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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; Benefits

  • 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: Hazards; Foundations; Walls; Structures; Disaster planning; Emergencies; Foreign technology; Bridge foundations; Health; Earthquakes; Construction; Disaster recovery; Responses; Ground motion; Buildings; Emergency planning; Recovery; Safety; Mortality; Disaster relief; Disasters; Damage; Loads (Forces); Insurance; Economic factors

  • 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: Dynamic response; Dynamic structural analysis; Ground motion; Earthquake engineering; Meetings; Seismic design; Earthquakes; Soil structure interactions; Soil properties; Earth movements; Geotechnical engineering; Liquefaction (Soils); Mathematical models; Seismology; Geophysical surveys; Seismic risk

  • Fattal, S. G.
    Research Plan for Masonry Shear Walls.
    June 1993, 36 p.
    Identifying Number(s): NISTIR-5117
    Keywords: ; Research management; Building codes; Earthquake engineering; Loads (Forces); Masonry; Seismic design; Walls; Construction; Design standards; Shear strength; 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: ; Highway systems; Earthquake engineering; Earthquake resistant structures; Emergency preparedness; Earthquakes; Seismic design; Hospital buildings; Technical achievements; State planning; Research and developments; Community planning; Disaster recovery; Bridges (Structures); Accomplishments; Power systems

  • 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: ; Ground motion; Fiber Reinforced composites; Education; Earthquake engineering; Fragility; Seismic design; Water supply; Research programs; Structural engineering; Seismic effects; Bridges (Structures); Taiwan; Turkey

  • 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: ; Retrofitting; Ground motion; Hazards; Buildings; Earthquake engineering; Computer programs; Research programs; Remediation; Structural engineering; Geological processes; Cost benefit analysis; Highways; Bridges; Seismology; Seismic waves

  • 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: Dynamic response; Building codes; Earthquake engineering; Earthquake resistant structures; Masonry; Concrete construction; Steel construction; Design standards; Dynamic loads; Materials specifications; Structural analysis; Nondestructive tests

  • 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: Buildings; Earthquake engineering; Meetings; Masonry; Earthquakes; Finite element analysis; Construction materials; Structural analysis; Progressive collapse; Nondestructive tests; Construction industry; Bricks

  • 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; Boston (Massachusetts); Earthquake resistant structures; Structural design; Residential buildings; History; Massachusetts; Construction materials; Fires; Cape Ann earthquake; Dynamic structural analysis