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  • Action Plan for Performance Based Seismic Design: Executive Summary.
    Federal Emergency Management Agency, Washington, DC., April 2000, 81 p.
    Keywords: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Seismic design; Natural disasters; Lifesafety levels; Action plans; Buildings; Earthquake engineering; Performance-based seismic design criteria; Building codes; Structural analysis

  • Wang, L. R. L.; Kuribayashi, E.
    Action Plan for Reducing the Effects of Seismic Hazards to Segmented and Jointed Pipelines.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Directorate for Engineering.; Ministry of Education, Science and Culture, Tokyo (Japan)., October 1986, 52 p.
    Identifying Number(s): ODU/LEE-03
    Keywords: Seismic design; Field maintenance; Inspection; Earthquake engineering; Waste disposal; Water pipelines; Soil dynamics; Pipelines; Renovating; Structural analysis

  • Reinhorn, A. M.; Soong, T. T.; Lin, R. C.; Riley, M. A.; Wang, Y. P.
    Active Bracing System: A Full Scale Implementation of Active Control.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., August 14, 1992, 113 p.
    Identifying Number(s): NCEER-92-0020
    Keywords: ; Earthquake resistant structures; Braces; Structural vibration; Earthquake resistance; Specifications; Algorithms; Mathematical models; Bracing; Actuators; Dynamic response; Buildings; Earthquake engineering; Active control; Servomechanisms; Loads (Forces); Seismic effects; Earthquakes

  • Cheng, F. Y.; Suthiwong, S.
    Active Control for Seismic-Resistant Structures on Embedded Foundation in Layered Half-Space.
    National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA.; National Center for Earthquake Engineering Research, Buffalo, NY., August 1996, 297 p.
    Identifying Number(s): STRUCTURAL SER-96-2
    Keywords: ; Earthquake resistant structures; Algorithms; Mathematical models; Coefficients; Structural design; Dynamic response; Degrees of freedom; Foundations (Structures); Active control; Closed loop systems; Vibration damping; Earthquake engineering; Stiffness; Soil-structure interactions; Excavation; Half spaces; Dynamic structural analysis

  • Rossi, P. H.; Wright, J. D.; Weber-Burdin, E.; Pereira, J.
    Acts of God, Acts of Man, Victimization by Natural Hazards in the United States.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., January 1982, 293 p.
    Keywords: Hurricanes; Damage; United States; Disasters; Tornadoes; Disaster relief; Hazards; Floods; Fires; Property damage; Surveys; Losses; Earthquakes

  • Wadia-Fascetti, S.; Smith, H. A.
    Adaptive Dynamic Analysis Considering Structural Lifespan: An Approach Based on Fuzzy Mathematics.
    National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA.; Shimizu Corp., Tokyo (Japan). Ohsaki Research Inst., August 1994, 171 p.
    Keywords: Fuzzy sets; Degradation; Structural engineering; Structural vibration; Structural failure; Earthquake damage; Dynamic response; Earthquake engineering; Uncertainty; Stiffness; Calibration; Structural response; Adaptive dynamic analysis; Errors; Structural analysis

  • Whitman, R. V.; Vanmarcke, E. H.; Reed, J. W.; Kausel, E. B.
    Alaskan Earthquake (1964) Tall Building Damage Review, Optimum Seismic Protection for New Building Construction in Eastern Metropolitan Areas.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Engineering and Applied Science., July 1972, 11 p.
    Identifying Number(s): INTERNAL STUDY-11
    Keywords: Probability theory; Seismic design; Earthquake resistant structures; Tall buildings; Damage assessment; Earth movements; Alaska; Ground motion; Earthquake engineering; Buildings; Anchorage (Alaska); Earthquakes

  • Cheng, F. Y.; Pantelides, C.
    Algorithm Development for Using Optimal Control in Structural Optimization Subjected to Seismic and Wind Forces.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC.; National Center for Earthquake Engineering Research, Buffalo, NY., January 1988, 296 p.
    Identifying Number(s): STRUCTURAL SER-88-1-15
    Keywords: Numerical analysis; Earthquake resistant structures; Wind (Meteorology); Algorithms; Damping; Structural design; Graphs (Charts); Earthquake engineering; Stiffness; Displacement; Loads (Forces)

  • Keilis-Borok, V. I.; Kronrod, T. L.; Molchan, G. M.
    Algorithm for the Estimation of Seismic Risk (Seismic Design Decision Analysis.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Engineering and Applied Science., December 1974, 36 p.
    Identifying Number(s): INTERNAL STUDY-46
    Keywords: Probability theory; Seismic design; Seismic waves; Translations; Risk analysis; Algorithms; Seismic risk; Earth movements; Mathematical models; Poisson density functions; Ground motion; Earthquake engineering; Earthquakes

  • Durkin, M.
    Alternative Methods for Hazard Reduction in Unreinforced Masonry Buildings.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., December 1982, 46 p.
    Keywords: Masonry; Seismic design; Earthquake resistant structures; Damage assessment; California; Dynamic structure analysis; Seismic risk; Dynamic response; Earthquake engineering; History