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Bjarni Bessason - Professor
–
School of Engineering and Natural Sciences
Bjarni Bessason
Íslenska
Professor
Professor in Civil Engineering
Location
VR-2 / V02-340
Phone
525 4655
Email
bb [at] hi.is
Unit
Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Curriculum Vitae
Bjarni Bessason - Curriculum Vitae
ORCID site
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7963-0763
Research portal – Bjarni Bessason
Under construction throughout the autumn semester 2023
Courses 2022 - 2023
BYG201G - Structural Analysis 1
BYG223F - Structural Analysis 2
BYG101M - Structures, Actions and Reliability
UMV102G - The Engineering Profession and Responsibility of Engineers
Education
1992
,
Ph.D.
,
NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology
,
Civil Engineering
1983
,
M.Sc.
,
DTU - Technical University of Denmark
,
Civil Engineering
1981
,
Cand.Scient.
,
University of Iceland
,
Civil Engineering
1977
,
Stúdentspróf
,
Menntaskólinn við Tjörnina
,
Matriculation examination
Professional Experience
2002 -
,
Professor,
Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Iceland
1995 -
2002,
Assoc. Professor,
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Faculty of Engineering University of Iceland
1992 -
1995,
Senior Engineer,
Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI
1988 -
1992,
Ph.D student,
NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology
1983 -
1988,
Research Engineer at the Engineering Research Institute,
University of Iceland
Published works
2023
Hybrid non-invasive characterization of soil strata at sites with and without embedded lava rock layers in the South Iceland Seismic Zone
Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment
2022
Recent Advancement in Assessment and Control of Structures under Multi-Hazard
Applied Sciences
Comparison and modelling of building losses in South Iceland caused by different size earthquakes
Journal of Building Engineering
High spatial-resolution loss estimation using dense array strong-motion near-fault records. Case study for Hveragerði and the Mw6.3 Ölfus earthquake, South Iceland
International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction
2021
A harmonised instrumental earthquake catalogue for Iceland and the northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
Model of seismic design lateral force levels for the existing reinforced concrete European building stock
Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering
2020
Non-Structural Earthquake Risk Management for Residential Buildings
Annals of Geophysics
What scientific information on non-structural elements seismic risk people need to know? Part 1: Compiling an inventory on damage to non-structural elements
Annals of Geophysics
Open-Source MASW Inversion Tool Aimed at Shear Wave Velocity Profiling for Soil Site Explorations
Geosciences
2019
Preface
Geotechnical, Geological and Earthquake Engineering
Application of MASW in the South Iceland seismic zone
Geotechnical, Geological and Earthquake Engineering
Monitoring and damage detection of a 70-year-old suspension bridge – Ölfusá bridge in Selfoss, case study
Geotechnical, Geological and Earthquake Engineering
Statistical modelling of seismic vulnerability of RC, timber and masonry buildings from complete empirical loss data
Engineering Structures
2018
Combination of dispersion curves from MASW measurements
Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering
Uniaxial and lateral strain behavior of ribbed reinforcement bars inspected with digital image correlation
Structural Concrete
Performance of Base Isolated Bridges in Recent South Iceland Earthquakes
Proceedings of the International Conference on Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics
Empirical seismic vulnerability assessment of Icelandic buildings affected by the 2000 sequence of earthquakes
Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering
Tool for analysis of multichannel analysis of surface waves (MASW) field data and evaluation of shear wave velocity profiles of soils
Canadian Geotechnical Journal
Seismic vulnerability of icelandic residential buildings
Geotechnical, Geological and Earthquake Engineering
2017
Detection and analysis of avalanches using wave measurements
Snow Engineering 2000: Recent Advances and Developments
Stiffness of sandy sites using the Multichannel Analysis of Surface Waves method
ICSMGE 2017 - 19th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering
2016
Seismic vulnerability of low-rise residential buildings based on damage data from three earthquakes (M
w
6.5, 6.5 and 6.3)
Engineering Structures
2015
MASW for assessing liquefaction of loose sites
Geotechnical Engineering for Infrastructure and Development - Proceedings of the XVI European Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, ECSMGE 2015
2014
Analysis of damage data of low-rise buildings subjected to a shallow M
w
6.3 earthquake
Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering
On the vulnerability of low-rise residential buildings based on observations
Civil-Comp Proceedings
2012
Probabilistic Earthquake Damage Curves for Low-Rise Buildings Based on Field Data
Earthquake Spectra
2011
Shear wave velocity in surface sediments
Jokull
2010
Earthquake response of a base-isolated bridge subjected to strong near-fault ground motion
Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering
2007
Automatic detection of avalanches and debris flows by seismic methods
Journal of Glaciology
2004
Recorded and numerical strong motion response of a base-isolated bridge
Earthquake Spectra
2003
Recorded response of base isolated bridge
Proceedings of the fib Symposium 2003: Concrete Structures in Seismic Regions
2002
Site amplification in lava rock on soft sediments
Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering
2000
Evaluation of site vibrations for metrology laboratories
Measurement Science and Technology
1999
Vibration criteria for metrology laboratories
Measurement Science and Technology
1998
Earthquake induced response of aseismically isolated bridges: A simplified stochastic approach
Acta Polytechnica Scandinavica, Civil Engineering and Building Construction Series
1996
Earthquake response of seismically isolated bridges
Publikasjon - Norges Geotekniske Institutt
Dynamic shock wave measurements in coarse saturated rock fill
Publikasjon - Norges Geotekniske Institutt
Prediction model for low frequency vibration from high speed railways on soft ground
Publikasjon - Norges Geotekniske Institutt
Prediction model for low frequency vibration from high speed railways on soft ground
Publikasjon - Norges Geotekniske Institutt
Prediction model for low frequency vibration from high speed railways on soft ground
Journal of Sound and Vibration
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Structural engineering
Seismic base isolation
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