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Research Required to Support Full Implementation of Performance-Based Seismic Design

April 1, 2009

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William T. Holmes, Claret Heider

The performance of modern buildings with respect to protecting life safety in recent earthquakes (e.g., 1989 Loma Prieta, 1994 Northridge, and 2001 Nisqually) generally has been adequate. However, economic losses refl ecting damage-repair costs and

NEHRP Seismic Design Technical Brief No. 1 - Seismic Design of Reinforced Concrete Special Moment Frames: A Guide for Practicing Engineers

August 30, 2008

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Jack Moehle, John Hooper, Chris Lubke

Annual Report of the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP)

March 1, 2008

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John(Jack) R. Hayes Jr., Edward Laatsch, Joy Pauschke, David Applegate, John Filson

Annual Report of the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP)

March 7, 2007

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John(Jack) R. Hayes Jr., Edward Laatsch, Joy Pauschke, David Applegate, John Filson

This annual report is submitted by the interagency Coordinating Committee (ICC) of NEHRP in compliance with Public Law 108-360. As specified in the legislation, this report provides proposed budgets for Fiscal Year (FY) 2007 and 2008 and describes program

Study on Stress in Concrete Gravity Dam Using Seismic Data During Kobe Earthquake (NIST SP 931)

August 3, 1998

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T Sasaki, T. Uesaka, I. Nagayama

U.S./Japan Natural Resources Development Program (UJNR). Wind and Seismic Effects. Joint Meeting of the U.S./Japan Cooperative Program in Natural Resources Panel on Wind and Seismic Effects, 30th. May 12-15, 1998, Gaithersburg, MD, Raufaste, N. J., Jr

January 17, 1995 Hyogoken-Nanbu (Kobe) Earthquake: Performance of Structures, Lifelines, and Fire Protection Systems (NIST SP 901)

July 1, 1996

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R M. Chung

The January 17, 1995 Hyogoken-Nanbu earthquake of magnitude 7.2 in JMA scale (Mw = 6.9), which struck Kobe, Japan and its surrounding area was the most severe earthquake to affect that region this century. The earthquake resulted in more than 6,000 deaths

1994 Northridge Earthquake: Performance of Structures, Lifelines and Fire Protection Systems (NIST SP 862)

May 1, 1994

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Nicholas J. Carino, R M. Chung, Hai S. Lew, A W. Taylor, William D. Walton

A magnitude 6.8 (Ms) earthquake centered under the community of Northridge in the San Fernando Valley shook the entire Los Angeles metropolitan area at 4:31 a.m. local time on Monday, January 17, 1994. Moderate damage to the built environment was

Engineering Aspects of the September 19, 1985 Mexico Earthquake (NBS BSS 165)

May 29, 1987

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William C. Stone, Felix Y. Yokel, Mehmet Celebi, Thomas Hanks, Edgar V. Leyendecker

Following the September 19, 1985 Mexico earthquake, a team consisting of four engineers and one seismologist from the Naitonal Bureau of Standards (NBS)and the United States Geological Survey (USGS) was dispateched to Mexico City to provide technical

An Investigation of the Miyagi-ken-oki, Japan Earthquake of June 12, 1978 (NBS SP 592)

October 30, 1980

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Bruce R. Ellingwood

On June 12, 1978, a destructive earthquake with Richter magnitude of 7.4 occurred off the east coast of Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. Preliminary estimates by the National Land Agency of Japan indicated that the earthquake caused an equivalent of $800 million

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