Natural Disaster Mitigation Research. Proceedings of the Indo-U.S. Workshop on Natural Disaster (Earthquake and Wind Effects) Mitigation Research, Held at New Delhi, India on December 13-16, 1978

摘要

Workshop proceedings on India-U.S. cooperative programs which involve safeguarding life and property from destructive effects of natural hazards (earthquakes and wind-storms) are summarized. The following projects were agreed upon for collaborative research: (1) establishment of a strong motion earthquake instrument array and analysis of strong motion data in the Shillong region of Assam, India; (2) investigation of methods for designing earth and rock-fill dams for earthquake motions; (3) study of generation of strong earthquake type ground motion by high explosive arrays; (4) research in various aspects of wind engineering including measurement of wind speeds in severe tropical storms, risk analysis, preparation of wind zoning maps and wind effects on structures; (5) consideration of areas of mutual interest in strengthening masonry buildings to withstand earthquake forces; and (6) independent creation in India of a shaking table facility of reasonable size with capacity for programmed vibrations simulating earthquake ground motion.