First U.S.-Japan workshop on advanced research on earthquake engineering for dams. Final report

The First US-Japan Workshop on Advanced Research on Earthquake Engineering for Dams was held under the sponsorship of the US Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station and the Public Works Research Institute of Japan (PWRI) under the auspices of Task Committee D, Earthquake Engineering for Dams, of the UJNR Panel on Wind and Seismic Effects, in Vicksburg, Mississippi, 12-14 November 1996. The workshop provided a valuable forum to exchange technical information on earthquake engineering for dams in both countries. The workshop was attended by 11 Japanese participants, 26 US participants, and 1 visitor from the United Kingdom. Four agencies and two universities were represented in the Japanese delegation. The US participants were drawn from the US Army Corps of Engineers and the US Bureau of Reclamation.