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  • McMahon, P.
    Seismic Design Decision Analysis. 1972 Managua Earthquake Damage to Tall Buildings.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Engineering and Applied Science., November 1974, 13 p.
    Identifying Number(s): INTERNAL STUDY-49
    Keywords: Buildings; Damage assessment; Earthquake engineering; Earthquake resistant structures; Building codes; Seismic design; Earthquakes; Structural design; Managua (Nicaragua); Nicaragua; Concrete construction; Steel construction; Framed structures; Tall buildings; Seismic risk

  • Keilis-Borok, V. I.; Kronrod, T. L.; Molchan, G. M.
    Algorithm for the Estimation of Seismic Risk (Seismic Design Decision Analysis.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Engineering and Applied Science., December 1974, 36 p.
    Identifying Number(s): INTERNAL STUDY-46
    Keywords: Seismic waves; Ground motion; Poisson density functions; Earthquake engineering; Risk analysis; Seismic design; Earthquakes; Probability theory; Translations; Earth movements; Mathematical models; Algorithms; Seismic risk

  • Protonotarios, J. N.
    Soil Amplification Studies for Typical Soil Profiles in the Boston Area, Optimum Seismic Protection for New Building Construction in Eastern Metropolitan Areas.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Engineering and Applied Science., September 1972, 32 p.
    Keywords: Seismic waves; Boston (Massachusetts); Soil profiles; Earthquake engineering; Soil dynamics; Secondary waves; Massachusetts; Earth movements; Seismic risk

  • Vanmarcke, E. H.; Whitman, R. V.
    Background for Preliminary Expected Future Loss Computations. Optimum Seismic Protection for New Building Construction in Eastern Metropolitan Areas.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Engineering and Applied Science., October 1971, 21 p.
    Identifying Number(s): INTERNAL STUDY-2
    Keywords: Dynamic structural analysis; Buildings; Damage assessment; Earthquake resistant structures; Earthquake engineering; Boston (Massachusetts); Seismic design; Probability theory; Decision making; Massachusetts; Seismic risk

  • Optimum Seismic Protection for New Building Construction in Eastern Metropolitan Areas. Progress Through February 1972.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Engineering and Applied Science., February 1972, 16 p.
    Keywords: Seismic waves; Dynamic structural analysis; Building codes; Earthquake engineering; Earthquake resistant structures; Risk analysis; Seismic design; Earthquakes; Secondary waves; Wind shear; Seismic risk

  • Liu, B. C.; Hsieh, C. T.; Gustafson, R.; Nuttli, O.; Gentile, R.
    Earthquake Risk and Damage Functions: An Integrated Preparedness and Planning Model Applied to New Madrid.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Engineering and Applied Science., December 7, 1979, 335 p.
    Keywords: Dynamic structural analysis; Hazards; Risk; Damage assessment; Earthquake engineering; Earthquake resistant structures; Kentucky; Earthquakes; Arkansas; New Madrid fault; Tennessee; Missouri; Mississippi; Illinois; Memphis (Tennessee); Predictions; Saint Louis (Missouri); Seismic risk

  • Beedle, L. S.
    On Hazards of the High-Rise.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., February 1979, 54 p.
    Identifying Number(s): LEHIGH/FL/369-251
    Keywords: Failure; Hazards; Buildings; Building codes; Earthquake engineering; Specifications; Seismic design; Structural design; Earthquakes; Environmental engineering; Wind pressure; Tall buildings; Seismic risk

  • Earthquake Prediction and Hazard Mitigation Options for USGS and NSF Programs.
    Geological Survey, Washington, DC., September 15, 1976, 79 p.
    Identifying Number(s): ['NSF-76-49', 'NSF/RA-770262']
    Keywords: Seismic waves; Ground motion; Earthquake prediction; Hazards; Earthquake engineering; Risk analysis; Earthquakes; Forecasting; Seismic arrays; Warning systems; Seismology; Predictions; Cost analysis; Geological faults; Seismic risk

  • Mortgat, C. P.; Shah, H. C.
    A Bayesian Approach to Seismic Hazard Mapping; Development of Stable Design Parameters.
    Organisme de Controle Technique de la Construction, Algiers (Algeria).; National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Applied Science and Research Applications., March 1978, 241 p.
    Identifying Number(s): 28
    Keywords: Mapping; Seismic waves; Ground motion; Hazards; Earthquake engineering; Earthquakes; Reaction time; Nicaragua; Earth movements; Bayesian analysis; Probability distribution functions; Accelerometers; Seismic risk

  • Denton, R. C.; Wagy, W. E.
    Abstract Journal in Earthquake Engineering. Volume 6, 1976 Literature.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Applied Science and Research Applications., December 1977, 298 p.
    Keywords: Seismic waves; Dynamic structural analysis; Ground motion; Hazards; Rock mechanics; Earthquake engineering; Abstracts; Earthquake resistant structures; Periodicals; Seismic design; Earthquakes; Foundations; Soil dynamics; Bibliographies; Announcement bulletins; Seismology; Seismic risk