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  • 2014 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For contributions to computational modeling, creation of open source software for earthquake engineering analysis, and academic leadership.

Overview

Gregory L. Fenves is affiliated with The University of Texas at Austin in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on engineering with specific contributions to civil and structural engineering as well as computational mechanics.

The main topics of Fenves's work include:

  • Fluid Dynamics Simulations and Interactions
  • Seismic Performance and Analysis
  • Structural Response to Dynamic Loads

Fenves has published in the following venues:

  • Journal of Structural Engineering

One recent paper authored by Fenves is titled "Erratum for 'Krylov Subspace Accelerated Newton Algorithm: Application to Dynamic Progressive Collapse Simulation of Frames' by Michael H. Scott and Gregory L. Fenves," published in 2020 in the Journal of Structural Engineering.

Frequently collaborating with Michael H. Scott, Fenves has coauthored research that intersects structural engineering and computational analysis.

In 2014, Fenves was recognized as a Member of the National Academy of Engineering for their work on computational modeling, the creation of open source software for earthquake engineering analysis, and academic leadership.

Best Publications

  • Plastic-Damage Model for Cyclic Loading of Concrete Structures

    Jeeho Lee;Gregory L. Fenves

  • Health monitoring of civil infrastructures using wireless sensor networks

    Sukun Kim;Shamim Pakzad;David Culler;James Demmel

  • Nonlinear Finite-Element Analysis Software Architecture Using Object Composition

    Frank McKenna;Frank McKenna;Frank McKenna;Michael H. Scott;Michael H. Scott;Michael H. Scott;Gregory L. Fenves;Gregory L. Fenves;Gregory L. Fenves

  • Plastic Hinge Integration Methods for Force-Based Beam¿Column Elements

    Michael H. Scott;Gregory L. Fenves;Gregory L. Fenves

  • A plastic-damage concrete model for earthquake analysis of dams

    Jeeho Lee;Gregory L. Fenves

  • Object-oriented finite element programming: frameworks for analysis, algorithms and parallel computing

    Francis Thomas Mckenna;Gregory L. Fenves

  • SEISMIC SOIL-STRUCTURE INTERACTION IN BUILDINGS. I: ANALYTICAL METHODS

    Jonathan P. Stewart;Gregory L. Fenves;Raymond B. Seed

  • Design and Implementation of Scalable Wireless Sensor Network for Structural Monitoring

    Shamim N. Pakzad;Gregory L. Fenves;Sukun Kim;David E. Culler

  • Characterization and Modeling of Friction Pendulum Bearings Subjected to Multiple Components of Excitation

    Gilberto Mosqueda;Andrew S. Whittaker;Gregory L. Fenves

  • Earthquake analysis of concrete gravity dams including reservoir bottom absorption and dam-water-foundation rock interaction.

    Gregory L Fenves;Anil K. Chopra

  • Software framework for distributed experimental-computational simulation of structural systems

    Yoshikazu Takahashi;Gregory L. Fenves

  • Object-oriented programming for engineering software development

    Gregory L Fenves

  • Wireless sensor networks for structural health monitoring

    Sukun Kim;Shamim Pakzad;David Culler;James Demmel

  • Krylov Subspace Accelerated Newton Algorithm: Application to Dynamic Progressive Collapse Simulation of Frames

    Michael H. Scott;Gregory L. Fenves

  • System identification for evaluating soil–structure interaction effects in buildings from strong motion recordings

    Jonathan P. Stewart;Gregory L. Fenves

  • Effects of reservoir bottom absorption and dam-water-foundation rock interaction on frequency response functions for concrete gravity dams

    Gregory L Fenves;Anil K. Chopra

  • Statistical Analysis of Vibration Modes of a Suspension Bridge Using Spatially Dense Wireless Sensor Network

    Shamim N. Pakzad;Shamim N. Pakzad;Gregory L. Fenves;Gregory L. Fenves

  • Earthquake analysis and response of concrete gravity dams.

    G. Fenves;A. K. Chopra

  • Seismic Damage Detection of a Full-Scale Shaking Table Test Structure

    Xiaodong Ji;Gregory L. Fenves;Kouichi Kajiwara;Masayoshi Nakashima

  • A return-mapping algorithm for plastic-damage models: 3-D and plane stress formulation

    Jeeho Lee;Gregory L. Fenves

  • Effects of reservoir bottom absorption on earthquake response of concrete gravity dams

    Gregory L Fenves;Anil K. Chopra

Frequent Co-Authors

Anil K. Chopra
Anil K. Chopra University of California, Berkeley
Andrew S. Whittaker
Andrew S. Whittaker University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Jonathan P. Stewart
Jonathan P. Stewart University of California, Los Angeles
Filip C. Filippou
Filip C. Filippou University of California, Berkeley
Raymond B. Seed
Raymond B. Seed University of California, Berkeley
Reginald DesRoches
Reginald DesRoches Rice University
David E. Culler
David E. Culler University of California, Berkeley
Masayoshi Nakashima
Masayoshi Nakashima Kyoto University
James Demmel
James Demmel University of California, Berkeley
George P. Petropoulos
George P. Petropoulos National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

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