Machine-learning-based predictive models for estimating seismically-induced slope displacements

J Macedo, C Liu, F Soleimani - Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
Engineers often use semiempirical models, which estimate the amount of seismically-
induced slope displacements (D), to evaluate the seismic performance of earth structures …

New developments for the performance-based assessment of seismically-induced slope displacements

J Macedo, G Candia, M Lacour, C Liu - Engineering Geology, 2020 - Elsevier
This study presents new developments for the performance-based assessment of
seismically-induced slope displacements (D). Performance-based procedures enable a …

New scenario‐based cumulative absolute velocity models for shallow crustal tectonic settings

J Macedo, N Abrahamson… - Bulletin of the …, 2021 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
ABSTRACT The Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center Next Generation
Attenuation‐West2 database is used to derive a new conditional ground‐motion model …

Evaluating different approaches for the hazard‐consistent assessment of the seismic performance of dams

J Macedo, V Ramesh, C Liu… - Bulletin of the …, 2022 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The current state of practice in the seismic assessment of dams relies on
pseudoprobabilistic approaches in which the estimation of ground‐motion intensity …

[HTML][HTML] Fragility-based analysis of the influence of effective stiffness of reinforced concrete members in shear wall buildings

D Ugalde, D Lopez-Garcia, PF Parra - Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, 2020 - Springer
When modeling RC shear wall buildings for seismic analysis there is little consensus in the
literature on the appropriate value of the wall effective shear stiffness (GA eff) and the slab …

Collapse risk assessment of a Chilean dual wall-frame reinforced concrete office building

G Araya-Letelier, PF Parra, D Lopez-Garcia… - Engineering …, 2019 - Elsevier
Several code-conforming reinforced concrete buildings were severely damaged during the
2010 moment magnitude (M w) 8.8 Chile earthquake, raising concerns about their real …

On the interpretation of conditional ground‐motion models

J Macedo, C Liu… - Bulletin of the …, 2022 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Recently, a number of conditional ground‐motion models (CGMMs) have been developed
for intensity measures (IMs) other than pseudospectral acceleration (PSA) values that are …

Ground‐Motion Intensity Measure Correlations on Interface and Intraslab Subduction Zone Earthquakes Using the NGA‐Sub Database

J Macedo, C Liu - Bulletin of the Seismological Society of …, 2021 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The NGA‐Sub (subduction zone earthquake) database developed by the Pacific Earthquake
Engineering Research center is used to derive new correlation coefficients for a number of …

Dynamic effective stress analysis of a centreline tailings dam under subduction earthquakes

J Macedo, P Torres, L Vergaray… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - icevirtuallibrary.com
A case study was conducted to evaluate the seismic performance of a centreline tailings
dam in the South American Andes through dynamic effective stress analyses with advanced …

Machine Learning-Based Selection of Efficient Parameters for the Evaluation of Seismically Induced Slope Displacements

F Soleimani, J Macedo, C Liu - Lifelines 2022, 2022 - ascelibrary.org
Seismically induced slope displacements (D) are often used as a performance index in the
seismic design of slope systems. Although previous studies have developed predictive …