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Report on Costs and Benefits of Natural Hazard Mitigation.
January 2000, 58 p.
Keywords: ; Wind (Meteorology); Retrofitting; Earthquake engineering; Case studies; Emergency preparedness; Seismic design; Natural disasters; Land use planning; US FEMA; Cities; Costs; BenefitsProtecting Business Operations. Second Report on Costs and Benefits of Natural Hazard Mitigation.
August 1998, 48 p.
Identifying Number(s): FEMA-331
Keywords: ; Earthquake engineering; Case studies; Emergency preparedness; Seismic design; Cost benefit analysis; US FEMA; Businesses; Hurricanes; Natural hazards; FloodsBruneau, M.; Inman, D. J.
Proceedings of the Second NCEER Workshop on Mitigation of Earthquake Disaster by Advanced Technologies (MEDAT-2). Held in Las Vegas, Nevada on November 30-December 1, 2000.
National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA. Earthquake Engineering Research Centers Program., July 23, 2001, 342 p.
Identifying Number(s): MCEER-01-0002
Keywords: ; Retrofitting; Damping; Damage assessment; Health care facilities; Earthquake engineering; Meetings; Piping systems; Structures; Soil mechanics; Hospitals; Structural properties; Technology innovation; LiquefactionVian, D.; Bruneau, M.
Experimental Investigation of P-Delta Effects to Collapse During Earthquakes.
National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA. Earthquake Engineering Research Centers Program., June 25, 2001, 364 p.
Identifying Number(s): MCEER-01-0001
Keywords: Damage; Ground motion; Earthquake engineering; Highway bridges; P delta effects; Single Degree of Freedom; Performance limits; Collapses; Piers; Shaking table tests; Structural safetyGarcia, D. L.
Student Research and Accomplishments: 2001-2002, Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research.
National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA.; Federal Highway Administration, Washington, DC., October 2002, 154 p.
Identifying Number(s): MCEER-02-SP09
Keywords: ; Damping; Buildings; New York; Earthquake engineering; Emergency preparedness; Seismic design; Shake tables; Hospitals; Research projects; Multidisciplinary research; Taiwan; RetrofittingBruneau, M.
Proceedings of the Workshop on Lessons from the World Trade Center Terrorist Attack: Management of Complex Civil Emergencies and Terrorism-Resistant Civil Engineering Design. Held in New York, New York on June 24-25, 2002.
October 18, 2002, 180 p.
Identifying Number(s): MCEER-02-SP08
Keywords: Blast loads; Terrorism; September 11 terrorist attacks; Buildings; Earthquake engineering; Implosions; Risk; Man made disasters; Emergency response; Crisis management; Explosions; Seismic design; September 11; Design codes; Structural engineering; Threats; World Trade Center; Natural disastersIncremental Seismic Rehabilitation of Schools Buildings (K-12).
Federal Emergency Management Agency, Washington, DC., December 2002, 77 p.
Keywords: ; Manuals; Earthquake engineering; Seismic design; Energy conservation; School buildings; Roofing; RetrofittingKumar, A.; Wight, J. K.
Nonlinear Analysis of Reinforced Concrete Frame-Shearwall Structures Subjected to Earthquake Motion (User's Guide to DRAIN-2D: EL7 for RC Shearwalls).
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., October 1983, 65 p.
Identifying Number(s): UMEE-83R4
Keywords: Buildings; Computer programs; Earthquake engineering; Field data; Earthquakes; DRAIN 2D programming language; Reinforced concrete; Shear properties; Walls; Fortran; Framed structures; Cyclic loads; Seismic wavesMoore, G. B.; Yin, R. K.
Innovations in Earthquake and Natural Hazards Research: Synthetic Accelerograms.
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., December 1984, 53 p.
Keywords: Accelerogram; Policies; Research management; Earthquake engineering; Case studies; Earthquake resistant structures; Earthquakes; Utilization; Computerized simulation; Research projects; DesignFenves, G.; Chopra, A. K.
EAGD-84: A Computer Program for Earthquake Analysis of Concrete Gravity Dams.
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., August 1984, 99 p.
Identifying Number(s): UCB/EERC-84/11
Keywords: Gravity dams; Alluvium; Rocks; Dynamic structural analysis; Water; Earthquake engineering; Computer programs; Earthquakes; Foundations; Soil dynamics; Reservoirs; Concrete dams; EAGD-84 computer program; Sediments; Seismic waves