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Resilience

Earthquake risk reduction

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Recommendations for Seismic Design of Reinforced Concrete Wall Buildings Based on Studies of the 2010 Maule, Chile Earthquake

March 14, 2014
Author(s)
Joseph Maffei, Patricio Bonelli, Dominic Kelly, Dawn E. Lehman, Laura Lowes, Jack Moehle, Karl Telleen, John Wallace, Michael Willford
Most mid-rise and high-rise buildings in the earthquake-affected regions were constructed with seismic-force-resisting systems consisting of reinforced concrete structural walls. Similar construction is also prevalent in regions of high seismicity in the

Use of High-Strength Reinforcement in Earthquake-Resistant Concrete Structures

March 5, 2014
Author(s)
Domimic Kelly, Andres Lepage, David Mar, Jose Restrepo, Joseph Sanders, Andrew Taylor
The objective of this project was to study and make recommendations concerning the utilization of high-strength steel reinforcing bars in concrete structures subjected to earthquake ground motion. This work grew out of the ATC-57 report, The Missing Piece

Annual Report of the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program for Fiscal Year 2012

February 14, 2014
Author(s)
John(Jack) R. Hayes Jr., Steven L. McCabe, Edward Laatsch, Joy Pauschke, Bill Leith, John Filson, Tina M. Faecke
This report about the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP) during fiscal year 2012 is submitted to Congress by the Interagency Coordinating Committee (ICC) of NEHRP, as required by the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 (42

Review of Past Performance and Further Development of Modeling Techniques for Collapse Assessment of Existing Reinforced Concrete Buildings

January 23, 2014
Author(s)
Kenneth Elwood, Jack Baker, Craig Comartin, William Holmes, Jack Moehle, Peter Somers
The first phase of work of the Program Plan, documented in this report, included the identification of critical deficiencies, refinement of the list of common deficiencies, and development of collapse mitigation strategies for older reinforced concrete

A Framework to Update the Plan to Coordinate NEHRP Post-Earthquake Investigations

November 1, 2013
Author(s)
William Holmes, Jonathan Bray, Thomas Holzer, Laurie Johnson, Jack Moehle, Sharon Wood
In 2007, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP) "Earthquake Structural and Engineering Research" contract (SB1341-07-CQ-0019) to the NEHRP Consultants Joint Venture, a

SEISMIC FRAGILITY AND COST ANALYSES OF ACTIVELY CONTROLLED STRUCTURES

April 15, 2013
Author(s)
Kevin K. Wong, John L. Harris
Seismic fragility represents the probability that the structural response exceeds a given performance limit state due to a specified intensity of ground motion, and it has a direct relationship with the cost of rehabilitating the structural system. In this

Development of NIST Measurement Science R&D Roadmap: Earthquake Risk Reduction in Buildings

January 15, 2013
Author(s)
John Hooper, William Holmes, Jack Moehle, C.B. Crouse, Robert Pekelnicky, James Harris
This report has been prepared by the Building Seismic Safety Council (BSSC) of the National Institute of Building Sciences to assist the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in planning future research efforts related to seismic safety for

Tentative Framework for Development of Advanced Seismic Design Criteria for New Buildings

November 15, 2012
Author(s)
Charles Kircher, Finley Charney, Gregory Deierlein, James Harris, William Holmes, John Hooper, Laura Lowes
During the conduct of the ATC-63 Project, which was funded by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and resulted in the publication of the FEMA P-695 report, Quantification of Building Seismic Performance Factors (FEMA, 2009), it became apparent