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Overview

Yousef Bozorgnia is affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Engineering and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a strong focus on Civil and Structural Engineering and Geophysics. Subfields also include Ocean Engineering, Building and Construction, and Artificial Intelligence.

The main topics addressed in Bozorgnia's work include 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, and geophysical methods and applications.

Bozorgnia has contributed to numerous publications, often collaborating with other researchers. Frequent co-authors include Nicolas Kuehn, Kenneth W. Campbell, Silvia Mazzoni, Norman Abrahamson, and Jonathan P. Stewart.

Key recent papers authored or co-authored by Bozorgnia include:

  • NGA-Subduction research program, 2021, Earthquake Spectra
  • Data Resources for NGA-Subduction Project, 2020, PEER
  • NGA-East Ground-Motion Characterization model part I: Summary of products and model development, 2021, Earthquake Spectra
  • Overview and introduction to development of non-ergodic earthquake ground-motion models, 2022, Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering
  • Partially Non-Ergodic Ground-Motion Model for Subduction Regions using the NGA Subduction Database, 2020, PEER

Bozorgnia's work frequently appears in the publication venues such as Earthquake Spectra, PEER, Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, and eScholarship (California Digital Library).

Best Publications

  • NGA Ground Motion Model for the Geometric Mean Horizontal Component of PGA, PGV, PGD and 5% Damped Linear Elastic Response Spectra for Periods Ranging from 0.01 to 10 s

    Kenneth W. Campbell;Yousef Bozorgnia

  • NGA-West2 Ground Motion Model for the Average Horizontal Components of PGA, PGV, and 5% Damped Linear Acceleration Response Spectra

    Kenneth W. Campbell;Yousef Bozorgnia

  • NGA-West2 Research Project:

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

  • Earthquake Engineering: From Engineering Seismology To Performance-Based Engineering

    Yousef Bozorgnia;Vitelmo V. Bertero

  • An Overview of the NGA Project

    Maurice Power;Brian Chiou;Norman Abrahamson;Yousef Bozorgnia

  • Updated Near-Source Ground-Motion (Attenuation) Relations for the Horizontal and Vertical Components of Peak Ground Acceleration and Acceleration Response Spectra

    Kenneth W. Campbell;Yousef Bozorgnia

  • Comparisons of the NGA Ground-Motion Relations

    Norman Abrahamson;Gail Atkinson;David Boore;Yousef Bozorgnia

  • The vertical-to-horizontal response spectral ratio and tentative procedures for developing simplified V/H and vertical design spectra

    Yousef Bozorgnia;Kenneth W. Campbell

  • Comparison of NGA-West2 GMPEs

    Nick Gregor;Norman A. Abrahamson;Gail M. Atkinson;David M. Boore

  • Selection of Ground Motion Prediction Equations for the Global Earthquake Model

    Jonathan P. Stewart;John Douglas;Mohammad Javanbarg;Yousef Bozorgnia

  • A Ground Motion Prediction Equation for the Horizontal Component of Cumulative Absolute Velocity (CAV) Based on the PEER-NGA Strong Motion Database:

    Kenneth W. Campbell;Yousef Bozorgnia

  • Ground Motion Model for the Vertical-to-Horizontal (V/H) Ratios of PGA, PGV, and Response Spectra

    Yousef Bozorgnia;Kenneth W. Campbell

  • A Comparison of Ground Motion Prediction Equations for Arias Intensity and Cumulative Absolute Velocity Developed Using a Consistent Database and Functional Form

    Kenneth W. Campbell;Yousef Bozorgnia

  • Damage Spectra: Characteristics and Applications to Seismic Risk Reduction

    Yousef Bozorgnia;Vitelmo V. Bertero

  • Vertical Ground Motion Model for PGA, PGV, and Linear Response Spectra Using the NGA-West2 Database

    Yousef Bozorgnia;Kenneth W. Campbell

  • Representation of Bidirectional Ground Motions for Design Spectra in Building Codes

    Jonathan P. Stewart;Norman A. Abrahamson;Gail M. Atkinson;Jack W. Baker

  • NGA-Subduction research program

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  • NGA-East Ground-Motion Characterization model part I: Summary of products and model development

    Christine A Goulet;Yousef Bozorgnia;Nicolas Kuehn;Linda Al Atik

  • Ground Motion Prediction Equation (“Attenuation Relationship”) for Inelastic Response Spectra

    Yousef Bozorgnia;Mahmoud M. Hachem;Kenneth W. Campbell

  • Ground Motion Models for the Horizontal Components of Arias Intensity (AI) and Cumulative Absolute Velocity (CAV) Using the NGA-West2 Database:

    Kenneth W. Campbell;Yousef Bozorgnia

  • Vertical Response of Twelve Structures Recorded during the Northridge Earthquake

    Yousef Bozorgnia;Stephen A. Mahin;A. Gerald Brady

  • Methods of Analysis for Earthquake-Resistant Structures

    Yousef Bozorgnia;Vitelmo V. Bertero

  • INELASTIC EARTHQUAKE RESPONSE OF ASYMMETRIC STRUCTURES

    Y. Bozorgnia;W. K. Tso

  • Behavior of near-source peak horizontal and vertical ground motions over SMART-1 Array, Taiwan

    M. Niazi;Y. Bozorgnia

Frequent Co-Authors

Jonathan P. Stewart
Jonathan P. Stewart University of California, Los Angeles
Norman A. Abrahamson
Norman A. Abrahamson University of California, Berkeley
David M. Boore
David M. Boore United States Geological Survey
Gail M. Atkinson
Gail M. Atkinson University of Western Ontario
Izzat M. Idriss
Izzat M. Idriss University of California, Davis
Robert W. Graves
Robert W. Graves United States Geological Survey
Jack P. Moehle
Jack P. Moehle University of California, Berkeley
Mustafa Erdik
Mustafa Erdik Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute
John Douglas
John Douglas University of Strathclyde
Jack W. Baker
Jack W. Baker Stanford University

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