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Benedikt Halldórsson - Research Scientist
–
School of Engineering and Natural Sciences
Benedikt Halldórsson
Íslenska
Research Scientist
Director of Research
Location
VR-2
Email
skykkur [at] hi.is
Unit
Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering
ORCID site
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5591-8757
Research portal – Benedikt Halldórsson
Under construction throughout the autumn semester 2023
Education
2004
,
Ph.D.
,
PhD University at Buffalo. State University of New York, Buffalo, New York, USA. Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering
,
University of New
1997
,
M.S.
,
MSc University of Iceland. Faculty of Engineering. Department of Civil Engineering
,
University of Iceland
1994
,
B.S.
,
BSc University of Iceland. Faculty of Science. Physics Department
,
University of Iceland
Published works
2023
Towards physics-based finite-fault Monte Carlo PSHA for Southwest Iceland based on a new fault system model
Frequency-dependent site amplification functions for key geological units in Iceland from a Bayesian hierarchical model for earthquake strong-motions
Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering
The EuroHPC Center of Excellence for Exascale in Solid Earth
2022
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
Ranking of ground-motion models (Gmms) for use in probabilistic seismic hazard analysis for iran based on an independent data set
Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America
Effects of different empirical ground motion models on seismic hazard maps for North Iceland
Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering
Frequency-dependent site factors for the Icelandic strong-motion array from a Bayesian hierarchical model of the spatial distribution of spectral accelerations
Earthquake Spectra
2020
Bayesian inference of a physical seismological model for earthquake strong-motion in south Iceland
Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering
Bayesian inference of empirical ground motion models to pseudo-spectral accelerations of south Iceland seismic zone earthquakes based on informative priors
Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering
2019
Calibration of ground motion models to Icelandic peak ground acceleration data using Bayesian Markov Chain Monte Carlo simulation
Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering
Selection of earthquake ground motion models using the deviance information criterion
Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering
On the manifestation of ground motion model differences on seismic Hazard sensitivity in North Iceland
Geotechnical, Geological and Earthquake Engineering
Towards an automated Kappa measurement procedure
Geotechnical, Geological and Earthquake Engineering
Bayesian hierarchical model of peak ground acceleration for the icelandic strong-motion arrays
Geotechnical, Geological and Earthquake Engineering
Site effect estimation on two Icelandic strong-motion arrays using a Bayesian hierarchical model for the spatial distribution of earthquake peak ground acceleration
Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering
Automatic estimation of earthquake high-frequency strong-motion spectral decay in south Iceland
Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering
Empirical site classification of seismological stations in Chile using horizontal-to-vertical spectral ratios determined from recordings of large subduction-zone earthquakes
Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering
2018
Bayesian hierarchical model for variations in earthquake peak ground acceleration within small-aperture arrays
Environmetrics
2017
Directional effects of tectonic fractures on ground motion site amplification from earthquake and ambient noise data: A case study in South Iceland
Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering
The 2015 Mw 7.8 Gorkha Earthquake in Nepal and its aftershocks: analysis of strong ground motion
Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering
2016
Detailed site effect estimation in the presence of strong velocity reversals within a small-aperture strong-motion array in Iceland
Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering
Effects of tectonic regime and soil conditions on the pulse period of near-fault ground motions
Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering
2013
Concerning baseline errors in the form of acceleration transients when recovering displacements from strong motion records using the undecimated wavelet transform
Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America
2012
Calibration of the specific barrier model to the NGA dataset
Seismological Research Letters
Variations of the specific barrier model-part II: Effect of isochron distributions
Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering
Variations of the specific barrier model-part I: Effect of subevent size distributions
Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering
2011
Near-fault and far-field strong ground-motion simulation for earthquake engineering applications using the specific barrier model
Journal of Structural Engineering
2010
On the use of aftershocks when deriving ground-motion prediction equations
9th US National and 10th Canadian Conference on Earthquake Engineering 2010, Including Papers from the 4th International Tsunami Symposium
Baseline correction made easier using an automated method based on the wavelet transform
9th US National and 10th Canadian Conference on Earthquake Engineering 2010, Including Papers from the 4th International Tsunami Symposium
Estimating coseismic deformations from near source strong motion records: Methods and case studies
Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering
Near-fault strong-motion array recordings of the M
w
6.3 Ölfus earthquake on 29 may 2008 in Iceland
9th US National and 10th Canadian Conference on Earthquake Engineering 2010, Including Papers from the 4th International Tsunami Symposium
2009
The M
w
6.3 Ölfus earthquake at 15:45 UTC on 29 May 2008 in South Iceland: ICEARRAY strong-motion recordings
Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering
A note on the M
w
6.3 earthquake in Iceland on 29 May 2008 at 15:45 UTC
Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering
ICEARRAY: The first small-aperture, strong-motion array in Iceland
Journal of Seismology
Reply to A. Rosenberger's "comment on 'converting strong-motion networks to arrays via common triggering' by B. Halldórsson and H. Avery"
Seismological Research Letters
On fling and baseline correction using quadrature mirror filters
Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering Computing
Converting strong-motion networks to arrays via common triggering
Seismological Research Letters
2007
A fast and efficient simulation of the far-fault and near-fault earthquake ground motions associated with the june 17 and 21, 2000, earthquakes in South Iceland
Journal of Earthquake Engineering
2006
Application of the specific barrier model to the seismic fragility assessment of critical facilities
8th US National Conference on Earthquake Engineering 2006
Application of the Specific Barrier Model to the simulation of earthquake strong ground motions
8th US National Conference on Earthquake Engineering 2006
2005
Calibration of the specific barrier model to earthquakes of different tectonic regions
Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America
2002
Earthquake motion input and its dissemination via the Internet
Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Vibration
1999
On modeling of earthquake wave motion and its effects on multi-support pipelines
Acta Polytechnica Scandinavica, Civil Engineering and Building Construction Series
Keywords for Specialisation:
Earthquake seismology
Engineering seismology
Earthquake engineering
Earthquake monitoring
Seismic hazard
Seismic arrays
Earthquake strong-motion
Earthquake simulation
Ground motion simulation
Earthquake source modeling
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