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Julian J. Bommer is affiliated with Imperial College London in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Engineering, with a strong focus on Geophysics and Civil and Structural Engineering subfields. Additional work touches on Mechanical Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, and Ocean Engineering.

They have contributed extensively to topics related to seismic phenomena and structural analysis. Main themes in their research include:

  • Seismic Performance and Analysis
  • Earthquake and Tectonic Studies
  • Seismic Waves and Analysis
  • Structural Health Monitoring Techniques
  • Earthquake Detection and Analysis
  • Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures
  • Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques

Julian J. Bommer has published several papers, with notable recent contributions including:

  • "Green, yellow, red, or out of the blue? An assessment of Traffic Light Schemes to mitigate the impact of hydraulic fracturing-induced seismicity" (2020) in the Journal of Seismology
  • "Earthquake hazard and risk analysis for natural and induced seismicity: towards objective assessments in the face of uncertainty" (2022) in Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering
  • "Capturing epistemic uncertainty in site response" (2020) in Earthquake Spectra
  • "Selecting Ground-Motion Models for Site-Specific PSHA: Adaptability versus Applicability" (2020) in Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America
  • "A database of damaging small-to-medium magnitude earthquakes" (2020) in Journal of Seismology

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Adrián Rodríguez-Marek
  • Jan van Elk
  • Peter J. Stafford
  • Pauline P. Kruiver
  • Benjamin Edwards

Key publication venues for their work are:

  • Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America
  • Earthquake Spectra
  • Journal of Seismology
  • Seismological Research Letters
  • Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering

Best Publications

  • PREDICTION OF HORIZONTAL RESPONSE SPECTRA IN EUROPE

    N. N. Ambraseys;K. A. Simpson;J. J. Bommer

  • Empirical Equations for the Prediction of PGA, PGV, and Spectral Accelerations in Europe, the Mediterranean Region, and the Middle East

    Sinan Akkar;Julian J. Bommer

  • Induced seismicity associated with Enhanced Geothermal Systems

    Ernest L. Majer;Roy Baria;Mitch Stark;Stephen Oates

  • Processing of strong-motion accelerograms: needs, options and consequences

    David M. Boore;Julian J. Bommer

  • DEVELOPMENT OF SEISMIC VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGIES OVER THE PAST 30 YEARS

    G. M Calvi;R Pinho;G Magenes;J. J Bommer

  • An improved method of matching response spectra of recorded earthquake ground motion using wavelets

    Jonathan Hancock;Jennie Watson-Lamprey;Norman A. Abrahamson;Julian J. Bommer

  • THE USE OF REAL EARTHQUAKE ACCELEROGRAMS AS INPUT TO DYNAMIC ANALYSIS

    Julian J. Bommer;Ana Beatriz Acevedo

  • The Variability of Ground-Motion Prediction Models and Its Components

    Linda Al Atik;Norman Abrahamson;Julian J. Bommer;Frank Scherbaum

  • Earthquake-induced landslides: 1980–1997

    C.E Rodrı́guez;J.J Bommer;R.J Chandler

  • Empirical ground-motion models for point- and extended-source crustal earthquake scenarios in Europe and the Middle East

    S. Akkar;M. A. Sandıkkaya;J. J. Bommer

  • THE EFFECTIVE DURATION OF EARTHQUAKE STRONG MOTION

    Julian J. Bommer;Alejandro Martínez-Pereira

  • Criteria for selecting and adjusting ground-motion models for specific target regions: Application to Central Europe and rock sites

    Fabrice Cotton;Frank Scherbaum;Julian J. Bommer;Hilmar Bungum

  • Why Do Modern Probabilistic Seismic-Hazard Analyses Often Lead to Increased Hazard Estimates?

    Julian J. Bommer;Norman A. Abrahamson

  • On the Selection of Ground-Motion Prediction Equations for Seismic Hazard Analysis

    Julian J. Bommer;John Douglas;Frank Scherbaum;Fabrice Cotton

  • On the Use of Logic Trees for Ground-Motion Prediction Equations in Seismic-Hazard Analysis

    Julian J. Bommer;Frank Scherbaum;Hilmar Bungum;Fabrice Cotton

  • A Probabilistic Displacement-based Vulnerability Assessment Procedure for Earthquake Loss Estimation

    Helen Crowley;Rui Pinho;Julian J. Bommer

  • Earthquake losses due to ground failure

    Juliet F. Bird;Julian J. Bommer

  • Relationships between Median Values and between Aleatory Variabilities for Different Definitions of the Horizontal Component of Motion

    Katrin Beyer;Julian J. Bommer

  • Scaling of the Source Dimensions of Interface and Intraslab Subduction-zone Earthquakes with Moment Magnitude

    Fleur O. Strasser;M.C. Arango;Julian J. Bommer

  • Empirical Equations for the Prediction of the Significant, Bracketed, and Uniform Duration of Earthquake Ground Motion

    Julian J. Bommer;Peter J. Stafford;John E. Alarcón

  • A State-of-Knowledge Review of the Influence of Strong-Motion Duration on Structural Damage

    Jonathan Hancock;Julian J. Bommer

Frequent Co-Authors

Helen Crowley
Helen Crowley University of Pavia
Rui Pinho
Rui Pinho University of Pavia
Sinan Akkar
Sinan Akkar Boğaziçi University
Norman A. Abrahamson
Norman A. Abrahamson University of California, Berkeley
Frank Scherbaum
Frank Scherbaum University of Potsdam
Benjamin R. Edwards
Benjamin R. Edwards University of Liverpool
Fabrice Cotton
Fabrice Cotton University of Potsdam
John Douglas
John Douglas University of Strathclyde

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