Rice University Civil and Environmental Engineering
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Recent Publications
Xie, Y., Ebadi Sichani, M., Padgett, J., DesRoches, R. (2020). “The promise of implementing machine learning in earthquake engineering: A state-of-the-art review.” Earthquake Spectra, pp. 8755293020919419.
Li, H., Xie, Y., Gu, Y., Tian, S., Yuan, W., DesRoches, R. (2020). “Shake table tests of highway bridges installed with unbonded steel mesh reinforced rubber bearings.” Engineering Structures, Vol. 206, pp. 110124.
Gur, S., Xie, Y., DesRoches, R. (2019). “Seismic fragility analyses of steel building frames installed with superelastic shape memory alloy dampers: Comparison with yielding dampers.” Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, Vol. 30, No. 18-19, pp. 2670-2687.
Jeon, J-S., Mangalathu, S., Song, J., DesRoches, R. (2019). “Parameterized seismic fragility curves for curved multi-frame concrete box-girder bridges using Bayesian parameter estimation.” Journal of Earthquake Engineering, Vol. 23, No. 6, pp. 954-979.
Xie, Y., DesRoches, R. (2019). “Sensitivity of seismic demands and fragility estimates of a typical California highway bridge to uncertainties in its soil-structure interaction modeling.” Engineering Structures, Vol. 189, pp. 605-617.
Zhang, Y., DesRoches, R., Tien, I. (2019). “Impact of corrosion on risk assessment of shear-critical and short lap-sliced bridges.” Engineering structures, Vol. 189, pp. 260-271.
Xie, Y., Zhang, J., DesRoches, R., Padgett, J.E. (2019). “Seismic fragilities of single-column highway bridges with rocking column-footing.” Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics, Vol. 48, No. 7, pp. 843-864.
Xie, Y., Zheng, Q. Yang, C.S.W., Zhang, W., DesRoches, R., Padgett, J.E., Taciroglu, E. (2019). “Probabilistic models of abutment backfills for regional seismic assessment of highway bridges in California.” Engineering Structures, Vol. 180, pp. 452-467.
Darestani, Y.M., Shafieezadeh, A., DesRoches, R. (2018). “Effects of adjacent spans and correlated failure events on system-level hurricane reliability of power distribution lines” IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, Vol. 33, No. 5, pp. 2305-2314.
Bhat, R., Darestani, Y.M., Shafieezadeh, A., Meliopoulos, A.P., DesRoches, R. (2018). “Resilience Assessment of Distribution Systems Considering the Effect of Hurricanes.” IEEE/PES Transmission and Distribution Conference and Exposition (T&D), pp. 1-58.
Sun, G., Yang, C.S.W, Gu, Q., DesRoches, R. (2018). “An effective simplified model of composite compression struts for partially-restrained steel frame with reinforced concrete infill walls.” Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Vibration, Vol. 17, No. 2, pp. 403-415.
Jeon, J-S., Shafieezadeh, A., DesRoches, R. (2018). “Component fragility assessment of a long, curved multi-frame bridge: Uniform excitation versus spatially correlated ground motions.” Structural Engineering and Mechanics, Vol. 65, No. 5, pp. 633-644.
Mangalathu, S., Jeon, J-S., DesRoches, R. (2018). “Critical uncertainty parameters influencing seismic performance of bridges using Lasso regression.” Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics, Vol. 47, No. 3, pp. 784-801.