| This publication contains the proceedings of the 39th Joint Meeting of the U.S.-Japan Penel on Wind and Seismic Effects,UJNR.The meeting was held at the National Institute for Land and Infrastructure Management,Tsukuba,Japan during May 14-16,2007.Thirty-two technical papers were authored for the meeting,which were organized into eight themes;Transportation Systems,Storm Surge and Tsunami,Sustainable Design,for Buildings and Infrastructure-Focus on Natural Disaster Prevention,Dams,Fire Performance of Structures,Geotechnical Engineering and Ground Motion,Next-Generation Building and Infrastructure Systems,Wind Engineering. |