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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