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Confronting Natural Disasters: An International Decade for Natural Hazard Reduction.
January 1987, 113 p.
Keywords: Forest fires; Hazards; Tsunamis; Cooperative programs; Emergency preparedness; Earthquakes; Firestorms; IDNHR (International Decade for Natural Hazard Reduction); Safety; Hurricanes; Fires; Volcanoes; Disasters; FloodsSiddiqi, F. H.; Seed, R. B.; Chan, C. K.; Seed, H. B.; Pyke, R. M.
Strength Evaluation of Coarse-Grained Soils.
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., December 1987, 64 p.
Identifying Number(s): UCB/EERC-87/22
Keywords: ; Gravel; Dams; Soils; Earthquakes; Strength; Soil mechanics; Cyclic loads; Shear strength; LiquefactionJacob, K. H.
Proceedings from the Symposium on Seismic Hazards, Ground Motions, Soil-Liquefaction and Engineering Practice in Eastern North America, Held at the Sterling Forest Conference Center, Tuxedo, New York, on October 20-22, 1987.
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., December 1987, 537 p.
Identifying Number(s): NCEER-87-0025
Keywords: Ground motion; Hazards; Seismic detection; Earthquake resistant structures; Meetings; Earthmovements; Earthquakes; Soils; Engineering; Soil structure interactions; Canada; Soil dynamics; Seismic effects; Seismic sources; Eastern United States; Seismicity; Attenuation; Coding; Tectonics; LiquefactionAroni, S.; Constantinescu, R.
Joint U.S.-Romanian Seminar on Earthquakes and Energy. Volume 1. Introduction and Summary.
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC.; National Council for Science and Technology, Bucharest (Romania)., January 1987, 67 p.
Keywords: Buildings; Earthquake resistant structures; Meetings; Risk analysis; Earthquakes; Structural design; Emergency planning; Human behavior; Solar energy; Energy conservationAroni, S.; Constantinescu, R.
Joint U.S.-Romanian Seminar on Earthquakes and Energy, Volume 2. Earthquakes.
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC.; National Council for Science and Technology, Bucharest (Romania)., January 1987, 580 p.
Keywords: Buildings; Earthquake resistant structures; Meetings; Risk analysis; Earthquakes; Structural design; Emergency planning; Human behaviorMalushte, S. R.; Singh, M. P.
Seismic Response of Simple Nonlinear Hysteretic Structures.
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., April 1987, 102 p.
Identifying Number(s): VPI-E-87-4
Keywords: ; Dynamic response; Ductility; Earthquake resistant structures; Mechanical hysteresis; Models; Earthquakes; Elastic after effect; Vibration; Oscillators; Structural engineering; Nonlinear systems; Shock spectra; Dynamic structural analysisLavelle, F. M.; Bergman, L. A.; Spanos, P. D.
Seismic Floor Response Spectra for a Combined System by Green's Functions.
National Center for Earthquake Engineering Research, Buffalo, NY.; National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., May 1, 1988, 41 p.
Keywords: Floors; Response; Earthquake resistant structures; Graphs (Charts); Earthquakes; Vibration; Linear secondary systems; Floor response; Seismic effects; Soil-structure analysis; Dynamic structural analysisCai, G. Q.; Lin, Y. K.
New Solution Technique for Randomly Excited Hysteretic Structures.
National Center for Earthquake Engineering Research, Buffalo, NY.; National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., May 16, 1988, 49 p.
Keywords: ; Earthquake resistant structures; Mechanical hysteresis; Graphs (Charts); Earthquakes; Mechanical properties; Seismic effects; White noise; Dynamic structural analysisYang, J. N.; Sarkani, S.; Long, F. X.
Response Spectrum Approach for Analysis of Nonclassically Damped Structures.
National Center for Earthquake Engineering Research, Buffalo, NY.; National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., April 22, 1988, 64 p.
Keywords: Dynamic response; Damping; Ground motion; Earthquake resistant structures; Graphs (Charts); Nonclassical damping; Earthquakes; Mechanical properties; Seismic effects; Dynamic structural analysisWeissman, 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: ; Dynamic response; Damping; Hysteresis; Loads (Forces); Graphs (Charts); Earthquakes; Mechanical properties; Soil dynamics; Soil properties; Stability; Structural analysis; Dynamic structural analysis