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Reports Issued in 2001

Reports Issued in 2000

Carballo, Jorge Eduardo advised by Cornell, C. Allin ``Probabilistic Seismic Demand Analysis: Spectrum Matching and Design,'' PhD Thesis and Report RMS-41, July, 2000.
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Thráinsson, H., A.S. Kiremidjian, and S.R. Winterstein, ``Modeling of Earthquake Ground Motion in the Frequency Domain,'' Report No. RMS--40 (Ph.D. Thesis), RMS Program, Stanford University, May 2000.
Fitzwater, L.M. and Winterstein, S.R., ``Estimation of Extremes from Limited Time Histories: The Routine MAXFITS with Wind Turbine Examples'' Report No. RMS--39, RMS Program, Stanford University, May 2000.

Reports Issued in 1999

Manuel, L., Kashef, T., and Winterstein, S.R., ``Moment-Based Probability Modelling and Extreme Response Estimation: The FITS Routine (Version 1.2),'' Report No. RMS--38, RMS Program, Stanford University, May 1999.
Sweetman, B. and Winterstein, S.R., ``Second-Order Random Ocean Waves: Prediction of Temporal and Spatial Variation from Fixed and Moving References: The WAVEMAKER Routine (Version 3.2),'' Report No. RMS--37, RMS Program, Stanford University, May 1999.
de Jong, P.R. and Winterstein, S.R. (supervisor), ``Prediction of Extreme Responses from Limited Data,'' Report No. RMS--36 (Engineer's Thesis), RMS Program, Stanford University, May 1999.
Shome, N. and Cornell, C.A. (supervisor), ``Probabilistic Seismic Demand Analysis of Nonlinear Structures,'' Report No. RMS--35 (Ph.D. Thesis), RMS Program, Stanford University, May 1999.

Reports Issued in 1998

Sweetman, B. and and Winterstein, S.R., ``Second-Order Random Ocean Waves: Translation to a Moving Reference Frame,'' Technical Note No. TN--5, RMS Program, Stanford University, July 1998.
Manuel, L. and Winterstein, S.R., ``Estimation of Air Gap Statistics for Floating Structures,'' Technical Note No. TN--4, RMS Program, Stanford University, June 1998.
de Jong, P.R. and Winterstein, S.R., ``Probabilistic Models of Dynamic Response and Bootstrap-Based Estimates of Extremes: The Routine MAXFITS,'' Report No. RMS--34, RMS Program, Stanford University, June 1998.
Sweetman, B., Jha, A.K., and Winterstein, S.R., ``Second-Order Random Ocean Waves: Prediction of Temporal and Spatial Variation: The WAVEMAKER Routine,'' Report No. RMS--33, RMS Program, Stanford University, June 1998.
Engebretsen, K., and Winterstein, S.R., ``Probabilistic Specification of Metocean Criteria: Generating and Search N-Year Contours for Extreme Response Estimation: The HTCNTR, IFORM, and SURFIT Routines,'' Report No. RMS--32, RMS Program, Stanford University, June 1998.
Kashef, T., and Winterstein, S.R., ``Moment-Based Probability Modelling and Extreme Response Estimation: The FITS Routine,'' Report No. RMS--31, RMS Program, Stanford University, June 1998.
Engebretsen, K., and Winterstein, S.R., ``Probability-Based Design Loads and Responses of Floating Structures: Extreme Slow Drift and Tether Tension,'' Report No. RMS--30, RMS Program, Stanford University, June 1998.

Reports Issued in 1997

Shome, N, Cornell, C.A., Bazzurro, P., and Carballo, J.E., ``Earthquakes, Records and Nonlinear MDOF Records,'' Report No. RMS--29, RMS Program, Stanford University, June 1997.
Kumar, S., and Winterstein, S.R., ``SURFIT: Using Moment Response Surfaces to Estimate Extreme Response from Wave, Wind, and Current,'' Report No. RMS--28, RMS Program, Stanford University, June 1997.
Jha, A.K., and Winterstein, S.R., ``CYCLES 2.0: Fatigue Reliability Models and Results for Wave and Wind Applications,'' Report No. RMS--27, RMS Program, Stanford University, June 1997.
Jha, A.K., and Winterstein, S.R., ``Nonlinear Ship Loads and Ship Fatigue Reliability,'' Report No. RMS--26, RMS Program, Stanford University, June 1997.
Jha, A.K., and Winterstein, S.R., ``Spar Floating Platform: Numerical Analysis and Comparison with Data,'' Report No. RMS--25, RMS Program, Stanford University, June 1997.
Jha, A.K., and Winterstein, S.R., ``Nonlinear Random Ocean Waves: Prediction and Comparison with Data,'' Report No. RMS--24, RMS Program, Stanford University, June 1997.

Reports Issued in 1996

Torhaug, R., and Winterstein, S.R. (supervisor), ``Extreme Response of Nonlinear Ocean Structures: Identification of Minimal Stochastic Wave Input for Time-Domain Simulation,'' Report No. RMS--23 (Ph.D. Thesis), RMS Program, Stanford University, July 1996.
Jha, A.K. and Winterstein, S.R., ``Wavemaker 2.0: Simulation and Identification of Second-Order Waves,'' Report No. RMS--22, RMS Program, Stanford University, July 1996.
Schmucker, D.G. and Cornell, C.A (supervisor), ``Near-Failure Behavior of Jacket-Type Offshore Platforms Platforms in the Extreme Wave Environment,'' Report No. RMS--21 (Ph.D. Thesis), RMS Program, Stanford University, July 1996.
Ude, T.C. and Winterstein, S.R., ``Predicting Fatigue Damage Matrices for Floating Structures across Multiple Seastates: the DamMat Routine,'' Report No. RMS--20, RMS Program, Stanford University, July 1996.
Winterstein, S.R., ``The FITS Routine: Fitting Distributions to Multiple Databases and Estimating Combined Extremes,'' Report No. RMS--19, RMS Program, Stanford University, July 1996.
Ude, T.C., Kumar, S., and Winterstein, S.R., ``TFPOP 2.1: Stochastic Response Analysis of Floating Structures under Wind, Current, and Second-Order Wave Loads,'' Report No. RMS--18, RMS Program, Stanford University, July 1996.
Ude, T.C. and Winterstein, S.R., ``IFORM: An Invese-FORM Routine to Estimate Response Levels with Specified Return Periods,'' Technical Note No. TN--3, RMS Program, Stanford University, July 1996.

Reports Issued in 1995

Jha, A.K. and Winterstein, S.R., ``Second-Order Random Waves: Simulation in Time and Space,'' Report No. RMS--17, RMS Program, Stanford University, April 1995.