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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: ; Earthquake damage; Public utilities; Damage assessment; Buildings; Urban planning; Transportation sector; Meetings; Pipelines; Earthquake engineering; Seismic design; Vulnerability; Water supply; Urban areas; Seismic effects; Emergency services; Electric power; Infrastructure; Hospitals; Telecommunications; Dynamic structural analysis

  • Stewart, J. P.; Seed, R. B.; Fenves, G. L.
    Empirical Evaluation of Inertial Soil-Structure Interaction Effects.
    Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA., November 1998, 240 p.
    Identifying Number(s): PEER-1998/07
    Keywords: Earthquake damage; Ground motion; Empirical analysis; SSI (Soil-Structure Interaction); Soil-structure interactions; Foundations (Structures); Vibration damping; Acceleration; Seismic effects; Shaking; Structural response; Stiffness; Soil properties; Soil mechanics; Empirical equations; Inertial interaction

  • Chung, R. M.; Jason, N. H.; Mohraz, B.; Mowrer, F. W.; Walton, W. D.
    Post-Earthquake Fire and Lifelines Workshop. Held in Long Beach, California on January 30-31, 1995. Proceedings.
    August 1995, 58 p.
    Identifying Number(s): NIST/SP-889
    Keywords: ; Damage assessment; Seismic design; Fire damage; Fire fighting; Water supply; Fire research; Liquid fuels; Earthquake damage; Pipelines; Earthquakes; Electric power; Fire suppression; Public utilities; Meetings; Fire hazards; Emergency planning; Fire alarm systems; Fires; Transportation sector; Highways; Fire protection; Sprinkler systems; Natural gas; Telecommunication

  • Lizundia, B.; Holmes, W. T.; Longstreth, M.; Kren, A.; Abrams, D. P.
    Development of Procedures to Enhance the Performance of Rehabilitated URM Buildings.
    National Inst. of Standards and Technology (BFRL), Gaithersburg, MD., August 1997, 110 p.
    Keywords: Damage assessment; Seismic design; Construction materials; Earthquake damage; Anchors (Structural); Design criteria; Cost estimation; Holes (Openings); Retrofitting; Epoxies; Buildings; Cost effectiveness; Earthquake engineering; Ground motion; Cost benefit analysis; Dynamic structural analysis; Grouts; Stiffening; Earthquake resistant structures; Unreinforced masonry; Bracing; URM (Unreinforced Masonry)

  • Lizundia, B.; Holmes, W. T.; Longstreth, M.; Kren, A.; Abrams, D. P.
    Development of Procedures to Enhance the Performance of Rehabilitated URM Buildings. Appendices.
    National Inst. of Standards and Technology (BFRL), Gaithersburg, MD., August 1997, 370 p.
    Keywords: Damage assessment; Seismic design; Construction materials; Earthquake damage; Anchors (Structural); Design criteria; Cost estimation; Holes (Openings); Retrofitting; Epoxies; Buildings; Cost effectiveness; Earthquake engineering; Ground motion; Cost benefit analysis; Dynamic structural analysis; Grouts; Stiffening; Earthquake resistant structures; Unreinforced masonry; Bracing; URM (Unreinforced Masonry)

  • Kunnath, S. K.; El-Bahy, A.; Taylor, A.; Stone, W.
    Cumulative Seismic Damage of Reinforced Concrete Bridge Piers.
    Federal Highway Administration, Washington, DC., September 2, 1997, 204 p.
    Identifying Number(s): NCEER-97-0006
    Keywords: ; Earthquake damage; Ductility; Damage assessment; Energy dissipation; Earthquake engineering; Reinforcement (Structures); Dynamic response; Highway bridges; Seismic design; Hysteresis; Bridge piers; Failure modes; Reinforced concrete; Structural fatigue; Structural members; Displacement; Columns (Supports); Fatigue limit; Cyclic loads; Dynamic structural analysis

  • Hwang, H. H. M.; Chen, C. H. S.
    Seismic Hazard along a Crude Oil Pipeline in the Event of an 1811-1812 Type New Madrid Earthquake.
    National Center for Earthquake Engineering Research, Buffalo, NY.; National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., April 16, 1990, 69 p.
    Keywords: Earthquake damage; Hazards; Earthquake engineering; Earthquake resistant structures; Petroleum pipelines; Safety engineering; Seismic effects; Earth movements; Mathematical models; Power spectra; Liquefaction; Seismic waves

  • Bruneau, N.; Mahin, S. A.
    Inelastic Seismic Response of Structures with Mass or Stiffness Eccentricities in Plan.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., September 1987, 316 p.
    Identifying Number(s): UCB/EERC-87/12
    Keywords: Earthquake damage; Dynamic response; Seismic waves; Elastic properties; Earthquake resistant structures; Structural vibration; Vibration; Earthquakes; Structural engineering; Stiffness; Displacement; Nonlinear systems; Ductility

  • Miranda, E.; Bertero, V. V.
    Evaluation of the Seismic Performance of a Ten-Story RC Building during the Whittier Narrows Earthquake.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC.; California Div. of Mines and Geology, Sacramento.; Kajima Inst. of Construction Technology, Tokyo (Japan)., October 1991, 112 p.
    Identifying Number(s): UCB/EERC-91/10
    Keywords: Soil-structure interactions; Earth movements; Structural members; Elastic analysis; Fourier transformation; Earthquake damage; Ductility; Building codes; Earthquake engineering; Reinforced concrete; Seismic effects; Displacement; Spectrum analysis; California; Framed structures; Dynamic structural analysis; Dynamic response; Earthquake resistant structures; Loads (Forces); Structural vibration; Whittier Narrows Earthquake; Concrete structures

  • Mitchell, J. K.; Wentz, F. J.
    Performance of Improved Ground during the Loma Prieta Earthquake.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., October 1991, 115 p.
    Identifying Number(s): UCB/EERC-91/12
    Keywords: Earthquake damage; Earthquake engineering; Earthquakes; Soil aggregates; Soil dynamics; Soil properties; Loma Prieta Earthquake; Earth movements; Soil compacting; Soil cement; Soil stabilization; Liquefaction