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Katsuichiro Goda is affiliated with the University of Western Ontario in Canada. The primary fields of study for this researcher include Earth and Planetary Sciences and Engineering. Within these fields, the focus extends to several subfields, notably Geophysics, Civil and Structural Engineering, and Artificial Intelligence, as well as aspects of Atmospheric Science and Sociology and Political Science.

The research topics covered by this scientist reflect a strong emphasis on earthquake-related studies and structural analysis. Notable topics include earthquake and tectonic studies, seismic performance and analysis, seismology and earthquake studies, earthquake detection and analysis, masonry and concrete structural analysis, infrastructure resilience and vulnerability analysis, and seismic waves and analysis.

Recent publications illustrate an active engagement with disaster risk and seismic hazard assessment. Some highlighted papers include:

  • Multi-hazard earthquake-tsunami loss estimation of Kuroshio Town, Kochi Prefecture, Japan considering the Nankai-Tonankai megathrust rupture scenarios (2021, International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction)
  • Giant tsunami monitoring, early warning and hazard assessment (2022, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment)
  • Mainshock-aftershock state-dependent fragility curves: A case of wood-frame houses in British Columbia, Canada (2020, Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics)
  • Are current tsunami evacuation approaches safe enough? (2021, Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment)
  • Seismic fragility models for typical non-engineered URM residential buildings in Malawi (2021, Structures)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with this researcher include:

  • Raffaele De Risi
  • Nobuhito Mori
  • Maximilian J. Werner
  • Flavia De Luca
  • P. R. N. Chindandali

The pattern of publication venues highlights research dissemination primarily in journals related to disaster risk, earthquake science, and engineering. Key venues include:

  • International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction
  • Earthquake Spectra
  • Coastal Engineering Journal
  • Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics
  • Frontiers in Earth Science

Best Publications

  • The 2015 Gorkha Nepal Earthquake: Insights from Earthquake Damage Survey

    Katsuichiro Goda;Takashi Kiyota;Rama Mohan Pokhrel;Gabriele Chiaro

  • New Empirical Earthquake Source-Scaling Laws

    Kiran Kumar S. Thingbaijam;P. Martin Mai;Katsuichiro Goda

  • Liquefaction of soil in the Tokyo Bay area from the 2011 Tohoku (Japan) earthquake

    S Bhattacharya;M Hyodo;Katsu Goda;T Tazoh

  • Effects of aftershocks on peak ductility demand due to strong ground motion records from shallow crustal earthquakes

    Katsuichiro Goda;Colin A. Taylor

  • Seismic performance assessment of monopile-supported offshore wind turbines using unscaled natural earthquake records

    Raffaele De Risi;Subhamoy Bhattacharya;Katsuichiro Goda

  • Probabilistic Characterization of Spatially Correlated Response Spectra for Earthquakes in Japan

    Katsuichiro Goda;Gail M. Atkinson

  • Intraevent Spatial Correlation of Ground-Motion Parameters Using SK-net Data

    Katsuichiro Goda;Gail M. Atkinson

  • Sensitivity of tsunami wave profiles and inundation simulations to earthquake slip and fault geometry for the 2011 Tohoku earthquake

    Katsuichiro Goda;Paul Martin Mai;Tomohiro Yasuda;Nobuhito Mori

  • New Scaling Relationships of Earthquake Source Parameters for Stochastic Tsunami Simulation

    Katsuichiro Goda;Tomohiro Yasuda;Nobuhito Mori;Takuma Maruyama

  • Estimation of Seismic Loss for Spatially Distributed Buildings

    Katsuichiro Goda;H. P. Hong

  • Tsunami damage to coastal defences and buildings in the March 11th 2011 Mw9.0 Great East Japan earthquake and tsunami

    Stuart Fraser;Alison Raby;Antonios Pomonis;Katsuichiro Goda

  • Implications of the 2011 M9.0 Tohoku Japan earthquake for the treatment of site effects in large earthquakes

    Hadi Ghofrani;Gail M. Atkinson;Katsuichiro Goda

  • Fragility assessment of a RC structure under tsunami actions via nonlinear static and dynamic analyses

    Crescenzo Petrone;Tiziana Rossetto;Katsuichiro Goda

  • Nonlinear Response Potential of Mainshock-Aftershock Sequences from Japanese Earthquakes

    Katsuichiro Goda

  • Statistical modeling of joint probability distribution using copula: Application to peak and permanent displacement seismic demands

    K. Goda

  • Effects of Seismicity Models and New Ground-Motion Prediction Equations on Seismic Hazard Assessment for Four Canadian Cities

    Gail M. Atkinson;Katsuichiro Goda

  • Seismic vulnerability of offshore wind turbines to pulse and non-pulse records

    Ahmer Ali;Raffaele De Risi;Anastasios Sextos;Katsuichiro Goda

  • Ground motion characteristics and shaking damage of the 11th March 2011 Mw9.0 Great East Japan earthquake

    Katsuichiro Goda;Antonios Pomonis;Siau Chen Chian;Mark Offord

  • Epistemic uncertainties and natural hazard risk assessment - Part 1:A review of different natural hazard areas

    Keith J. Beven;Keith J. Beven;Susana Almeida;Willy P. Aspinall;Paul D. Bates

  • Reconnaissance report on geotechnical and structural damage caused by the 2015 Gorkha Earthquake, Nepal

    Gabriele Chiaro;Takashi Kiyota;Rama Mohan Pokhrel;Katsuichiro Goda

  • Is flow velocity important in tsunami empirical fragility modeling

    Raffaele De Risi;Katsuichiro Goda;Tomohiro Yasuda;Nobuhito Mori

  • Handbook of Seismic Risk Analysis and Management of Civil Infrastructure Systems

    S Tesfamariam;Katsu Goda

  • Effects of Seismicity Models and New Ground-Motion Prediction Equations on Seismic Hazard Assessment for

    Andrée Blais-Stevens;Garry C. Rogers;John J. Clague;Belle Philibosian

Frequent Co-Authors

Gail M. Atkinson
Gail M. Atkinson University of Western Ontario
Solomon Tesfamariam
Solomon Tesfamariam University of Waterloo
John H G Macdonald
John H G Macdonald University of Bristol
Keith Beven
Keith Beven Lancaster University
Maximilian J. Werner
Maximilian J. Werner University of Bristol
Willy P Aspinall
Willy P Aspinall University of Bristol
Peter Sammonds
Peter Sammonds University College London
Friedemann Wenzel
Friedemann Wenzel Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Howard Kunreuther
Howard Kunreuther University of Pennsylvania
Thorsten Wagener
Thorsten Wagener University of Potsdam

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