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Earthquake Engineering

The category includes links to the sites containing mostly non-commercial information and dealing with the research, design and implementation in the area of earthquake/wind engineering of lifelines, building structures, transportation and industrial facilities.

• Top/Science/Earth Sciences/Geophysics/Earthquakes

• - Research activities at Caltech.
  
• - Sandia National Laboratories program to make buildings more resistant to earthquakes and other natural and man-made insults.
  
• - Online publication at WorldSciNet.
  
• - A technical society of the Australian Institution of Engineers presents its earthquake related activities.
  
• - Images from the 1907 U.S. Geological Survey report.
  
• - Explains about using reinforced hollow concrete block masonry to protect a building from this disaster. Includes a FAQ's page and photos of this technique.
  
• - Information on the ability of the Army to perform earthquake engineering and geosciences research.
  
• - Japan Society of Civil Engineers Special Task Committee of Earthquake Resistance of Civil Engineering Structures' activities information.
  
• - Information on seismic risk mitigation and data on economic impact of events.
  
• - Holmes Consulting Group presentation.
  
• - Earthquake simulation research laboratory specializing in testing the durability of large-scale structural components. A participant in the George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES).
  
• - California Program presentation.
  
• - Information on reinforced concrete base isolation systems designed by the Kazakh Research and Experimental Design Institution.
  
• - Links on prediction of liquefaction resistance.
  
• - News and reports on the advancement of research, education and practice.
  
• - Headlines of a major earthquake engineering research equipment project of the National Science Foundation.
  
• - Searchable database of strong motion ground records processed by Dr. Walt Silva.
  
• - The Northridge Earthquake: Lessons learned and progress made in seismic-resistant bridge design.
  
• - Database of activities.
  
• - A five-year collaborative project to create a better, more effective real-time earthquake information system for Southern California. It will incorporate new technologies to provide vital information within minutes of an earthquake.
  
• - Information and services available through the New Zealand Earthquake Engineering Technology Business Cluster.
  
• - Video footage: Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center at UC Berkeley investigates the progressive collapse of reinforced concrete buildings during earthquake imitations.
  
• - Links to Divisions and Research Centers of the Earthquake Research Institute at the University of Tokyo.
  
• - Seismic analysis of the extensive Bay Area housing stock including buildings that are broadly classified according to their basic characteristics.
  
• - Online broadcast and archived lectures.
  
• - Information on National Science Foundation research program to support development of new design concepts and technologies for improving the behavior of structural systems subject to natural hazards.
  
• - Seattle television news presentation from the day of the earthquake. Shows effects of shaking.
  
• - Consortium of Universities for Research in Earthquake Engineering.
  
• - Research center's activities focusing on earthquake issues for the U.S. West Coast.
  
• - Participants in research on earthquake hazards from nine institutions transfer earthquake information to the public.
  
• - Linbeck Distinguished Lecture Series online.
  
• - Links and publications in the field of earthquake engineering for interchange of knowledge, ideas, results of research and practical experience.
  
• - EERI/IAEE project: Web-Based Encyclopedia of Housing Construction Types in Seismically-Prone Areas of the World.
  
• - Activities of the national society of engineers, geoscientists, architects, planners, public officials, and social scientists related to earthquake exposure, risk and protection of lifelines and building structures.
  
• - This library of the California Institute of Technology supports research in the field of earthquake engineering.
  
• - A not-for-profit corporation of private and public representatives of Oregon, Washington, British Columbia, and California communities informs on its activities to reduce the effects of earthquake events.
  
• - University of Texas, Austin provides links to Student Chapters of EERI.
  
• - Research on earthquake response of man-made structures, aiming to improve seismic design procedures and to reduce earthquake risks. Located at the University of Southern California.
  
• - Information on how to build a shake table to test the resistance of structures to earthquake shaking.
  
• - The high-fidelity shaking table, which can simulate any type of movement, at Kajima Technical Research Institute.
  
• - The New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering electronic newsletter and other information.
  
• - Events calendar and information on guest speakers and the shake table.
  
• - California State University, Northridge research projects in the area of earthquake, wind and terrorist blast protection.
  
• - Classroom exercises and video footage of earthquake damage and shake table testing of building models.
  
• - Information from the Building and Fire Research Laboratory of NIST.
  
• - Searchable database containing links related to Earthquake Engineering and a variety of categories in emergency management.
  
• - A database of 100,000 records covering the world literature in earthquake engineering since 1971, searchable by author, title, keyword, and date. Produced by the National Information Service for Earthquake Engineering (NISEE).
  
• - Information and data for significant siesmic events from the U.S. Geological Survey
  
• - Includes information on crashworthiness of structures, predictions, earthquakes, volcanos, analysis, design, and foundations.
  
• - Links to the web sites dealing with earthquakes and earthquake engineering.
  
• - Information resources, including an online bibliographic database, slides and photographs, selected papers, related websites, software and data.
  
• - Announcement on the California Civil P.E. Examination courses for the Special Civil/Seismic Principles portion.
  
• - Electronic version of the "Putting Down Roots in Earthquake Country" handbook released to Southern Californians in October of 1995.
  
• - All earthquake news, all the time. Nothing else.
  
• - Research, teaching and commercial activities at the University of Bristol (UK).
  
• - Promotes collaboration and co-operation between earthquake engineering facilities within the European Union. The site is a resource allowing publication of reports covering comparison of facilities, standardisation of test procedures and quality assuranc
  
• - Research and education center at University of Illinois activities focusing on earthquake hazards mitigation for the low-frequency, but high consequence seismic events that are possible in Mid-America.
  
• - Offers a wide range of seismic, structural, and vibration evaluations utilizing one of the largest shake tables in the Northwest as well as other analytical techniques like finite element analysis.
  
• - Description of activities focusing on reduction of earthquake damage and losses through research, development and application of new knowledge and advanced technologies.
  
• - The Council develops and promotes earthquake risk mitigation regulatory provisions for the nation.
  
• - Aichi Institute of Technology presentation.
  
• - The Wessex Institute of Technology (UK): Conference on Computer Simulation in Risk Analysis and Hazard Mitigation.
  
• - Information about damage of steel piers by focusing on column and beam members with variable cross-sections.
  
• - The 1995 earthquake records of damage and rehabilitation.
  
• - Information concerning earthquakes, related campus research, design and preparedness.
  
• - The site contains research papers which are developed at CSUN and presented in a brief and visual format.
  
• - Research center at the University of Memphis is focusing on the earthquake activities and campus vulnerability studies.
  
• - California Division of Mines and Geology (CDMG) provides possibility to view/download strong motion data.
  
• - Special report.
  
• - AISC information on the design and construction of fabricated structural steel buildings.
  
• - Information on engineering applications to mitigate the effects of natural and other hazards on the built environment.
  
• - Videos and other information on typical building damage.
  
• - Relational database providing information about and access to strong motion recordings.
  
• - Includes a 12 X12 foot seismic shaking table simulator, and an 18" thick concrete "strong floor" which covers an overall area of 3400 square feet. Offers material testing equipment for both static and dynamic loading systems; a structural m
  
• - The site of California Department of Insurance provides information on earthquake coverage.
  
  

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