| Abstract: |
This publication is the proceedings of the 34th Joint Meeting of the US-Japan Panel on Wind and Seismic Effects. The meeting was held at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland, during 13-15 May 2002. The proceedings include the technical program, list of members, panel resolutions, task committee reports, and the 30 technical papers authored for this joint meeting. The manuscripts were presented within five sessions: Geotechnical Engineering and Ground Motion; Next-Generation Building and Infrastructure System; Wind; Dams; and Transportation Systems and three technical themes: Terrorism--Collapse of the WTC and Pentagon Wedge A; Disaster Information; and Management of Infrastructure Systems. |
