John Douglas

Research output

Research output per year 2000 2021

• 93 Article
• 8 Conference contribution book
• 7 Paper
• 4 Chapter
• 5 More
  • 1 Keynote
  • 1 Poster
  • 1 Proceeding
  • 1 Comment/debate
  • 1 Other contribution

Research output per year

Research output per year

Search results

• 2021

  Accessing European strong-motion data: an update on ORFEUS Coordinated Services

  Lanzano, G., Luzi, L., Cauzzi, C., Bienkowski, J., Bindi, D., Clinton, J., Cocco, M., D'Amico, M., Douglas, J., Faenza, L., Felicetta, C., Gallovič, F., Giardini, D., Ktenidou, O-J., Lauciani, V., Manakou, M., Marmureanu, A., Maufroy, E., Michelini, A., Özener, H. & 6 others, Puglia, R., Rupakhety, R., Russo, E., Shahvar, M., Sleeman, K. & Theodoulidis, N., 11 Jan 2021, (Accepted/In press) In: Seismological Research Letters.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Cost-benefit analyses to assess the potential of Operational Earthquake Forecasting prior to a mainshock in Europe

  Douglas, J. & Azarbakht, A., 31 Jan 2021, In: Natural Hazards. 105, 1, p. 293-311 19 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Earthquakes
  • Costs
  • Hazards
  3 Downloads (Pure)

• Examining the contribution of near real-time data for rapid seismic loss assessment of structures

  Tubaldi, E., Ozer, E., Douglas, J. & Gehl, P., 29 Jan 2021, (Accepted/In press) In: Structural Health Monitoring.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Data fusion
  • Random variables
  • Bayesian networks
  • Accelerometers
  • Earthquakes
• 2020

  Evaluating alternative approaches for the seismic design of structures

  Gkimprixis, A., Tubaldi, E. & Douglas, J., 31 Jul 2020, In: Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering. 18, 9, p. 4331-4361 31 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Seismic design
  • Costs
  • Hazards
  • Earthquakes
  • Reinforced concrete
  2 Citations (Scopus)

  16 Downloads (Pure)

• Improving earthquake ground-motion predictions for the North Sea

  Brooks, C., Douglas, J. & Shipton, Z., 30 Apr 2020, In: Journal of Seismology. 24, 2, p. 343-362 20 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Earthquakes
  • Hazards
  • Critical infrastructures
  • Offshore structures
  • Wind turbines
  1 Citation (Scopus)

  9 Downloads (Pure)

• Improving models of spatial correlation of earthquake ground motion

  Schiappapietra, E. & Douglas, J., 20 Sep 2020.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › peer-review

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  • Earthquakes
  1 Downloads (Pure)

• Influence of the site-specific component of kappa on the magnitude-dependency of within-event aleatory variabilities in ground-motion models

  Brooks, C. & Douglas, J., 14 Oct 2020, In: Seismological Research Letters.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Insights into spatially correlated ground motion intensity measures using Italian earthquakes

  Schiappapietra, E. & Douglas, J., 13 Sep 2020.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Proceeding › peer-review

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  • Earthquakes
  • Hazards
  • Landslides
  • Earthquake engineering
  • Liquefaction
  2 Downloads (Pure)

• Modelling the spatial correlation of earthquake ground motion: insights from the literature, data from the 2016-2017 central Italy earthquake sequence and ground-motion simulations

  Schiappapietra, E. & Douglas, J., 30 Apr 2020, In: Earth-Science Reviews. 203, 103139.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  4 Citations (Scopus)

• Nomogram to help explain probabilistic seismic hazard

  Douglas, J. & Danciu, L., 29 Feb 2020, In: Journal of Seismology. 24, 1, p. 221–228 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Nomograms
  • Hazards
  • Seismology
  • Medicine
  • Screening
  1 Citation (Scopus)

  8 Downloads (Pure)
• 2019

  An accessible approach for the site response analysis of quasi-horizontal layered deposits

  Volpini, C. & Douglas, J., 15 Mar 2019, In: Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering. 17, 3, p. 1163–1183 21 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Deposits
  • Geometry
  • Acoustic impedance
  • Surface waves
  • Soils
  4 Citations (Scopus)

  84 Downloads (Pure)

• A streamlined approach for the seismic hazard assessment of a new nuclear power plant in the UK

  Aldama-Bustos, G., Tromans, I. J., Strasser, F., Garrard, G., Green, G., Rivers, L., Douglas, J., Musson, R. M. W., Hunt, S., Lessi-Cheimariou, A., Davi, M. & Robertson, C., 4 Jan 2019, In: Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering. 17, 1, p. 37-54 18 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Nuclear power plants
  • Hazards
  • Costs
  3 Citations (Scopus)

  36 Downloads (Pure)

• Comparison of methods to develop risk-targeted seismic design maps

  Gkimprixis, A., Tubaldi, E. & Douglas, J., 15 Jul 2019, In: Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering. 17, 7, p. 3727-3752 26 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Seismic design
  • Hazards
  • Degrees of freedom (mechanics)
  • Linearization
  • Earthquakes
  12 Citations (Scopus)

  50 Downloads (Pure)

• Comparison of soil nonlinearity (in situ stress-strain relation and G/Gmax reduction) observed in strong-motion databases and modeled in ground-motion prediction equations

  Guéguen, P., Bonilla, F. & Douglas, J., 28 Feb 2019, In: Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. 109, 1, p. 178-186 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Soils
  • Shear waves
  • Regression analysis
  • Earthquakes
  • Elastic moduli
  9 Citations (Scopus)

  12 Downloads (Pure)

• Guidance on conducting 2D linear viscoelastic site response analysis using a finite element code

  Volpini, C., Douglas, J. & Nielsen, A. H., 8 Mar 2019, In: Journal of Earthquake Engineering. 27 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Boundary conditions
  • Stratigraphy
  • Subroutines
  • Software packages
  • Soils
  1 Citation (Scopus)

  22 Downloads (Pure)

• Managing bridge scour risk using structural health monitoring

  Maroni, A., Tubaldi, E., Douglas, J., Ferguson, N., Val, D., McDonald, H., Lothian, S., Chisholm, A., Riches, O., Walker, D., Greenoak, E., Green, C. & Zonta, D., 5 Jul 2019, International Conference on Smart Infrastructure and Construction 2019 (ICSIC): Driving Data-Informed Decision-Making. London, p. 77-84 8 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution book

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  • Scour
  • Structural health monitoring
  • Bayesian networks
  • Monitoring
  • Decision support systems
  7 Downloads (Pure)

• Probabilistic seismic hazard assessment for a new-build nuclear power plant site in the UK

  Tromans, I. J., Aldama-Bustos, G., Douglas, J., Lessi-Cheimariou, A., Hunt, S., Davi, M., Musson, R. M. W., Garrard, G., Strasser, F. O. & Robertson, C., 15 Jan 2019, In: Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering. 17, 1, p. 1-36 36 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Nuclear power plants
  • Hazards
  • Amplification
  • Convolution
  • Equations of motion
  8 Citations (Scopus)

  23 Downloads (Pure)

• Spatial correlation of ground motions in the 2016-2017 Central Italy seismic sequence

  Schiappapietra, E. & Douglas, J., 9 Sep 2019. 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review

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  • Earthquakes
  • Risk management
  • Risk assessment
  • Hazards
  • Decision making
  8 Downloads (Pure)
• 2018

  A Bayesian network approach to assess underwater scour around bridge foundations

  Maroni, A., Tubaldi, E., Douglas, J., Ferguson, N., Zonta, D., McDonald, H., Greenoak, E., Walker, D. & Green, C., 10 Jul 2018. 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review

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  • Scour
  • Bayesian networks
  • Rivers
  • Monitoring
  • Inspection
  49 Downloads (Pure)

• Calibrating the backbone approach for the development of earthquake ground motion models

  Douglas, J., 14 May 2018. 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper

  Open Access

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  • Earthquakes
  • Uncertainty
  • Calibration
  • Tectonics
  • Stochastic models
  90 Downloads (Pure)

• Capturing geographically-varying uncertainty in earthquake ground motion models or what we think we know may change

  Douglas, J., 25 Apr 2018, Recent Advances in Earthquake Engineering in Europe: 16th European Conference on Earthquake Engineering-Thessaloniki 2018. Pitilakis, K. (ed.). Cham, Switzerland: Springer, p. 153-181 29 p. (Geotechnical, Geological and Earthquake Engineering; vol. 46).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  Open Access

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  • Earthquakes
  • Uncertainty
  • Hazards
  • Monitoring
  16 Citations (Scopus)

  82 Downloads (Pure)

• Development of fragility curves for use in seismic risk targeting

  Gkimprixis, A., Douglas, J., Tubaldi, E. & Zonta, D., 18 Jun 2018. 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Earthquakes
  • Concrete buildings
  • Hazards
  • Reinforced concrete
  • Geometry
  113 Downloads (Pure)

• Do French macroseismic intensity observations agree with expectations from the European Seismic Hazard Model 2013?

  Rey, J., Beauval, C. & Douglas, J., 9 May 2018, In: Journal of Seismology. 22, 3, p. 589-604 16 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Hazards
  • Seismic design
  • Earthquakes
  • Uncertainty
  • Sensors
  5 Citations (Scopus)

  15 Downloads (Pure)

• Peak ground accelerations from large (M≥7.2) shallow crustal earthquakes: a comparison with predictions from eight recent ground-motion models

  Douglas, J. & Boore, D. M., 31 Jan 2018, In: Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering. 16, 1, p. 1-21 21 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Earthquakes
  • Rocks
  6 Citations (Scopus)

  186 Downloads (Pure)

• Risk targeting in seismic design codes: the state of the art, outstanding issues and possible paths forward

  Douglas, J. & Gkimprixis, A., 22 Mar 2018, Seismic Hazard and Risk Assessment: Updated Overview with Emphasis on Romania. Vacareanu, R. & Ionescu, C. (eds.). Cham, p. 211-223 13 p. (Springer Natural Hazards).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

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  • Seismic design
  • Hazards
  • Convolution
  68 Downloads (Pure)

• Using Bayesian networks for the assessment of underwater scour for road and railway bridges

  Maroni, A., Tubaldi, E., Douglas, J., Ferguson, N., Zonta, D., McDonald, H., Walker, D., Greenoak, E. & Green, C., 17 May 2018, Structural Faults and Repair and European Bridge Conference 2018: Conference Proceedings. Birmingham, UK, 13 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution book

  Open Access

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  • Scour
  • Bayesian networks
  • Monitoring
  • Rivers
  • Inspection
  33 Downloads (Pure)
• 2017

  Estimating ground motions In the largest crustal earthquakes

  Douglas, J., 22 Dec 2017, Houston, Texas

  Research output: Other contribution

  • Earthquakes

• Examining the assumption of homogeneous horizontal layers within seismic site response analysis

  Volpini, C. & Douglas, J., 20 Jul 2017. 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Soils
  • Shear waves
  • Amplification
  • Stratigraphy
  • Deposits
  137 Downloads (Pure)

• Inferring earthquake ground motion fields with Bayesian Networks

  Gehl, P., Douglas, J. & D'Ayala, D., 1 Dec 2017, In: Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. 107, 6, p. 2792-2808

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Bayesian networks
  • Earthquakes
  • Normal distribution
  • Scalability
  4 Citations (Scopus)

  26 Downloads (Pure)

• Stress accumulation in the Marmara Sea estimated through ground-motion simulations from dynamic rupture scenarios

  Aochi, H., Douglas, J. & Ulrich, T., 22 Mar 2017, In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth. 122, 3, p. 2219–2235 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Finite difference method
  • Statistical Models
  • Hazards
  • Earthquakes
  3 Citations (Scopus)

  71 Downloads (Pure)

• Using targeted risk in seismic design codes: a summary of the state of the art and outstanding issues

  Douglas, J. & Gkimprixis, A., 16 Jun 2017, p. 3-10. 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Keynote

  Open Access

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  • Seismic design
  • Hazards
  • Convolution
  277 Downloads (Pure)
• 2016

  Accounting for end-user preferences in earthquake early warning systems

  Le Guenan, T., Smai, F., Loschetter, A., Auclair, S., Monfort, D., Taillefer, N. & Douglas, J., 1 Jan 2016, In: Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering. 14, 1, p. 297–319 23 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Alarm systems
  • Earthquakes
  • Toll bridges
  • Brakes
  • Decision making
  3 Citations (Scopus)

  99 Downloads (Pure)

• An updated probabilistic seismic hazard assessment for Romania and comparison with the approach and outcomes of the SHARE project

  Pavel, F., Vacareanu, R., Douglas, J., Radulian, M., Cioflan, C. & Barbat, A., 7 Jun 2016, In: Pure and Applied Geophysics. 173, 6, p. 1881-1905 25 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Hazards
  • Soils
  • Rocks
  • Education
  25 Citations (Scopus)

  194 Downloads (Pure)

• Assessing components of ground-motion variability from simulations for the Marmara Sea region (Turkey)

  Douglas, J. & Aochi, H., 1 Feb 2016, In: Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. 106, 1, p. 300-306 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Earthquakes
  • Model structures
  • Finite difference method
  • Hazards
  8 Citations (Scopus)

  45 Downloads (Pure)

• Comment on the paper 'A risk-mitigation approach to the management of induced seismicity' by J. J. Bommer, H. Crowley and R. Pinho

  Douglas, J., 1 Jan 2016, In: Journal of Seismology. 20, 1, p. 393-394 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review

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  2 Citations (Scopus)

  33 Downloads (Pure)

• Earthquake early warning and operational earthquake forecasting as real-time hazard information to mitigate seismic risk at nuclear facilities

  Cauzzi, C., Behr, Y., Le Guenan, T., Douglas, J., Auclair, S., Woessner, J., Clinton, J. & Wiemar, S., 9 Jan 2016, In: Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering. 14, 9, p. 2495–2512 18 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Hazards
  • Earthquakes
  • Testing
  • Communication
  • Costs
  16 Citations (Scopus)

  79 Downloads (Pure)

• FRACAS: a capacity spectrum approach for seismic fragility assessment including record-to-record variability

  Rossetto, T., Gehl, P., Minas, S., Galasso, C., Duffour, P., Douglas, J. & Cook, O., 25 Jul 2016, In: Engineering Structures. 125, p. 337-348 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Statistical Models
  • Earthquakes
  33 Citations (Scopus)

  104 Downloads (Pure)

• Recent and future developments in earthquake ground motion estimation

  Douglas, J. & Edwards, B., 30 Sep 2016, In: Earth-Science Reviews. 160, p. 203–219 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  64 Citations (Scopus)

  273 Downloads (Pure)
• 2015

  Assessing the impact of ground-motion variability and uncertainty on empirical fragility curves

  Ioannou, I., Douglas, J. & Rossetto, T., 1 Feb 2015, In: Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering. 69, p. 83-92 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Uncertainty
  • Timber
  • Risk assessment
  • Earthquakes
  19 Citations (Scopus)

  91 Downloads (Pure)

• Evaluation of seismic hazard for the assessment of historical elements at risk: description of input and selection of intensity measures

  Douglas, J., Seyedi, D. M., Ulrich, T., Modaressi, H., Foerster, E., Pitilakis, K., Pitilakis, D., Karatzetzou, A., Gazetas, G., Garini, E. & Loli, M., 1 Jan 2015, In: Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering. 13, 1, p. 49-65 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Hazards
  • Earthquakes
  • Retrofitting
  • Topography
  21 Citations (Scopus)

  110 Downloads (Pure)

• Influence of the number of dynamic analyses on the accuracy of structural response estimates

  Gehl, P., Douglas, J. & Seyedi, D. M., 1 Feb 2015, In: Earthquake Spectra. 31, 1, p. 97-113 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Maximum likelihood
  • Earthquake engineering
  • Maximum likelihood estimation
  • Risk assessment
  • Dynamic analysis
  31 Citations (Scopus)

  101 Downloads (Pure)

• Limits on the potential accuracy of earthquake risk evaluations using the L’aquila (Italy) earthquake as an example

  Douglas, J., Climent, D. M., Negulescu, C., Roullé, A. & Sedan, O., 2015, In: Annals of Geophysics. 58, 2, 17 p., S0214.

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  6 Citations (Scopus)

  234 Downloads (Pure)

• Selection of ground motion prediction equations for the global earthquake model

  Stewart, J. P., Douglas, J., Javanbarg, M., Bozorgnia, Y., Abrahamson, N. A., Boore, D. M., Campbell, K. W., Delavaud, E., Erdik, M. & Stafford, P. J., 1 Feb 2015, In: Earthquake Spectra. 31, 1, p. 19-45 27 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Earthquakes
  • Hazards
  • Uncertainty
  81 Citations (Scopus)

  434 Downloads (Pure)

• The 2013 European seismic hazard model: key components and results

  Woessner, J., Laurentiu, D., Giardini, D., Crowley, H., Cotton, F., Grünthal, G., Valensise, G., Arvidsson, R., Douglas, J. & The SHARE Consortium, 1 Dec 2015, In: Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering. 13, 12, p. 3553-3596 44 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Hazards
  • Earthquakes
  • Uncertainty
  • Seismic design
  • Availability
  215 Citations (Scopus)
• 2014

  Comparison of the ranges of uncertainty captured in different seismic-hazard studies

  Douglas, J., Ulrich, T., Bertil, D. & Rey, J., 1 Sep 2014, In: Seismological Research Letters. 85, 5, p. 977-985 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  25 Citations (Scopus)

  108 Downloads (Pure)

• Comparisons among the five ground-motion models developed using RESORCE for the prediction of response spectral accelerations due to earthquakes in Europe and the Middle East

  Douglas, J., Akkar, S., Ameri, G., Bard, P. Y., Bindi, D., Bommer, J. J., Bora, S. S., Cotton, F., Derras, B., Hermkes, M., Kuehn, N. M., Luzi, L., Massa, M., Pacor, F., Riggelsen, C., Sandikkaya, M. A., Scherbaum, F., Stafford, P. J. & Traversa, P., Feb 2014, In: Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering. 12, 1, p. 341-358 18 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Earthquakes
  • Amplification
  • Faulting
  54 Citations (Scopus)

  45 Downloads (Pure)

• Eurocode 8-compatible synthetic time-series as input to dynamic analysis

  Causse, M., Laurendeau, A., Perrault, M., Douglas, J., Bonilla, L. F. & Guéguen, P., Apr 2014, In: Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering. 12, 2, p. 755-768 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Dynamic analysis
  • Time series
  • Pressure effects
  • Pore pressure
  • Seismic response
  6 Citations (Scopus)

• Fragility curves for risk-targeted seismic design maps

  Ulrich, T., Negulescu, C. & Douglas, J., 1 Aug 2014, In: Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering. 12, 4, p. 1479-1491 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Seismic design
  • Concrete buildings
  • Hazards
  • Ductility
  • Reinforced concrete
  3 Citations (Scopus)

• Investigating the use of record-to-record variability in static capacity approaches

  Gehl, P., Douglas, J., Rossetto, T., Macabuag, J., Nassirpour, A., Minas, S. & Duffour, P., 7 Jul 2014, Vulnerability, Uncertainty, and Risk: Quantification, Mitigation, and Management. Beer, M., Au, S-K. & Hall, J. W. (eds.). Reston, Virginia: American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), p. 1675-1684 11 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution book

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  • Earthquakes
  • Earthquake engineering
  • Concrete construction
  • Reinforced concrete
  2 Citations (Scopus)

  10 Downloads (Pure)

• Magnitude scaling of induced earthquakes

  Edwards, B. & Douglas, J., 31 Oct 2014, In: Geothermics. 52, p. 132-139 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Geysers
  • Earthquakes
  • Geothermal fields
  • Hazards
  • Polynomials
  26 Citations (Scopus)