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Bjarni Bessason - Professor

Bjarni Bessason

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School of Engineering and Natural Sciences

Bjarni Bessason

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

Published works

2023

Scenario-Based Seismic Risk Assessment for the Reykjavik Capital AreaBuildings
Hybrid non-invasive characterization of soil strata at sites with and without embedded lava rock layers in the South Iceland Seismic ZoneBulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment

2022

Comparison and modelling of building losses in South Iceland caused by different size earthquakesJournal 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 IcelandInternational Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction
Recent Advancement in Assessment and Control of Structures under Multi-HazardApplied Sciences

2021

Model of seismic design lateral force levels for the existing reinforced concrete European building stockBulletin of Earthquake Engineering
A harmonised instrumental earthquake catalogue for Iceland and the northern Mid-Atlantic RidgeNatural Hazards and Earth System Sciences

2020

Non-Structural Earthquake Risk Management for Residential BuildingsAnnals of Geophysics
Open-Source MASW Inversion Tool Aimed at Shear Wave Velocity Profiling for Soil Site ExplorationsGeosciences
What scientific information on non-structural elements seismic risk people need to know? Part 1: Compiling an inventory on damage to non-structural elementsAnnals of Geophysics

2019

PrefaceGeotechnical, Geological and Earthquake Engineering
Monitoring and damage detection of a 70-year-old suspension bridge – Ölfusá bridge in Selfoss, case studyGeotechnical, Geological and Earthquake Engineering
Application of MASW in the South Iceland seismic zoneGeotechnical, Geological and Earthquake Engineering
Statistical modelling of seismic vulnerability of RC, timber and masonry buildings from complete empirical loss dataEngineering Structures

2018

Uniaxial and lateral strain behavior of ribbed reinforcement bars inspected with digital image correlationStructural Concrete
Tool for analysis of multichannel analysis of surface waves (MASW) field data and evaluation of shear wave velocity profiles of soilsCanadian Geotechnical Journal
Seismic vulnerability of icelandic residential buildingsGeotechnical, Geological and Earthquake Engineering
Empirical seismic vulnerability assessment of Icelandic buildings affected by the 2000 sequence of earthquakesBulletin of Earthquake Engineering
Combination of dispersion curves from MASW measurementsSoil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering
Performance of Base Isolated Bridges in Recent South Iceland EarthquakesProceedings of the International Conference on Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics

2017

Stiffness of sandy sites using the Multichannel Analysis of Surface Waves methodICSMGE 2017 - 19th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering
Detection and analysis of avalanches using wave measurementsSnow Engineering 2000: Recent Advances and Developments

2016

Seismic vulnerability of low-rise residential buildings based on damage data from three earthquakes (Mw6.5, 6.5 and 6.3)Engineering Structures

2015

MASW for assessing liquefaction of loose sitesGeotechnical 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 Mw6.3 earthquakeSoil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering
On the vulnerability of low-rise residential buildings based on observationsCivil-Comp Proceedings

2012

Probabilistic Earthquake Damage Curves for Low-Rise Buildings Based on Field DataEarthquake Spectra

2011

Shear wave velocity in surface sedimentsJokull

2010

Earthquake response of a base-isolated bridge subjected to strong near-fault ground motionSoil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering

2007

Automatic detection of avalanches and debris flows by seismic methodsJournal of Glaciology

2004

Recorded and numerical strong motion response of a base-isolated bridgeEarthquake Spectra

2003

Recorded response of base isolated bridgeProceedings of the fib Symposium 2003: Concrete Structures in Seismic Regions

2002

Site amplification in lava rock on soft sedimentsSoil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering

2000

Evaluation of site vibrations for metrology laboratoriesMeasurement Science and Technology

1999

Vibration criteria for metrology laboratoriesMeasurement Science and Technology

1998

Earthquake induced response of aseismically isolated bridges: A simplified stochastic approachActa Polytechnica Scandinavica, Civil Engineering and Building Construction Series

1996

Prediction model for low frequency vibration from high speed railways on soft groundPublikasjon - Norges Geotekniske Institutt
Prediction model for low frequency vibration from high speed railways on soft groundJournal of Sound and Vibration
Earthquake response of seismically isolated bridgesPublikasjon - Norges Geotekniske Institutt
Dynamic shock wave measurements in coarse saturated rock fillPublikasjon - Norges Geotekniske Institutt
Prediction model for low frequency vibration from high speed railways on soft groundPublikasjon - Norges Geotekniske Institutt

Keywords for Specialisation:

Earthquake engineering

Structural engineering

Seismic base isolation

Geotechnical earthquake engineering