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Seismic Design Criteria for Bridges and Other Highway Structures

by

C. Rojahn, R. Mayes, D.G. Anderson, J. Clark, J.H. Hom, R.V. Nutt and M.J. O’Rourke

Technical Report NCEER-97-0002

April 30, 1997

This research was conducted at the Applied Technology Council and was supported by the Federal Highway Administration under contract number DTFH61-92-C-00112.

NOTICEThis report was prepared by the Applied Technology Council as a result of research sponsored by the National Center for Earthquake Engineering Research (NCEER) through a contract from the Federal Highway Administration. Neither NCEER, associ-ates of NCEER, its sponsors, the Applied Technology Council nor any person acting on their behalf:

a. makes any warranty, express or implied, with respect to the use of any informa-tion, apparatus, method, or process disclosed in this report or that such use may not infringe upon privately owned rights; or

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Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this publica-tion are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of NCEER or the Federal Highway Administration.

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