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Development of Ground Motion Time Histories for Phase 2 of the FEMA/SAC

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Publications Available from FEMA

FEMA-267 Interim Guidelines: Evaluation, Repair, Modification, and Design of Welded Steel Moment Frame Structures
(SAC 95-02) (Published 1995, 215 pages)
FEMA 288 Background Reports on Metallurgy, Fracture Mechanics, Welding, Moment Connections and Frame Systems
(SAC 95-09) Behavior (Published 1996, 365 pages)
FEMA 289 Connection Test Summaries
(SAC 96-02) (Published 1997; approx. 135 pages)
FEMA-267A Interim Guidelines Advisory No. 1 — Supplement to FEMA -267
(SAC 96-03) (Published 1997; approx. 100 pages)
All publications from FEMA are available free by calling 800-480-2520 and ordering with the FEMA document number (from for-
eign exchanges call 301-497-1873). These documents are also available from the Applied Technology Council (shipping charge of
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Publications Available from the SAC Joint Venture

SAC 94-01 Proceedings of the Invitational Workshop on Steel Seismic Issues, Los Angeles, September 1994 (1994, 155 pages)
SAC 95-01 Steel Moment Frame Connection Advisory No. 3 (1995, 310 pages including appendices)
SAC 95-03 Characterization of Ground Motions During the Northridge Earthquake of January 17, 1994, by Paul Somerville,
Robert Graves, and Chandan Saikia, Woodward-Clyde Federal Services, Pasadena, California (1995, 179 pages)
SAC 95-04 Analytical and Field Investigations of Buildings Affected by the Northridge Earthquake of January 17, 1994, by A.
Alali, J. Anderson, J. Beck., K. Benuska, D. Bonowitz, R. DiJulio, J. Dunlea, T. Eimani, M. Englehardt, F. Filippou,
G. Hart, L. Ho, S. Huang, A. Husain, A. Jain, J. Kariotis, H. Kim, K. Kim, H. Krawinkler, C. Lee, C. Li, R. Lobo, B.
May, F. Naeim, T. Paret, D. Polidori, A. Reinhorn, T. Sabol, A. Sadre, K. Sasaki, J. Stewart, C. Thiel, C. Uang, J.
Uzarski, M. Vanik, M. VanWinkler, N. Youssef, and Q. Yu (1995, combined volumes 900 pages)
SAC 95-05 Parametric Analytic Investigations of Ground Motion and Structural Response, Northridge Earthquake of January
17, 1994, by S. Campbell, M. Englehardt, J. Hall, G. Hart, L. Ho, S. Huang, A. Husain, W. Iwan, H. Kim, K. Kim, R.
Lobo, T. Sabol, M. Skokan, and J. Uzarski (1995, 274 pages)
SAC 95-06 Technical Report: Surveys and Assessment of Damage to Buildings Affected by the Northridge Earthquake of January
17, 1994, by D. Bonowitz, M. Durkin, W. Gates, M. Morden, and N. Youssef (1995, 315 pages)
SAC 95-07 Technical Report: Case Studies of Steel Moment Frame Building Performance in the Northridge Earthquake of Janu-
ary 17, 1994, by J.C. Anderson, B.C. Gourley, M. Green, J.F. Hajjar, R. Johnston, R.T. Leon, D.P. O’Sullivan, and
J.E. Partridge (1995, 260 pages)
SAC 95-08 Technical Report: Experimental Investigations of Materials, Weldments and Nondestructive Examination Techniques,
by C.A. Barnes, M.D. Englehardt, J.W. Fisher, T.J. Fowler, E.J. Kaufmann, and C.R. Thewalt (1996, 116 pages)
SAC 96-01 Technical Report: Experimental Investigations of Beam-Column Subassemblages, by V. Bertero, M. Blondet, D.
Bondad, M. Englehardt, A. Gilani, E. Popov, C. Roeder, T. Sabol, B. Shuey, L. Stepanov, B. Stojadinovic, C.-M.
Uang, A. Whittaker (1996, combined volumes 894 pages)
SAC 98-PG Update on the Seismic Safety of Steel Buildings - A Guide for Policy Makers (1998, 20 color pages)

Background Documents Available from NISEE

The Background Document series has been developed to disseminate information related to the mission of the Steel Project that
has not been reviewed as part of the formal report series. The Background Documents are not intended to be used for design or for
any specific building project and do not necessarily represent official findings or recommendations of FEMA, the SAC Joint Ven-
ture and its organizations, or any other project participants.
SAC/BD-96/01 Selected Results from the SAC Phase 1 Beam-Column Connection Pre-Test Analyses, submissions from B.
Maison, K. Kasai, and R. Dexter; and A. Ingraffea and G. Deierlein.
 SAC/BD-96/02 Summary Report on SAC Phase 1 - Task 7 Experimental Studies, by C. Roeder (a revised version of this docu-
ment is published in Report No. SAC 96-01; the original is no longer available).
SAC/BD-96/03 Selected Documents from the U.S.-Japan Workshop on Steel Fracture Issues, June 16-18, 1996.
SAC/BD-96/04 Survey of Computer Programs for the Nonlinear Analysis of Steel Moment Frame Structures.
SAC/BD-97/01 Through-Thickness Properties of Structural Steels, by J. Barsom and S. Korvink.
SAC/BD-97/02 Protocol for Fabrication, Inspection, Testing, and Documentation of Beam-Column Connection Tests and
Other Experimental Specimens, by P. Clark, K. Frank, H. Krawinkler, and R. Shaw.
SAC/BD-97/03 Proposed Statistical and Reliability Framework for Comparing and Evaluating Predictive Models for Evalua-
tion and Design, by Y.-K. Wen.
SAC/BD-97/04 Development of Ground Motion Time Histories for Phase 2 of the FEMA/SAC Steel Project, by. P. Somerville,
N. Smith, S. Punyamurthula, and J. Sun.
SAC/BD-97/05 Finite Element Fracture Mechanics Investigation of Welded Beam-Column Connections, by W.-M. Chi, G.
Deierlein, and A. Ingraffea.
SAC/BD-98/01 Strength and Ductility of FR Welded-Bolted Connections, S. El-Tawil, T. Mikesell, E. Vidarsson, S. Kunnath.
The Background Documents are being distributed by the National Information Service for Earthquake Engineering (NISEE). For
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