Scawthorn, C.; Cowell, A. D.; Borden, F.
Fire-Related Aspects of the Northridge Earthquake.
National Inst. of Standards and Technology (BFRL), Gaithersburg, MD.,
March 1998,
166 p.
Identifying Number(s): NIST-GCR-98-743
Keywords: Los Angeles (California); Incident management; Emergency preparedness; Earthquakes; Pipelines; Emergency planning; Surveys; Natural disasters; Investigations; Northridge earthquake; Fire departments; California; Maps; Fires; San Fernando Valley (California); Natural gas
Annual Report of the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program.
March 2007,
72 p.
Keywords: ; Emergency plans; Hazards; Budgets; Earthquakes; US FEMA; Reduction; Compliance; Funds; Legislation
Annual Report of the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program. March 2008.
March 2008,
77 p.
Keywords: Emergency plans; Hazards; Budgets; Earthquakes; Compliance; National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP); Reduction; Program activities; Annual reports; Funds; Legislation
Lew, H. S.
Guidelines for Identification and Mitigation of Seismically Hazardous Existing Federal Buildings.
Federal Emergency Management Agency, Washington, DC.,
March 1989,
18 p.
Identifying Number(s): NISTIR-89/4062
Keywords: Hazards; Buildings; Vulnerability; Earthquakes; Evaluation; Requirements; Safety; Identifying; Federal agencies; Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977; Instructions
Marshall, R. D.; Phan, L. T.; Celebi, M.
Measurement of Structural Response Characteristics of Full-Scale Buildings: Comparison of Results from Strong-Motion and Ambient Vibration Records.
Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA. Branch of Engineering Seismology and Geology.,
October 1992,
87 p.
Identifying Number(s): NISTIR-4884
Keywords: Dynamic response; Earthquake damage; Signal processing; Buildings; Earthquake engineering; Data acquisition; San Francisco (California); Structural vibration; Earthquakes; Soil-structure interactions; Vibration damping; Loma Prieta Earthquake; Seismic effects; Displacement
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 (24th).
September 1992,
622 p.
Identifying Number(s): NIST/SP-843
Keywords: ; International cooperation; Storms; Buildings; Tsunamis; Earthquake resistant structures; Hazards; Meetings; Earthquake engineering; Earthquakes; Structural vibration; Highway bridges; Vibration damping; Seismic effects; Wind pressure; Mathematical models; Dynamic loads; Wind loads; 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 2.
June 1997,
884 p.
Identifying Number(s): NISTIR-6030-V2
Keywords: Meeting; Fire tests; US NIST; Earthquakes; Building fires; Toxicity; Japan; Fire retardants; Fire safety; Fire extinguishing agents; United States; Gaithersburg (Maryland)
Yang, T. Y.; Kapania, R. K.
A Set of Shell Finite Elements for Dynamic Analysis of Cooling Towers.
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC.,
June 10, 1982,
71 p.
Keywords: ; Shells (Structural forms); Earthquakes; Finite element analysis; Cooling towers; Wind pressure; Resonant frequency; Dynamic loads; Mathematical models; Dynamic structural analysis
Ebel, J. E.; Helmberger, D. V.
P-Wave Complexity and Fault Asperities: The Borrego Mountain, California, Earthquake of 1968.
Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Bolling AFB, DC.,
November 13, 1980,
27 p.
Keywords: Teleseismic waves; Synthetic seismograms; Earthquakes; Time domain; Modeling; Reprints; Fault asperities; P waves; Seismic waves
Umehara, H.; Jirsa, J. O.
Shear Strength and Deterioration of Short Reinforced Concrete Columns under Cyclic Deformations.
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC.,
July 1982,
278 p.
Identifying Number(s): PMFSEL-82-3
Keywords: Earthquake engineering; Earthquake resistant structures; Earthquakes; Reinforced concrete; Computer applications; Deflection; Columns (Supports); Mathematical models; Cyclic loads; Shear strength; Stress strain diagrams