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Provides an assessment of earthquake engineering research issues and the role of information technology in that research effort. This work presents an overview of the challenge, including six critical research problems making up that challenge. It also provides a research plan for NEES.

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Author:   National Research Council ,  Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences ,  Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed Environment ,  Committee to Develop a Long-Term Research Agenda for the Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES)
Publisher:   National Academies Press
Imprint:   National Academies Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.318kg
ISBN:  

9780309090643

ISBN 10:   0309090644
Pages:   192
Publication Date:   07 December 2003
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock  
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Table of Contents

1 Front Matter; 2 Executive Summary; 3 1. Preventing Disasters: The Grand Challenge for Earthquake Engineering Research; 4 2. Issues in Earthquake Engineering Research; 5 3. NEES and Grand Challenge Research; 6 4. Revolutionizing Earthquake Engineering Research Through Information Technology; 7 5. Achieving the Grand Challenge: A Research Plan for NEES; 8 6. Recommendations for Meeting the Grand Challenge; 9 Appendix A: The George E. Brown, Jr., Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation; 10 Appendix B: Biographies of Committee Members; 11 Appendix C: Time Line of Precipitating Events, Discoveries, and Improvements in Earthquake Engineering, 1811-2004; 12 Appendix D: Agendas for the Committee's Public Meetings; 13 Appendix E: The Stakeholder Forum

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