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  • 2018 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For contributions to seismic hazard assessment and leadership in engineering seismology and earthquake engineering.

Overview

Norman A. Abrahamson is affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. The primary fields of study include Engineering and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a focus on subfields such as Civil and Structural Engineering, Geophysics, Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty, Artificial Intelligence, and Ocean Engineering.

The main research topics associated with Abrahamson's work are diverse and cover:

  • Seismic Performance and Analysis
  • Seismic Waves and Analysis
  • Structural Health Monitoring Techniques
  • Earthquake and Tectonic Studies
  • Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures
  • Structural Response to Dynamic Loads
  • Probabilistic and Robust Engineering Design

The scientist's publication record includes numerous papers in key venues such as:

  • Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America (29 publications)
  • Earthquake Spectra (26 publications)
  • Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering (6 publications)
  • Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics (5 publications)
  • arXiv (Cornell University) (4 publications)

Examples of recent published papers are:

  • EQSIM-A multidisciplinary framework for fault-to-structure earthquake simulations on exascale computers part I: Computational models and workflow (2020, Earthquake Spectra)
  • NGA-Subduction research program (2021, Earthquake Spectra)
  • Overview and introduction to development of non-ergodic earthquake ground-motion models (2022, Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering)
  • Summary of the Abrahamson and Gulerce NGA-SUB ground-motion model for subduction earthquakes (2022, Earthquake Spectra)
  • EQSIM-A multidisciplinary framework for fault-to-structure earthquake simulations on exascale computers, part II: Regional simulations of building response (2020, Earthquake Spectra)

Frequent co-authors collaborating on research projects include:

  • Chih-Hsuan Sung (12 collaborations)
  • Jorge Macedo (11 collaborations)
  • Maxime Lacour (11 collaborations)
  • Yousef Bozorgnia (10 collaborations)
  • Albert Kottke (10 collaborations)

Norman Abrahamson received the award of Member of the National Academy of Engineering in 2018 for contributions to seismic hazard assessment and leadership in engineering seismology and earthquake engineering.

Best Publications

  • Modification of Empirical Strong Ground Motion Attenuation Relations to Include the Amplitude and Duration Effects of Rupture Directivity

    Paul G. Somerville;Nancy F. Smith;Robert W. Graves;Norman A. Abrahamson

  • Empirical Response Spectral Attenuation Relations for Shallow Crustal Earthquakes

    Norman A. Abrahamson;Walter J. Silva

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

    Paul Somerville;Kojiro Irikura;Robert Graves;Sumio Sawada

  • Summary of the ASK14 Ground Motion Relation for Active Crustal Regions

    Norman A. Abrahamson;Walter J. Silva;Ronnie Kamai

  • Summary of the Abrahamson & Silva NGA Ground-Motion Relations:

    Norman A. Abrahamson;Walter J. Silva

  • Model of Strong Ground Motions from Earthquakes in Central and Eastern North America: Best Estimates and Uncertainties

    Gabriel R. Toro;Norman A. Abrahamson;John F. Schneider

  • A stable algorithm for regression analyses using the random effects model

    N. A. Abrahamson;R. R. Youngs

  • 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

  • NGA-West2 Research Project:

    Yousef Bozorgnia;Norman A. Abrahamson;Linda Al Atik;Timothy D. Ancheta

  • Simplified Frequency Content Estimates of Earthquake Ground Motions

    Ellen M. Rathje;Norman A. Abrahamson;Jonathan D. Bray

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

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

  • An Overview of the NGA Project

    Maurice Power;Brian Chiou;Norman Abrahamson;Yousef Bozorgnia

  • Orientation-Independent Measures of Ground Motion

    David M. Boore;Jennie Watson-Lamprey;Norman A. Abrahamson

  • Ground motion evaluation procedures for performance-based design

    Jonathan P. Stewart;Shyh Jeng Chiou;Jonathan D. Bray;Robert W. Graves

  • An Improved Method for Nonstationary Spectral Matching

    Linda Al Atik;Norman Abrahamson

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

    Julian J. Bommer;Norman A. Abrahamson

  • BC Hydro Ground Motion Prediction Equations for Subduction Earthquakes

    Norman Abrahamson;Nicholas Gregor;Kofi Addo

  • Comparisons of the NGA Ground-Motion Relations

    Norman Abrahamson;Gail Atkinson;David Boore;Yousef Bozorgnia

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

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

  • Empirical attenuation relationship for Arias Intensity

    Thaleia Travasarou;Jonathan D. Bray;Norman A. Abrahamson

  • Sigma: Issues, Insights, and Challenges

    Fleur O. Strasser;Norman A. Abrahamson;Julian J. Bommer

  • Effects of the hanging wall and footwall on ground motions recorded during the Northridge earthquake

    N. A. Abrahamson;P. G. Somerville

  • Selection of ground motion time series and limits on scaling

    Jennie Watson-Lamprey;Norman Abrahamson

Frequent Co-Authors

Julian J. Bommer
Julian J. Bommer Imperial College London
Yousef Bozorgnia
Yousef Bozorgnia University of California, Berkeley
Fabrice Cotton
Fabrice Cotton University of Potsdam
Jonathan P. Stewart
Jonathan P. Stewart University of California, Los Angeles
David M. Boore
David M. Boore United States Geological Survey
Robert W. Graves
Robert W. Graves United States Geological Survey
Izzat M. Idriss
Izzat M. Idriss University of California, Davis
Frank Scherbaum
Frank Scherbaum University of Potsdam
Jonathan D. Bray
Jonathan D. Bray University of California, Berkeley

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