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Kojiro Irikura is affiliated with the Aichi Institute of Technology in Japan. Their research primarily spans the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Engineering, with a focus on Geophysics and Civil and Structural Engineering subfields. The scientist's work covers several main topics including Seismic Performance and Analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies, Seismic Waves and Analysis, High-pressure geophysics and materials, Structural Health Monitoring Techniques, Structural Response to Dynamic Loads, and Earthquake Detection and Analysis.

Kojiro Irikura has contributed to a range of scientific publications across several venues. Frequent publication outlets include the Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, Pure and Applied Geophysics, Earth Planets and Space, and the Journal of Japan Association for Earthquake Engineering.

Their recent published papers include the following:

  • "Refinements to the Graves-Pitarka Kinematic Rupture Generator, Including a Dynamically Consistent Slip-Rate Function, Applied to the 2019 Mw 7.1 Ridgecrest Earthquake" (2021) published in Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America
  • "High-Frequency Spectral Decay Characteristics of Seismic Records of Inland Crustal Earthquakes in Japan: Evaluation of the fmax and κ Models" (2020) published in Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America
  • "Multicycle Simulation of Strike-Slip Earthquake Rupture for Use in Near-Source Ground-Motion Simulations" (2021) published in Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America
  • "Best Practices in Physics-based Fault Rupture Models for Seismic Hazard Assessment of Nuclear Installations: Issues and Challenges Towards Full Seismic Risk Analysis" (2020) published in Pure and Applied Geophysics
  • "Characterized source model of the 2013 Lushan earthquake (Mw 6.6) by the empirical Green's function method" (2022) published in Earth Planets and Space

Kojiro Irikura has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Ken Miyakoshi (4 joint publications)
  • Arben Pitarka (2 joint publications)
  • Changjiang Wu (2 joint publications)
  • Percy Galvez (2 joint publications)
  • Anatoly Petukhin (2 joint publications)

Best Publications

  • Characterizing Crustal Earthquake Slip Models for the Prediction of Strong Ground Motion

    Paul Somerville;Kojiro Irikura;Robert Graves;Sumio Sawada

  • Attenuation Relations of Strong Ground Motion in Japan Using Site Classification Based on Predominant Period

    John X. Zhao;Jian Zhang;Akihiro Asano;Yuki Ohno

  • An Empirical Site-Classification Method for Strong-Motion Stations in Japan Using h/v Response Spectral Ratio

    John X. Zhao;Kojiro Irikura;Jian Zhang;Yoshimitsu Fukushima

  • Recipe for Predicting Strong Ground Motion from Crustal Earthquake Scenarios

    Kojiro Irikura;Hiroe Miyake

  • Three-dimensional simulation of the near-fault ground motion for the 1995 Hyogo-Ken Nanbu (Kobe), Japan, earthquake

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  • Semi-Empirical Estimation of Strong Ground Motions During Large Earthquakes

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  • A technique for simulating strong ground motion using hybrid Green's function

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  • Estimation of strong ground motion in broad-frequency band based on a seismic source scaling model and an empirical Green's function technique

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  • SOURCE PARAMETERS OF THE 1983 JAPAN SEA EARTHQUAKE SEQUENCE

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  • Source model of the 1995 Hyogo-Ken Nanbu earthquake and simulation of near-source ground motion

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  • Simulation of Near-Fault Strong-Ground Motion Using Hybrid Green's Functions

    Arben Pitarka;Paul Somerville;Yoshimitsu Fukushima;Tomiichi Uetake

  • Source model for generating strong ground motions during the 2011 off the Pacific coast of Tohoku Earthquake

    Susumu Kurahashi;Kojiro Irikura

  • Differences in ground motion and fault rupture process between the surface and buried rupture earthquakes

    Takao Kagawa;Kojiro Irikura;Paul G. Somerville

  • Rupture process of the 1983 Japan Sea (Akita-Oki) earthquake using a waveform inversion method

    Eiichi Fukuyama;Kojiro Irikura

  • Simulation of tensile crack generation by three-dimensional dynamic shear rupture propagation during an earthquake

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  • Advanced Seismic Hazard Assessment

    G. F. Panza;K. Irikura;M. Kouteva;A. Peresan

  • Minute Locating of Faulting beneath Kobe and the Waveform Inversion of the Source Process during the 1995 Hyogo-ken Nanbu, Japan, Earthquake Using Strong Ground Motion Records

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  • Ground‐Motion Prediction Equations for Subduction Slab Earthquakes in Japan Using Site Class and Simple Geometric Attenuation Functions

    John X. Zhao;Fei Jiang;Pan Shi;Hao Xing

  • Heterogeneous distribution of the dynamic source parameters of the 1999 Chi-Chi, Taiwan, earthquake

    Wenbo Zhang;Tomotaka Iwata;Kojiro Irikura;Haruko Sekiguchi

  • Ground‐Motion Prediction Equations for Shallow Crustal and Upper‐Mantle Earthquakes in Japan Using Site Class and Simple Geometric Attenuation Functions

    John X. Zhao;Shuanglin Zhou;Jun Zhou;Chen Zhao

  • Surface Rupturing and Buried Dynamic-Rupture Models Calibrated with Statistical Observations of Past Earthquakes

    Luis A. Dalguer;Hiroe Miyake;Steven M. Day;Kojiro Irikura

  • Ground‐Motion Prediction Equations for Subduction Interface Earthquakes in Japan Using Site Class and Simple Geometric Attenuation FunctionsGMPEs for Subduction Interface Earthquakes in Japan

    John X. Zhao;Xuan Liang;Fei Jiang;Hao Xing

  • Short‐Period Source Model of the 2011 Mw 9.0 Off the Pacific Coast of Tohoku Earthquake

    Susumu Kurahashi;Kojiro Irikura

  • Scaling Relations of Source Parameters of Earthquakes Occurring on Inland Crustal Mega-Fault Systems

    Satoko Murotani;Shinichi Matsushima;Takashi Azuma;Kojiro Irikura

  • Some characteristics of the stress field of the 1995 Hyogo‐ken Nanbu (Kobe) earthquake

    Michel Bouchon;Haruko Sekiguchi;Kojiro Irikura;Tomotaka Iwata

  • Source process of the 2011 off the Pacific coast of Tohoku Earthquake inferred from waveform inversion with long-period strong-motion records

    Kunikazu Yoshida;Ken Miyakoshi;Kojiro Irikura

  • On Scaling of Fracture Energy and Stress Drop in Dynamic Rupture Models: Consequences for Near‐Source Ground‐Motions

    P. M. Mai;P. Somerville;A. Pitarka;L. Dalguer

  • Kinematic Rupture Modeling of Ground Motion from the M7 Kumamoto, Japan Earthquake

    A. Pitarka;R. Graves;K. Irikura;K. Miyakoshi

  • Revision of the empirical Green's function method by Irikura(1986)

    Kojiro Irikura;Takao Kagawa;Haruko Sekiguchi

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul Somerville
Paul Somerville Aecom (United States)
Robert W. Graves
Robert W. Graves United States Geological Survey
Jean-Paul Ampuero
Jean-Paul Ampuero Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
David A. Rhoades
David A. Rhoades GNS Science
Gail M. Atkinson
Gail M. Atkinson University of Western Ontario
Giuliano F. Panza
Giuliano F. Panza Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture
Steven M. Day
Steven M. Day San Diego State University
Katsuichiro Goda
Katsuichiro Goda University of Western Ontario
Gregory C. Beroza
Gregory C. Beroza Stanford University
Francisco J. Sánchez-Sesma
Francisco J. Sánchez-Sesma National Autonomous University of Mexico

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