MCEER/NCEER Publications

Since 1987, MCEER, formerly the Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research (MCEER) and the National Center for Earthquake Engineering Research ( NCEER), has produced over 600 publications that describe the latest research and developments on a wide variety of topics related to earthquake engineering and extreme events.

The Center's research aims to increase the disaster resilience of buildings, bridges and other key infrastructure. For over 30 years, MCEER investigators have been developing design procedures and seismic evaluation and rehabilitation strategies for facilities and systems that society expects to be operational following an earthquake or other disaster. These investigations primarily focus on electric power systems, bridges and highways, sustainable and resilient buildings, and innovative protective technologies.

MCEER publications include technical reports, workshop and conference proceedings, and special publications such as reconnaissance reports, monographs, guidelines and standards, white papers and research summaries. These publications are intended to be of interest to a wide range of readers, including academic researchers, consultants and practitioners in government and the private sector.

MCEER no longer prints copies of publications.

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MCEER 18-0003: Seismic Damage Assessment of Low Aspect Ratio Reinforced Concrete Shear Walls
4/16/18
The goal of this report is to improve the professional community’s ability to collect, document and understand the effects of earthquake damage on low aspect ratio reinforced concrete shear walls.
MCEER-00-0001: The Marmara, Turkey Earthquake of August 17, 1999: Reconnaissance Report
12/31/99
The report documents the damage caused by the 1999 earthquake that affected the Marmara region in the Kocaeli Province of Turkey.
MCEER-00-0002: Proceedings of the MCEER Workshop for Seismic Hazard Mitigation of Health Care Facilities
12/31/99
The workshop was convened to examine how to ensure continued functionality of health care facilities during and after earthquakes.
MCEER-00-0003: The Chi-Chi, Taiwan Earthquake of September 21, 1999: Reconnaissance Report
12/31/99
On September 21, 1999, an earthquake struck the central region of Taiwan.
MCEER-00-0004: Seismic Retrofit of End-Sway Frames of Steel Deck-Truss Bridge with a Supplemental Tendon System: Experimental and Analyical Investigation
12/31/99
Among the various types of steel bridges, deck-truss bridges are particularly vulnerable to seismically induced inertia forces.
MCEER-00-0005: Sliding Fragility of Unrestrained Equipment in Critical Facilities
12/31/99
Earthquake vulnerability of nonstructural components is usually reduced by fastening or bracing individual objects.
MCEER-00-0006: Seismic Response of Reinforced Concrete Bridge Pier Walls in the Weak Direction
12/31/99
This research consists of an experimental and and an analytical study.
MCEER-00-0007: Low-Cycle Fatigue Behavior of Longitudinal Reinforcement in Reinforced Concrete Bridge Columns
12/31/99
In an effort to investigate the cumulative seismic damage in reinforced concrete bridge piers, the authors first examined the response of model bridge columns to constant amplitude and random cyclic displacement amplitudes.
MCEER-00-0008: Soil Structure Interaction of Bridges for Seismic Analysis
12/31/99
This report documents the current state-of-practice in soil-stricture interaction analyses for seismic design of bridges.
MCEER-00-0009: Proceedings of the MCEER Workshop on Mitigation of Earthquake Disaster by Advanced Technologies (MEDAT-1)
12/31/99
A Workshop on Mitigation of Earthquake Disaster by Advanced Technologies (MEDAT) was held, under the sponsorship of MCEER and the National Science Foundation (NSF), in Los Angeles at the Radisson Hotel Midtown, across from University of Southern California (USC) campus, March 2-3, 2000.
MCEER-00-0010: Development and Evaluation of Simplified Procedures for Analysis and Design of Buildings with Passive Energy Dissipation Systems - Revision 01
12/31/99
This report presents the development and evaluation of simplified methods of analysis and design for buildings with passive energy dissipation systems.
MCEER-00-0011: Dynamic Soil-Foundation-Structure Interaction Analysis of Large Caissons
12/31/99
Large cellular reinforced concrete caissons exist as foundations of major long span bridges across waterways in many parts of the country.
MCEER-00-0012: Experimental Evaluation of Seismic Performance of Bridge Restrainers
12/31/99
The overall objective of this task was to conduct shake table tests to evaluate the seismic performance of bridges that have been retrofitted with hinge restrainers between simply supported adjacent spans.
MCEER-00-0013: Effect of Spatial Variation of Ground Motion on Highway Structures
12/31/99
A methodology is developed to generate spatially varying ground motion time histories along the length of a long, multi-span bridge at its supports.
MCEER-00-0014: A Risk-Based Methodology for Assessing the Seismic Performance of Highway Systems
12/31/99
Post-earthquake function-ality of highway networks depends on such characteristics as network configuration, location of individual components within the overall system and specific links and subsystems, and the locations, redundancy, and traffic capacities of the links between key origins and destinations within the system.