| This publication contains the proceedings of the 41st Joint Meeting of the U.S.-Japan Panel on Wind and Seismic Effects,UJNR. The meeting was held at the National Institute for Land and Infrastructure Management,Tsukuba,Japan during May 18-20,2009.Twenty-two technical papers were authored for the meeting,which were organized into seven themes;Next-Generation Building and Onfrastructure Systems,Dams,Wind Engineering,Transportation Systems,Storm Surge and Tsunami,Sustainable Design for Buildings and Infrastructure-Focus on Natural Disaster Prevention,and Disaster Resilient Buildings and Infrastructure. |