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• Safety of Existing Dams: Evaluation and Improvement.
  Federal Emergency Management Agency, Washington, DC., cJanuary 1983, 408 p.
  Identifying Number(s): ISBN-0-309-03387-X
  Keywords: Evaluation; Risk assessment; Earthquake resistant structures; Failure; Structural design; Reservoirs; Safety; Soil properties; Foundations; Dams; Slope protection; Geological investigations

• Steedman, D. W.; Higgins, C. J.
  Prediction of Free Field Motions in Large-Scale Earthquake Simulations Using Explosives.
  National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., October 1982, 132 p.
  Keywords: Explosives; Computer applications; Ground motion; Earthquake engineering; Dynamic response; Simulation; Soil properties; Finite difference theory; Earthquakes

• Wang, L. R. L.; Yeh, Y. H.
  Seismic Performance Evaluation of Lifelines.
  National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., November 1982, 122 p.
  Identifying Number(s): LEE-005
  Keywords: Pipe joints; Bridges (Structures); Field tests; Dynamic response; Ground motion; Earthquake engineering; Communication cables; Soil properties; Soil structure interactions; Pipelines; Earthquakes; Lifeline systems

• Myren, G. D.; Johnston, M. J. S.; Mueller, R. J.
  Borehole Dilatometer Installation, Operation, and Maintenance at Sites in Hawaii.
  January 2006, 113 p.
  Identifying Number(s): USGS/OFR-2006-1103
  Keywords: Measuring instruments; Telemetry; Installation; Maintenance; Volcanoes; Satellite telemetry configurations; Boreholes; Operation; Drilling; Surface electronics; Soil properties; Barometers; Dilatometers; Hawaii; Siting; Borehole dilatometers

• Seed, H. B.
  Design Problems in Soil Liquefaction.
  National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., February 1986, 44 p.
  Identifying Number(s): UCB/EERC-86/02
  Keywords: ; Embankments; Deformations; Stability; Sliding; Liquefaction; Penetration; Soil properties; Water pressure; Earthquakes

• Henke, W. K.
  In situ Testing Procedure for Obtaining Dynamic and Cyclic Properties.
  National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Div. of Industrial Science and Technological Innovation., July 1985, 247 p.
  Keywords: ; Soil tests; Shear properties; Shear tests; Soil dynamics; Soil properties; Soil mechanics; Earthquakes; Structural analysis

• De Alba, P.; Seed, H. B.; Retamal, E.; Seed, R. B.
  Residual Strength of Sand from Dam Failure in the Chilean Earthquake of March 3, 1985.
  National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., September 1987, 50 p.
  Identifying Number(s): UCB/EERC-87/11
  Keywords: La Marquesa Dam; Motion; Failure; La Palma Dam; Performance evaluation; Chile; Stresses; Liquefaction; Soil properties; Dams; Slope; Earthquakes

• Seed, H. B.; Romo, M. P.; Sun, J.; Jaime, A.; Lysmer, J.
  Relationships between Soil Conditions and Earthquake Ground Motions in Mexico City in the Earthquake of September 19, 1985.
  National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., October 1987, 125 p.
  Identifying Number(s): UCB/EERC-87/15
  Keywords: ; Sites; Clay soils; Mexico City; Magnitude; Secondary waves; Shaking; Soil properties; Response; Recording instruments; Motion; Accelerometers; Earthquakes

• Ahmad, S.; Israil, A. S. M.
  Dynamic Compliance of Vertically Loaded Strip Foundations in Multilayered Viscoelastic Soils.
  National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., June 17, 1988, 53 p.
  Identifying Number(s): NCEER-88-0017
  Keywords: ; Graphs (Charts); Earthquake engineering; Soil dynamics; Soil properties; Soil structure; Rigid foundations; Soil mechanics; Viscoelasticity; Dynamic structural analysis

• Weissman, K.; Prevost, J. H.
  Study of Radiation Damping and Soil-Structure Interaction Effects in the Centrifuge.
  National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., May 24, 1988, 117 p.
  Identifying Number(s): NCEER-88-0013
  Keywords: ; Damping; Graphs (Charts); Dynamic response; Stability; Mechanical properties; Soil dynamics; Soil properties; Hysteresis; Structural analysis; Loads (Forces); Earthquakes; Dynamic structural analysis