The work reported in this paper illustrates our conviction that the route to more effective design of structure / foundation systems is through better cooperation between structural and geotechnical specialists. To this end we demonstrate the use of an existing ...

This policy guide has been prepared to provide a nontechnical summary of the valuable information contained in the FEMA/SAC publications, an understanding of the risk associated with steel moment-frame buildings, and the practical measures that can be taken ...

This study aims at clarifying the characteristics of the effects of vertical ground motions upon earthquake responses of steel frames. The inelastic response of a multi-story frame is characterized mainly by the restoring force of the frame's lower parts. ...

This report, FEMA-352 , has been developed by the SAC Joint Venture under contract to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to provide communities and organizations developing programs for the assessment, occupancy status, and repair of welded steel ...

This report, FEMA-350 has been developed by the SAC Joint Venture under contract to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to provide organizations engaged in the development of consensus design standards and building code provisions with recommended ...

This report, FEMA-351 has been developed by the SAC Joint Venture under contract to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to provide structural engineers with recommended criteria for evaluation of the probable performance of existing steel moment-frame ...