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New paper published in Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics

The paper A design procedure using non-classical damping and iso-performance curves in buildings equipped with energy dissipation devices of researchers Juan Carlos de la Llera, Juan Pablo Muñoz and Juan José Besa was published online in the journal Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics. You can read it from the journal website here or you can contact the … Continue reading New paper published in Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics

New paper published in Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

The paper An Updated Recurrence Model for Chilean Subduction Seismicity and Statistical Validation of Its Poisson Nature of researchers Alan Poulos, Mauricio Monsalve, Natalia Zamora and Juan Carlos de la Llera was published online in the journal Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. You can read it from the journal website here or you can contact … Continue reading New paper published in Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

New paper published in Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies

The paper Validation of an agent-based building evacuation model with a school drill of researchers Alan Poulos, Felipe Tocornal, Judith Mitrani-Reiser and Juan Carlos de la Llera was published online in the journal Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies. You can read it from the journal website here or you can contact the authors for … Continue reading New paper published in Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies

Successful thesis defense of PhD Candidate Matías Chacón

Today, the student Matías Chacón defended successfully his PhD thesis "Epistemic Uncertainty of Linear Building Models and Inelastic Continuum Concrete Models". The comitee was composed by professors Juan Carlos de la Llera, Matías Hube, Jose Luis Almazán, Diego Celentano, Fabián Rojas, Sergio Oller, and Gloria Arancibia. Congratulations to Matías!

New paper published in Reliability Engineering & System Safety

The paper Data-driven estimation of interdependencies and restoration of infrastructure systems of researchers Mauricio Monsalve and Juan Carlos de la Llera was published online in the journal Reliability Engineering & System Safety. You can read it from the journal website here or you can contact the authors for a copy (see People).

New paper published in Earthquake Spectra

The paper Modeling the impact of earthquake induced debris on tsunami evacuation times of coastal cities of researchers Sebastián Castro, Alan Poulos, Juan Carlos Herrera and Juan Carlos de la Llera was published online in the journal Earthquake Spectra. You can read it from the journal website here or you can contact the authors for … Continue reading New paper published in Earthquake Spectra

New paper published in Earthquake Spectra

The paper Seismic risk assessment of an emergency department of a Chilean hospital using a patient-oriented performance model of researchers Philomène Favier, Alan Poulos, Jorge Vásquez, Paula Aguirre and Juan Carlos de la Llera was published online in the journal Earthquake Spectra. You can read it from the journal website here or you can contact … Continue reading New paper published in Earthquake Spectra

Participation in 11SAHC

We are pleased to inform that our PhD Student, Nuria Chiara Palazzi, will be presenting her work at the 11th International Conference on Structural Analysis of Historical Constructions, in Cusco, Peru (sahc2018.com). The title of the article is "Seismic vulnerability assessment of unreinforced masonry churches in central Chile". We wish all the luck to her.

Participation in GeoChina 2018

We are pleased to inform that researcher Yolanda Alberto will be presenting her work at the GeoChina 2018: New Developments in Materials for Infrastructure Sustainability and the Contemporary Issues in Geo-environmental Engineering, Hangzhou, China (geochina2018.geoconf.org ). The title of the article is “Effect of the Seismic Vulnerability of Water Pipelines on the Collapsible Soils of … Continue reading Participation in GeoChina 2018