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  • Kiureghian, A. D.; Neuenhofer, A.
    Response Spectrum Method for Multiple-Support Seismic Excitations.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., August 1991, 76 p.
    Identifying Number(s): UCB/EERC-91/08
    Keywords: Dynamic response; Earthquake engineering; Beams (Supports); Frequencies; Response Spectrum Method; Structural vibration; Seismic effects; Structural members; Degrees of freedom; Displacement; Mathematical models; Structural analysis; Seismic waves

  • Glaser, S. D.; Leeds, A. L.
    Estimation of System Damping at the Lotung Site by Application of System Identification.
    National Inst. of Standards and Technology (BFRL), Gaithersburg, MD.; National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA., August 1996, 196 p.
    Keywords: Soil profiles; Nuclear power plants; Structure response; Earthquakes; Nonlinearity; Site characterization; Soil structure interactions; Excitation; Stiffness; System identification; Soil mechanics; Liquefaction; Ground motion; Earthquake engineering; Earthquake magnitude; Vibration damping; Seismic effects; Displacement; Seismic waves; Lotung (Taiwan); Earthquake resistant structures; Graphs (Charts)

  • Ostadan, F.; Deng, N.; Arango, I.
    Energy-Based Method for Liquefaction Potential Evaluation. Phase 1. Feasibility Study.
    National Inst. of Standards and Technology (BFRL), Gaithersburg, MD., August 1996, 274 p.
    Identifying Number(s): NIST/GCR-96/701
    Keywords: ; Ground motion; Pore pressure; Strain rate; Laboratory tests; Soil sampling; Sands; Earthquakes; Strain measurement; Earthquake magnetic; Acceleration; Seismic effects; Shear strain; Vibration dampling; Strain energy release rate; Soil mechanics; Stress-strain relations; Liquefaction; Seismic waves

  • Qu, B.; Bruneau, M.
    Seismic Behavior and Design of Boundary Frame Members of Steel Plate Shear Walls.
    Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research, Buffalo, NY.; National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., April 26, 2008, 274 p.
    Identifying Number(s): MCEER-08-0012
    Keywords: ; Steel plates; Ground motion; Infill panels; Earthquakes; Walls; Seismic effects; Shear walls; Composite materials; Design; Stresses

  • Holzer, T. L.; Noce, T. E.; Bennett, M. J.
    Liquefaction Hazard Maps for Three Earthquake Scenarios for the Communities of San Jose, Campbell, Cupertino, Los Altos, Los Gatos,, Milpitas, Mountain View, Palo Alto, Santa Clara, Saratoga, and Sunnyvale, Northern Santa Clara County, California.
    January 2008, 32 p.
    Identifying Number(s): USGS-OFR-2008-1270
    Keywords: Santa Clara County (California); Hazards; Ground motion; Geologic faults; Earthquakes; Communities; Geologic fractures; Seismic effects; California; Maps; Liquefaction

  • Blackman, B.; Popov, E. P.
    Studies in Steel Moment Resisting Beam-to-Column Connections for Seismic-Resistant Design.
    National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA.; American Inst. of Steel Construction, Chicago, IL., October 1995, 158 p.
    Identifying Number(s): UCB/EERC-95/11
    Keywords: ; Earthquake resistance; Load distribution; Building codes; Earthquake engineering; Failure (Mechanics); Loads (Forces); Seismic design; Welds; Joints (Junctions); Brittleness; Structural steels; Failure analysis; Seismic effects; Structural members; Structural response; Columns (Supports); Beams (Structural); Dynamic structural analysis

  • Geotechnical Reconnaissance of the Effects of the January 17, 1995, Hyogoken-Nanbu Earthquake, Japan.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Directorate for Engineering., July 1995, 168 p.
    Identifying Number(s): UCB/EERC-95/01
    Keywords: Damage assessment; Dams; Soil-structure interactions; Water supply; Seismicity; Japan; Bridges; Earthquake damage; Communication links; Public transportation; Pipelines; Earthquakes; Landfills; Honshu Island; Rock falls; Liquefaction; Ground motion; Buildings; Foundations (Structures); Seismic effects; Dynamic structural analysis; Levees; Landslides; Nyogoken-Nanbu Earthquake

  • Cheng, F. Y.; Lou, K.; Sheng, L. H.
    Collapse Studies of Mission-Gothic Undercrossing and Bull Creek Canyon Channel Bridge during the January 17, 1994 Northridge Earthquake.
    National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA., August 1996, 137 p.
    Identifying Number(s): CIVIL ENGINEERING STUDY-96-6
    Keywords: Earthquake damage; Dynamic response; Ductility; Damage assessment; Ground motion; Soil-strucutre interactions; Cracking (Fracturing); Collapse; Highway bridges; Nonlinearity; Dynamic strucutral analysis; Finite element method; Failure analysis; Seismic effects; Structural members; Displacement; Columns (Supports); Flared columns; Northridge Earthquake; Reinforced concretes; Bending

  • Shinozuka, M.; Rose, A.; Eguchi, R. T.
    Engineering and Socioeconomic Impacts of Earthquakes: An Analysis of Electricity Lifeline Disruptions in the New Madrid Area.
    National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA.; New York State Government, Albany.; Federal Highway Administration, Washington, DC.; Federal Emergency Management Agency, Washington, DC., January 1998, 216 p.
    Identifying Number(s): ['MCEER-MONO-2', 'ISBN-0-9656682-2-3']
    Keywords: Risk assessment; Vulnerability; Public policy; Losses; Social impact; Industry; Electric power generation; Earthquake damage; Electric power distribution; Economic impact; Electric power transmission; Business; Energy use; Policy making; Electric utilities; Lifelines; Earthquake engineering; Economic models; Emergency preparedness; Seismic effects; Electric power industry; New Madrid Seismic Zone; Electric power production; Socioeconomic impacts; Memphis (Tennessee); Regional analysis

  • Idriss, I. M.
    Procedures for Selecting Earthquake Ground Motions at Rock Sites (Revised).
    National Inst. of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD., March 1993, 40 p.
    Keywords: ; Damping; Tremors; Earthquakes; Time studies; Seismic effects; Spectral response; Shock waves; Attenuation; Motion studies