| This publication contains the proceedings of the 37th 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 16-18,2005.Thirty technical papers were authored for the meeting,which were organized into nine themes;Lessons Learned from Recent Natural Disasters(Indian Ocean Tsunami)/Storm Surge and Tsunamis,Lessons Learned from Recent Natural Disasters(Mid Niigata Prefecture Earthquake),Geotechnical Engineering and Ground Motion ,Next-Generation Building and Infrastructure Systems,Dams,Wind Engineering,Advanced Information and Communication Technology for Disaster Prevention and Public Health Evaluation,Transportaion Systems,Fire Performance of Building and Transportaion Stuctuers/Progressive Collapse of Buildings. |
