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CENTER FOR
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Seismic Design of Bridge Columns Based
on Control and Repairability of Damage
by
C-T. Cheng and J.B. Mander
Technical Report NCEER-97-0013
December 8, 1997
This research was conducted at the University at Buffalo, State University of New York
and was supported by the Federal Highway Administration under contract number
DTFH61-92-C-00112.
NOTICE
This report was prepared by the University at Buffalo, State University of New York as
a result of research sponsored by the National Center for Earthquake Engineering Re-
search (NCEER) through a contract from the Federal Highway Administration. Neither
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