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Recent publications on assessing and reducing seismic risk

May 24, 2023

DRRN co-lead Carlos Molina Hutt has co-authored several articles with members of his research team at UBC's Engineering for Seismic Resilience Laboratory. Their work models the effects of earthquakes on buildings in Canada in order to understand seismic risk and support functional recovery after an earthquake.

2023


Kakoty, P., Molina Hutt, C., Molnar, S. and Ghofrani, H. (2023). “Spectral acceleration basin amplification factors for interface Cascadia subduction zone earthquakes in Canada’s 2020 national seismic hazard model.” Earthquake Spectra: 39(2) 1166–1188.

Palomino Romani, G., Blowes, K. and Molina Hutt, C. (2023) “Evaluating post-earthquake functionality and surge capacity of hospital emergency departments using discrete event simulation.” Earthquake Spectra: 39(1) 402–433.
https://doi.org/10.1177/87552930221128607

2022


Kourehpaz, P. and Molina Hutt, C. (2022). “Machine learning for enhanced regional seismic risk assessments.” Journal of Structural Engineering, 148(9): 04022126-1.

Molina Hutt, C., Vahanvaty, T. and Kourehpaz, P. (2022) “An analytical framework to assess earthquake induced downtime and model recovery of buildings.” Earthquake Spectra, 38(2) 1283–1320.

Molina Hutt, C., Hulsey, A. M., Kakoty, P., Deierlein, G. G., Eksir Monfared, A., Yen, W. Y. and Hooper, J. D. (2022). “Towards functional recovery performance in the seismic design of modern tall buildings.” Earthquake Spectra, 38(1): 283-309.

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