Study of Seismic Response of Traditional URM Houses Through Analytical Simulation—The Historical Core of the City of Xanthi

2015 ◽  
pp. 449-474 ◽  
Author(s):  
Minas L. Papadopoulos
Keyword(s):  
Seismic Response ◽  
Analytical Simulation ◽  
The City

A Comparative Assessment of the Seismic Response of an Earthen Dam Using Analytical Simulation and Empirical Methods

2017 ◽  
Vol 113 (05) ◽  
pp. 902
Author(s):  
Srijit Bandyopadhyay ◽  
Raj Banerjee ◽  
Aniruddha Sengupta ◽  
Y. M. Parulekar ◽  
G. R. Reddy
Keyword(s):  
Seismic Response ◽  
Comparative Assessment ◽  
Empirical Methods ◽  
Earthen Dam ◽  
Analytical Simulation

Estimation of the Dynamic Properties and Seismic Response of a Populated Slope in Lima, Peru

2014 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlos Gonzales ◽  
◽  
Shoichi Nakai ◽  
Toru Sekiguchi ◽  
Diana Calderon ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Dynamic Response ◽  
Seismic Response ◽  
Dynamic Properties ◽  
Target Area ◽  
Array Measurements ◽  
Immigration Process ◽  
The City ◽  
Area Of Study

During the last fifty years, the city of Lima has experienced an immigration process that has led to the urbanization of the Andean foothills surrounding the capital. With the aim of analyzing the dynamic response of these new populated places, a target area in a district called Independencia is chosen. Seven microtremor array measurements are carried out at different points on the flat level and along the slope in order to evaluate the variation in the depth of the bedrock. In addition, a seismometer is installed on the slope with the objective of determining if amplification due to topography exists in the area of study.

Analysis of seismic response in the city of Las Vegas, Nevada: A preliminary microzonation

1975 ◽  
Vol 65 (6) ◽  
pp. 1575-1597 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. R. Murphy ◽  
R. A. Hewlett
Keyword(s):  
Seismic Response ◽  
Las Vegas ◽  
Period Range ◽  
Mountain Ranges ◽  
Motion Data ◽  
Contour Maps ◽  
Surface Wave Propagation ◽  
Order Of Magnitude ◽  
The City ◽  
Measured Response

abstract Ground motion data recorded at 26 different locations in Las Vegas from six underground nuclear tests have been used to perform a preliminary microzonation of the city. The microzonation results are presented in the form of contour maps of the average observed seismic response throughout the city in 12 different frequency bands covering the period range from 0.16 to 6.0 sec. These data indicate that variations in long-period seismic response of as much as an order of magnitude can be expected at sites only a few kilometers apart in the city. Simple models of surface-wave propagation in the surface layer of alluvium of variable thickness can account for much of the observed variability. However, it appears that surface waves reflected back from the valley boundaries at the base of the surrounding mountain ranges also have a significant effect on the measured response.

Hospitals: N.Y. Appellate Court Denies Move to Privatize Public Hospital

1999 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 202-203
Author(s):  
Robert Chatham
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
York City ◽  
Public Health System ◽  
Municipal Hospital ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Benefit ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Benefit Corporation ◽  
The City

The Court of Appeals of New York held, in Council of the City of New York u. Giuliani, slip op. 02634, 1999 WL 179257 (N.Y. Mar. 30, 1999), that New York City may not privatize a public city hospital without state statutory authorization. The court found invalid a sublease of a municipal hospital operated by a public benefit corporation to a private, for-profit entity. The court reasoned that the controlling statute prescribed the operation of a municipal hospital as a government function that must be fulfilled by the public benefit corporation as long as it exists, and nothing short of legislative action could put an end to the corporation's existence.In 1969, the New York State legislature enacted the Health and Hospitals Corporation Act (HHCA), establishing the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation (HHC) as an attempt to improve the New York City public health system. Thirty years later, on a renewed perception that the public health system was once again lacking, the city administration approved a sublease of Coney Island Hospital from HHC to PHS New York, Inc. (PHS), a private, for-profit entity.

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