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  • Report on Costs and Benefits of Natural Hazard Mitigation.
    January 2000, 58 p.
    Keywords: ; Seismic design; Emergency preparedness; Benefits; Natural disasters; Wind (Meteorology); US FEMA; Costs; Retrofitting; Cities; Earthquake engineering; Case studies; Land use planning

  • Pantelic, J.; Reinhorn, A.
    Report on the Whittier-Narrows, California Earthquake of October 1, 1987.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., November 1987, 34 p.
    Identifying Number(s): NCEER-87-0026
    Keywords: Structures; Emergency planning; Damage; Disasters; Disaster relief; Responses; Loads (Forces); Economic factors; Hazards; Safety; Bridge foundations; Foundations; Insurance; Construction; Foreign technology; Buildings; Recovery; Disaster recovery; Mortality; Emergencies; Walls; Ground motion; Disaster planning; Health; Earthquakes

  • Lee, K. L.; Marcuson, W. F.; Stoke, K. H.; Yokel, F. Y.
    Research Needs and Priorities for Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Applications.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Applied Science and Research Applications., January 1978, 158 p.
    Keywords: Seismic design; Geophysical surveys; Geotechnical engineering; Mathematical models; Seismic risk; Seismology; Earth movements; Dynamic response; Ground motion; Earthquake engineering; Meetings; Liquefaction (Soils); Soil properties; Soil structure interactions; Earthquakes; Dynamic structural analysis

  • Fattal, S. G.
    Research Plan for Masonry Shear Walls.
    June 1993, 36 p.
    Identifying Number(s): NISTIR-5117
    Keywords: ; Masonry; Seismic design; Research management; Walls; Design standards; Earthquake engineering; Shear strength; Loads (Forces); Building codes; Construction; Compressive strength

  • Research Progress and Accomplishments: 1997-1999, Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research.
    National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA., July 1999, 134 p.
    Identifying Number(s): MCEER-99-SP01
    Keywords: ; Seismic design; Earthquake resistant structures; Emergency preparedness; Bridges (Structures); Technical achievements; State planning; Research and developments; Highway systems; Community planning; Power systems; Earthquake engineering; Hospital buildings; Accomplishments; Disaster recovery; Earthquakes

  • Research Progress and Accomplishments: 1999-2000, Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research.
    National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA.; Federal Highway Administration, Washington, DC., May 2000, 152 p.
    Identifying Number(s): MCEER-00-SP01
    Keywords: ; Fragility; Seismic design; Turkey; Bridges (Structures); Education; Structural engineering; Water supply; Research programs; Ground motion; Earthquake engineering; Fiber Reinforced composites; Taiwan; Seismic effects

  • Research Progress and Accomplishments: 2000-2001, Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research.
    National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA.; Federal Highway Administration, Washington, DC., May 2001, 200 p.
    Identifying Number(s): MCEER-01-SP01
    Keywords: ; Structural engineering; Bridges; Seismic waves; Retrofitting; Research programs; Seismology; Ground motion; Earthquake engineering; Cost benefit analysis; Hazards; Buildings; Computer programs; Remediation; Highways; Geological processes

  • Gavlin, N. L.; Sozen, M. A.; Aight, J. K.; Wood, S. L.
    Research and Development Plan for Understanding and Reducing Earthquake Hazard to Construction in Regions of Low to Moderate Seismicity.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., February 1990, 66 p.
    Identifying Number(s): ['UILU-ENG-90-2003', 'STRUCTURAL RESEARCH SER-551']
    Keywords: Masonry; Steel construction; Earthquake resistant structures; Dynamic loads; Materials specifications; Dynamic response; Design standards; Earthquake engineering; Nondestructive tests; Building codes; Concrete construction; Structural analysis

  • Noland, J. L.; Amrhein, J. E.
    Research in Progress on Masonry Construction. Conference Proceedings Held at Marina Del Rey, California on March 1980.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Engineering and Applied Science., March 1980, 318 p.
    Keywords: Masonry; Construction materials; Finite element analysis; Construction industry; Earthquake engineering; Bricks; Buildings; Meetings; Nondestructive tests; Progressive collapse; Earthquakes; Structural analysis

  • Busch, C. A.; Whitman, R. V.; Becker, J. M.
    Residential Construction in Boston at the Time of the Cape Ann Earthquake of 1755.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Office of Planning and Resources Management., June 1979, 140 p.
    Keywords: Damage assessment; Earthquake resistant structures; Massachusetts; Construction materials; Structural design; Fires; Boston (Massachusetts); Residential buildings; History; Cape Ann earthquake; Dynamic structural analysis