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  • Cauffman, S. A.
    Wind and Seismic Effects: Proceedings of the 32nd Joint Meeting.
    April 2001, 592 p.
    Identifying Number(s): NIST/SP-963
    Keywords: ; Seismic design; Bridges (Structures); Wind loads; Safety engineering; Lessons learned; Disasters; Risk assessment; Earthquake resistant structures; Buildings; Meetings; Information systems; Seismic effects; Design criteria; Wind pressure; Public health; Engineering structures; Earthquake engineering; Research

  • Lew, H. S.; Simiu, E.; Gross, J. L.; Stames, M. A.
    Manual for Seismic and Windstorm Evaluation of Existing Concrete Buildings for the Dominican Republic.
    April 2002, 158 p.
    Identifying Number(s): NISTIR-6867
    Keywords: Dominican Republic; Evaluation; Risk assessment; Reinforced concrete; Wind loads; Concrete moment frames; Procedures; Structural design; Buildings; Critical facilities; Evaluation procedures; Concrete frames; Guidelines; Concrete shear wall buildings; Seismic effects; Earthquakes; Structural analysis

  • Kunreuther, H.; Meyer, R.; Van den Bulte, C.
    Risk Analysis for Extreme Events: Economic Incentives for Reducing Future Losses.
    National Inst. of Standards and Technology (BFRL), Gaithersburg, MD. Building and Fire Research Lab., October 2004, 108 p.
    Identifying Number(s): NIST-GCR-04-871
    Keywords: Economic incentives; Risk assessment; Low probabliity-high consequence events; Natural disasters; Risk management; Extreme events; Incentives; Hazards; Perception; Cooperation

  • Raufaste, N. J.
    Wind and Seismic Effects: Proceedings of the Joint Meeting of the U.S.-Japan Cooperative Program in Natural Resources Panel on Wind and Seismic Effects (28th). Held in Gaithersburg, Maryland on May 14-17, 1996.
    August 1996, 644 p.
    Identifying Number(s): NIST/SP-904
    Keywords: Highway engineering; Bridges; Dynamic loads; Wind loads; Research programs; Wind engineering; Tsunamis; Dams; Risk assessment; Storm surges; Lifelines; Earthquake resistant structures; Structural vibration; Retrofitting; Repairing; Meetings; Seismic effects; Design criteria; Structural engineering; Wind effects; Wind pressure; Geotechnical engineering; Design standards; Earthquake engineering; Foundations (Structures); Earthquakes; Dynamic structural analysis

  • 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: Safety engineering; Toxicity; Risk assessment; Research management; Crude oil; US NIST; Hazards; Building fires; Earthquakes; Gaithersburg (Maryland); Buildings; Meetings; Japan; Fire safety; United States; Fire hazards; Building materials; Smoke; Toxicology; Carbon monoxide

  • Mohraz, B.; Chung, R. M.; McLane, T. R.
    Recommendations of the Lifeline Policymakers Workshop. Held in January, 1997.
    October 1997, 54 p.
    Identifying Number(s): NISTIR-6085
    Keywords: Seismic design; Liquid fuels; Electric power; Standards; Public utilities; Guidelines; Public safety; Recommendations; Risk assessment; Water supply; Hazards; Telecommunications; Policy making; Buildings; Meetings; Transportation systems; Sewers; National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program; Ground motion; Earthquake engineering; Transportation networks; Natural gas

  • Alfaro, C. S.; Kiremidjian, A. S.; White, R. A.
    Seismic Zoning and Ground Motion Parameters for El Salvador.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC.; Organization of American States, Washington, DC.; Agency for International Development, Washington, DC.; American Embassy, San Salvador (El Salvador)., December 1990, 172 p.
    Identifying Number(s): REPT-93
    Keywords: ; Study estimates; Risk assessment; Regional analysis; El Salvador; Tectonics; Tables (Data); Mathematical models; Earth movements; Seismology; Earthquake warning systems; Earthquake damage; Ground motion; Regression analysis; Hazards; Geomorphology

  • HAZUS-MH Estimated Annualized Earthquake Losses for the United States.
    April 2008, 66 p.
    Keywords: Emergency plans; Risk assessment; Vulnerability; US FEMA; HAZUS-MH; Disasters; Hazards; Urban areas; Earthquakes

  • Huang, Y.; Whittaker, A. S.; Luco, N.
    Performance Assessment of Conventional and Base-Isolated Nuclear Power Plants for Earthquake and Blast Loadings.
    Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research, Buffalo, NY.; National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., October 28, 2008, 400 p.
    Identifying Number(s): MCEER-08-0019
    Keywords: ; Risk assessment; Performance evaluation; Ground motion; Buildings; Earthquake engineering; Nuclear power plants; Power reactors; Blast effects; Seismic isolation; Earthquakes