Brennan, J. E.; McNamara, R.; Webster, A.
Optimum Seismic Protection for New Building Construction in Eastern Metropolitan Areas. Design and Costing of Prototype Building.
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Engineering and Applied Science.,
February 1973,
56 p.
Identifying Number(s): INTERNAL STUDY-28
Keywords: Apartment buildings; Steel structures; Earthquake engineering; Boston (Massachusetts); Earthquake resistant structures; Seismic design; Structural design; Massachusetts; Concrete structures; Cost analysis; Dynamic structural analysis
Hong, S. T.; Whitman, R. V.
Optimum Seismic Protection for New Building Construction in Eastern Metropolitan Areas. Ductility Requirements of Multidegree Freedom Systems.
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Engineering and Applied Science.,
June 1973,
39 p.
Identifying Number(s): INTERNAL STUDY-35
Keywords: Ground motion; Buildings; Time series analysis; Earthquake engineering; Earthquake resistant structures; Stress analysis; Ductility tests; Steel structures; Computer applications; Degrees of freedom; Graphic methods; Concrete structures; Tall buildings; Dynamic structural analysis
Isbell, J.; Hong, S. T.; Whitman, R. V.
Optimum Seismic Protection for New Building Construction in Eastern Metropolitan Areas. Elastic Response of Multidegree Systems Under Earthquake Loading.
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Engineering and Applied Science.,
June 20, 1973,
42 p.
Identifying Number(s): INTERNAL STUDY-34
Keywords: Dynamic response; Time series analysis; Buildings; Earthquake engineering; Earthquake resistant structures; Seismic design; Earthquakes; Frequency response; Random vibrations; San Fernando Earthquake; Elastic analysis; Graphic methods; Tall buildings
Whitman, R. V.; Christian, J. T.; Trudeau, P. J.
Optimum Seismic Protection for New Building Construction in Eastern Metropolitan Areas. Ground Motions Measured by VM-1.
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Engineering and Applied Science.,
September 1972,
22 p.
Identifying Number(s): INTERNAL STUDY-17
Keywords: Ground motion; Earthquake engineering; Boston (Massachusetts); Earth movements; Massachusetts; Vibration tests; Seismic waves
Ackroyd, M. H.
Optimum Seismic Protection for New Building Construction in Eastern Metropolitan Areas. Incident Losses: Information Obtained from Los Angeles Field Trip, 14 January to 23 January, 1973.
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Engineering and Applied Science.,
February 1973,
31 p.
Identifying Number(s): INTERNAL STUDY-30
Keywords: Dynamic response; Los Angeles (California); Buildings; Damage assessment; Earthquake engineering; Public buildings; Earthquakes; Human behavior; Residential buildings; California; Tall buildings; Questionnaires
Brennan, J. E.; McNamara, R. J.
Optimum Seismic Protection for New Building Construction in Eastern Metropolitan Areas. Inventory of Buildings for Boston and Cambridge, Internal Study Report Number 6.
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Engineering and Applied Science.,
April 1972,
11 p.
Keywords: Floors; Buildings; Earthquake engineering; Boston (Massachusetts); Earthquake resistant structures; Timber construction; Frames; Foundations; Walls; Massachusetts; Concrete construction; Construction materials; Steel construction; Cambridge (Massachusetts); Data bases
Panoussis, G.
Optimum Seismic Protection for New Building Construction in Eastern Metropolitan Areas. Network Reliability.
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Engineering and Applied Science.,
June 1974,
13 p.
Identifying Number(s): INTERNAL STUDY-42
Keywords: Buildings; Earthquake engineering; Network analysis theory; Risk analysis; Earthquakes; Probability theory; Combinatorial analysis; Survival; Algorithms; 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
Panoussis, G.
Optimum Seismic Protection for New Building Construction in Eastern Metropolitan Areas. Seismic Risk Analysis of Simple Series Systems.
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Engineering and Applied Science.,
May 1974,
21 p.
Identifying Number(s): INTERNAL STUDY-41
Keywords: Buildings; Computer programs; Earthquake engineering; Risk analysis; Earthquakes; Random processes; Probability theory; Earth movements; Geological faults; Seismic risk
Ackroyd, M. H.; Cornell, C. A.
Optimum Seismic Protection for New Building Construction in Eastern Metropolitan Areas: A Review of Recent Studies on the Economic Value of a Human Life.
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Engineering and Applied Science.,
March 1973,
17 p.
Identifying Number(s): INTERNAL STUDY-31
Keywords: Values; Earthquake engineering; Human factors engineering; Earthquake resistant structures; Risk analysis; Casualties; Statistical data; Economic factors; Human life value assessment