- Author
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Raufaste, N. J., Jr.
- Coporate
- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
- Report
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NIST SP 904
August 1996
- Distribution
- Available from Government Printing Office Available from National Technical Information Service
- Book or Conf
- 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, 28th. May 14-17, 1996,
Gaithersburg, MD,
Raufaste, N. J., Jr., Editors,
638 p.,
1996
- Keywords
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bridges (structures)
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building technology
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concretes
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design criteria
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disaster reduction
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earthquakes
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geotechnical engineering
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ground failures
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lifelines
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liquefaction
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masonry
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repair and retrofit
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risk assessment
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seismic
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standards
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storm surge
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structural engineering
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tsunamis
- Abstract
- This publication is the proceedings of the 28th Joint Meeting of the U.S.-Japan Panel on Wind and Seismic Effects. The meeting was held at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland during May 14-17, 1996. The proceedings include the program, list of members, panel resolutions, task committee reports, and 46 technical papers written for this joint meeting. The papers were presented under five themes: (1) Storm Surge and Tsunamis (2) Earthquake Engineering, (3) Joint Cooperative Research Program, (4) Wind Engineering, and (5) Summaries of Task Committee Workshop Reports (oral presentations only).