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Sobreviviendo a un Tsunami: Lecciones de Chile, Hawai y Japon (Surviving a Tsunami: Lessons from Chile, Hawaii, and Japan).
January 2006, 28 p.
Identifying Number(s): CIRCULAR-1218
Keywords: ; Lessons learned; Tsunamis; Emergency preparedness; Earthquakes; Interviews; Hawaii; Survival; Japan; ChileLambright, W. H.
Role of States in Earthquake and Natural Hazard Innovation at the Local Level: A Decision-Making Study.
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., December 1984, 338 p.
Keywords: Hazards; Local government; Emergency preparedness; Earthquakes; Comparison; State government; Decision making; Government policies; South Carolina; California; Japan; Nevada; DisastersReitherman, R.; Selvaduray, G.
Japanese Private Sector Earthquake Programs and Their Applicability in the United States. Volume 3. Transferability of Private Sector Earthquake Programs in Japan and the United States.
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Directorate for Engineering., cJanuary 1986, 41 p.
Identifying Number(s): REPT-8503-FR-3
Keywords: ; Earthquakes; Comparison; Safety engineering; Japan; Industries; Research projects; United StatesTaoka, G. T.
System Identification of Tall Vibrating Structures.
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Engineering and Applied Science., July 1979, 124 p.
Keywords: Dynamic response; Skyscrapers; Earthquake engineering; Earthquake resistant structures; Earthquakes; Yokohama (Japan); Tokyo (Japan); Forced vibration; Least squares method; Japan; Tall buildings; Power spectra; Dynamic structural analysisUsami, T.; Tsuno, J.
Bibliography of Field Studies of Major Earthquakes in Japan.
National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C. Research Applied to National Needs., August 1977, 332 p.
Keywords: Damage; Seismic waves; Geologic investigations; Tsunamis; Earthquake resistant structures; Seismic epicenter; Buildings; Earthquakes; Translations; Earth movements; Magnitude; Bibliographies; Japan; Geological structures; Periodic variations; Disasters; Geological faultsShinozuka, M.; Kawakami, H.
Underground Pipe Damages and Ground Characteristics.
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Applied Science and Research Applications., June 1977, 17 p.
Keywords: Ground motion; Earthquake engineering; Pipelines; Earthquakes; Water pipes; Tokyo (Japan); Soil dynamics; Earth movements; Shear strain; Subsurface structures; Japan; Seismic wavesNatural Hazards Observer, Volume 1, Number 1.
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Applied Science and Research Applications., September 1976, 10 p.
Keywords: Warning systems; Planning; Hazards; Flood plains; Emergency preparedness; Disaster preparedness; Earthquakes; Coastal zone management; Government policies; Tokyo (Japan); Landslides; Natural resources; Hurricanes; Japan; Tornadoes; Volcanoes; Newsletters; Insurance; Disasters; PredictionsConstantinou, M. C.; Symans, M. D.
Experimental and Analytical Investigation of Seismic Response of Structures with Supplemental Fluid Viscous Dampers.
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC.; New York State Science and Technology Foundation, Albany., December 21, 1992, 214 p.
Identifying Number(s): NCEER-92-0032
Keywords: ; Buildings; Tests; Earthquake engineering; Seismic design; Dampling; Japan; Mathematical models; Lateral forces; Bracing; Dynamic structural analysisEllingwood, B. R.
An Investigation of the Miyagi-ken-oki, Japan, Earthquake of June 12, 1978.
October 1980, 238 p.
Identifying Number(s): NBS-SP-592
Keywords: Sendai City (Japan); Ground motion; Buildings; Damage assessment; Earthquake resistant structures; Earthquakes; Landslides; Earth movements; Liquefaction (Soils); Japan; BridgesBrennan, A. M.; Lander, J. F.
UJNR Tsunami Workshop Proceedings (2nd). Held in Honolulu, Hawaii on November 5-6, 1990.
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., March 1991, 265 p.
Identifying Number(s): KGRD-24
Keywords: ; Damage; Tsunamis; Meetings; Earthquakes; Wave runup; Peru; Flooding; Shore protection; Japan; Mathematical models; Predictions; Coasts; United States; Seismic waves