35th Technical Report

Technical Report

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Status Report on Strong Motion Recording for Buildings in Japan (178kb)

Izuru OKAWA, Toshihide KASHIMA (BRI), Kuniaki YAMAGISHI (Mitsui Corp.) and Morimasa WATAKABE (Toda Corp.)
Real-Time Seismic Monitoring Needs of a Building Owner and the Solution (615kb)
Mehmet CELEBI, Ahmet SANLI, Mark SINCLAIR, Sharon GALLANT and Dan RADULESCU (USGS)
Study of Full-Scale/Big-Scale Experiment (Report of the US-Japan Symposium on the Seismic Performance of Urban, Reclaimed and Port Areas - Full-Scale Experiment at Tokachi Port - (212kb)
Takahiro SUGANO and Eiji KOHAMA (PARI)
Seismic Response of Earth Dams on Liquefiable Foundation and Compaction Remediation (285kb)

Michael SHARP (ERDC/CORPS) and Korhan ADALIER (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)
Current U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Policy and Guidance for Seisimic Design of Dams (267kb)

Anjana CHUDGAR (CORPS) and Enrique E. MATHEU (Louisiana State University)
Advanced Research Activities on Dynamic Analysis for Concrete Dams in Japan and an Study on Seismic Performance of Concrete Gravity Dams by Smeared Crack Model (544kb)
Ken-ichi KANENAWA, Takashi SASAKI and Yoshikazu YAMAGUCHI (PWRI)
The Value Added of Field Testing on Concrete Dams (618kb)
Ziyad DURON (Harvey Mudd College), Enrique E. MATHEU (Louisiana State University) and Robert L. Hall (ERDC)
Characteristics of Seismic Vibrations on Rock Foundation of Dam Sites and Attenuation Relationships of Acceleration Response Spectra at Dam Foundations in Japan (258kb)
Hideaki KAWASAKI, Yoshikazu YAMAGUCHI, Takashi SASAKI (PWRI) and Kenji INAGAKI (NILIM)
Construction, Operation and Application of the George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES) (362kb)
Steven MCCABE and Joy PAUSCHKE (NSF)
Project on 3-D Full-Scale Earthquake Testing Facility (The Third Report) (312kb)
Keiichi OHTANI, Nobuyuki OGAWA, Tsuneo KATAYAMA and Heki SHIBATA (NIED)
MCEER Advanced Technology Research for Next Generation Seismic Resilient Buildings (450kb)

Gary DARGUSH and George C. LEE (MCEER, SUNY at Buffalo)
Research and Development in the U.S.-Japan Cooperative Structural Testing Research Program on Smart Structural Systems (5,100kb)
Shunsuke OTANI (University of Tokyo), Akira WADA (Tokyo Institute of Technology), Yoshikazu KITAGAWA (Keio University), Takafumi FUJITA (University of Tokyo),Mitsumasa MIDORIKAWA and Masaomi TESHIGAWARA (BRI)
Potential of Satellite and Aerial Remote Sensing Technologies for Earthquake Disaster Management (241kb)
K. THIRUMALAI (DOT)
Seismic Performance of RC Bridge Columns Subjected to Bilateral Excitation (1,192kb)
Kazuhiko KAWASHIMA, Gakuho WATANABE and Ryoji HAYAKAWA (Tokyo Institute of Technology)
Multi Hazard Dynamic Testing for Bridge Piers (98kb)

Phillip YEN (FHWA) and Kornel KERENYI (GKY and Associates, Inc.)
Site-Specific Design Earthquake Ground Motion and Seismic Design Technology in Next Generation (215kb)

Shigeki UNJOH (PWRI), Takaaki KUSAKABE, Shoichi NAKATANI (NILIM) Takeshi OHSHITA, Yasuhiko WAKIZAKA, Keiichi TAMURA and Jiro FUKUI (PWRI)
Seismic Analysis and Design of Flared Bridge Columns (1,259kb)

Hisham NADA (Alrabiah-Cowi Consulting Engineers, David SANDERS and M. Saiid SAIIDI (University of Nevada at Reno)
General Overviews and Future Perspectives of Disaster Information Systems in Japan (497kb)

Hiroaki MIYATAKE and Akihiko NUNOMURA (Cabinet Office)
Mortality from Landslides, Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia, 2002 (114kb)
Carlos SANCHEZ, Stasy YOUNG, Nachsa SIREN, Tzesan LEE, Dahna BATTS- OSBORNE, Josephine MALILAY (CDC)
Application of Remote Sensing and Information & Communication technologies for Disaster Response (1,128kb)

Akihiro SANADA and Takaaki KUSAKABE (NILIM)
Spatial Data Fusion for Infrastructure Condition Assessment (4,798kb)

William ROPER (George Washington University)
Geomorphologic Survey for Hazard Mapping and Real-Time GIS, Aided with LiDAR Technology (2,253kb)
Sotoshi NAKATA, Seiji ICHIKAWA, Koji SANGO Masaharu TSUZAWA, Jun-ichi KISANUKI and Soichiro SATO (GSI)
Wind-Induced Vibration of Stay Cables: Summary of FHWA Study (264kb)
Nicholas JONES, Thusitha KUMARASENA, Peter IRWIN, and Andreas FELBER
Utilization of Degital Surface Model in Urban Area for Wind Engineering (1,053kb)
Yasuo OKUDA, Hisashi OKADA, Hitomitsu KIKITSU (BRI), Takaaki KONO, Tetsuro TAMURA, Shuyang CAO (Tokyo Institute of Technology), Masamiki OHHASHI (NILIM), Takahisa KOBAYASHI, Osamu SUZUKI, Hiroshi YAMAUCHI (MRI), and Naoki SHIRAI (Kokusai Kogyo Co.)
A Model to Predict Hurricanes Induced Losses for Resiential Structures (117kb)
Jean-Paul PINELLI, Chelakara SUBRAMANIAN, Liang ZHANG (Florida Institute of Technology), Kurtis GURLEY, Anne COPE (University of Florida), Emil SIMIU, sofia DINIZ (NIST) and Shahid HAMID (Florida International University)
Caluculation of Unsteady Aerodynamic Forces by CFD and Their Comparison with Measured Values (289kb)
Hiroshi SATO, Jun MURAKOSHI, Koichiro FUMOTO (PWRI), and Masao MIYAZAKI (Sumitomo Heavy Industries Ltd.)
Fire Resistance of Steel Frames (314kb)
Yoshifumi SAKUMOTO (Nippon Steel Corporation), Taro NISHIGAKI (Taisei Corporation), Ken-ichi IKEDA (Shimizu Corporation) and Mamoru Kohno (BRI)
Best Practices Guidelines for Mitigation of Building Progressive Collapse (154kb)
H.S. LEW (NIST)
Study on High-Rise Steel Building Structure that Excels in Redundancy (365kb)
Akira WADA (Tokyo Institute of Technology) ken-ichi Ohi (University of Tokyo), Hiroyuki SUZUKI (Tsukuba University), Isao NISHIYAMA (BRI), Takashi HASEGAWA (NILIM) Yoshifumi SAKUMOTO, Mitsuo FUSHIMI (Nippon Steel Corporation) and Hisaya KAMURA (JFE R&D Corporation)
Applicability of Seismic Design in Mitigating Progressive Collapse (258kb)
W. Gene CORLEY (CTL Engineering)
Plastic Deformation Capacity of Welded Beam-end Limited by Brittle Fracture (321kb)
Takahiko SUZUKI (Nippon Steel Corporation), Takumi ISHII (JFE R&D Corporation), Yoshifumi SAKUMOTO (Nippon Steel Corporation) and Akiyoshi MUKAI (BRI)