking (Fracturing); Masonry; Seismic design; Framed structures; Pseudodynamic tests; Buildings; Earthquake engineering; Hysteresis

• Primer for Design Professionals: Communicating with Owners and Managers of New Buildings on Earthquake Risk. Providing Protection to People and Buildings.
  January 2004, 118 p.
  Identifying Number(s): FEMA-389
  Keywords: ; Seismic design; Earthquake resistant structures; Building construction; Site selection; Design; Planning; Risk management; US FEMA; Buildings; Earthquake engineering; Hazards; Performance