Publications

Journal publications

Baker J.W. and Cornell C.A., 2008. Vector-valued intensity measures for pulse-like near-fault ground motions, Engineering Structures, 30 (4), 1048-1057.
Baker J.W. and Cornell C.A., 2008. Uncertainty Propagation in Probabilistic Seismic Loss Estimation, Structural Safety, 30 (3), 236-252.
Baker J.W., Schubert M., and Faber M., 2008. On the Assessment of Robustness, Structural Safety, 30 (3), 253-267.
Baker J.W. and Faber M., 2008. Liquefaction risk assessment using geostatistics to account for soil spatial variability, ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 134 (1), 14-23.
Tothong P., Cornell C.A., and Baker J.W., 2007. Explicit directivity-pulse inclusion in probabilistic seismic hazard analysis, Earthquake Spectra, 23 (4), 867-891.
Baker J.W., 2007. Quantitative classification of near-fault ground motions using wavelet analysis, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 97 (5), 1486-1501. (Related website available here)
Baker J.W., 2007. Probabilistic structural response assessment using vector-valued intensity measures, Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics, 36 (13) 1861-1883.
Baker J.W. and Cornell C.A., 2006. Correlation of Response Spectral Values for Multi-Component Ground Motions, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 96 (1), 215-227.
Baker J.W. and Cornell C.A., 2006. Which Spectral Acceleration Are You Using? Earthquake Spectra, 22 (2) 293-312.
Baker J.W. and Cornell C.A., 2006. Spectral Shape, Epsilon and Record Selection, Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics, 35 (9) 1077-1095.
Baker J.W. and Cornell C.A., 2005. A Vector-Valued Ground Motion Intensity Measure Consisting of Spectral Acceleration and Epsilon. Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics, 34 (10), 1193-1217.

Journal publications in press

Baker J.W. and Jayaram N., 2008. Correlation of spectral acceleration values from NGA ground motion models, Earthquake Spectra (in press).
Baker J.W. and Cornell C.A., 2008. Vector-valued intensity measures incorporating spectral shape for prediction of structural response, Journal of Earthquake Engineering (in press).
Andrade J.E., Baker J.W., and Ellison K.C., 2008. Random porosity fields and their influence on the stability of granular media, International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics (in press).
Jayaram N. and Baker J.W., 2008. Statistical tests of the joint distribution of spectral acceleration values, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America (in press).
Liel A., Haselton C., Deierlein G.G., and Baker J.W., 2008. Incorporating modeling uncertainties in the assessment of seismic collapse risk of buildings, Structural Safety (in press).

Other publications: 2008

Baker J.W., 2008. Identification of near-fault velocity pulses and prediction of resulting response spectra, in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics IV, Sacramento, California, 10 pp.
Goulet C.A., Watson-Lamprey J., Baker J.W., Luco N., and Yang T.Y., 2008. Assessment of Ground Motion Selection and Modification (GMSM) methods for non-linear dynamic analyses of structures, in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics IV, Sacramento, California, 10 pp.
Baker J.W., 2008. Risk-based assessment of robustness: What can it do and what can't it do?, in Robustness of Structures, COST Action TU0601 1st Workshop, Zurich, Switzerland, 8 pp.

Other publications: 2007

Baker J.W., 2007. Measuring bias in structural response caused by ground motion scaling, in Proceedings, 8th Pacific Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Nangyang Technological University, Singapore, 8 pp.
Liel A., Haselton C., Deierlein G.G., and Baker J.W., 2007. Assessing the seismic collapse risk of reinforced concrete frame structures, including the effects of modeling uncertainties, in Special Workshop on Risk Acceptance and Risk Communication, Stanford, California, 12 pp. http://www.ripid.ethz.ch/
Faber M.H., Schubert M., and Baker J.W., 2007. Decision making subject to aversion of low frequency high consequence events, in Special Workshop on Risk Acceptance and Risk Communication, Stanford, California, 13 pp. http://www.ripid.ethz.ch/
Baker J.W., 2007. Correlation of ground motion intensity parameters used for predicting structural and geotechnical response, in 10th International Conference on Application of Statistic and Probability in Civil Engineering (ICASP10), Tokyo, Japan, 7 pp.
Park J., Bazzurro P., and Baker J.W., 2007. Modeling spatial correlation of ground motion intensity measures for regional seismic hazard and portfolio loss estimation, in 10th International Conference on Application of Statistic and Probability in Civil Engineering (ICASP10), Tokyo, Japan, 8 pp.
Canisius T.D.G., Sorensen J.D., and Baker J.W., 2007. Robustness of structural systems -- a new focus for the joint committee on structural safety (JCSS), in 10th International Conference on Application of Statistic and Probability in Civil Engineering (ICASP10), Tokyo, Japan, 8 pp.
Faber M.H., Maes M.A., Baker J.W., Vrouwenvelder T., and Takada T., 2007. Principles of risk assessment of engineered systems, in 10th International Conference on Application of Statistic and Probability in Civil Engineering (ICASP10), Tokyo, Japan, 8 pp.
Baker J.W., 2007. Automated identification of velocity pulses in near-fault ground motions, in Seismological Society of America annual meeting, Kona, Hawaii.

Other publications: 2006

Baker J.W. and Faber, M.H., 2006. Sampling strategies to detect threshold excursions in random fields, in Proceedings 12th IFIP WG7.5 Working Conference on Reliability and Optimization of Structural Systems, Kobe, Japan, 8 pp.
Baker J.W., 2006. Quantitative classification of near-fault ground motions, in Southern California Earthquake Center (SCEC) annual meeting, Palm Springs, California.
Baker J.W., and Faber, M.H., 2006. Geostatistics for modeling of soil spatial variability in Adapazari, Turkey, in Interdisciplinary Workshop on Management of Earthquake Risks, Zurich, Switzerland.
Baker J.W., Bayraktarli Y.Y., and Faber M., 2006. Accounting for soil spatial variability when assessing liquefaction risk, in Second International Forum on Engineering Decision Making, Lake Louise, Canada, 18 pp.
Faber M., Maes M.A., Straub D., and Baker J.W., 2006. On the quantification of robustness of structures, in Proceedings of the 25th International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering (OMAE), Hamburg, Germany, 9 pp.
Haselton C. and Baker J.W., 2006. Ground motion intensity measures for collapse capacity prediction: Choice of optimal spectral period and effect of spectral shape, in Proceedings, 8th National Conference on Earthquake Engineering, San Francisco, California, 10p.
Matsuki S., Billington S.L., and Baker J.W., 2006. Impact of long-term material degradation on seismic performance of a reinforced concrete bridge, in Proceedings, 8th National Conference on Earthquake Engineering, San Francisco, California, 10p.

Evans J.R. and Baker J.W., 2006. Spatial covariance of ground motions in NGA data, American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California, S12B-01.

Other publications: prior to 2006

Baker J.W., Cornell C.A., Tothong P., 2005. Disaggregation of Seismic Drift Hazard. Proceedings, 9th International Conference on Structural Safety and Reliability (ICOSSAR05), Rome, Italy. 7p.
Baker, J.W., 2005. Vector-Valued Ground Motion Intensity Measures for Probabilistic Seismic Demand Analysis, Ph.D. Thesis, Stanford University; Stanford, California. 321p. (co-published as Blume Center Technical Report #150 and PEER Technical Report 2006/08)
Baker, J.W. and Cornell, C.A., 2004. Choice of a Vector of Ground Motion Intensity Measures for Seismic Demand Hazard Analysis. Proceedings, 13th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering. Vancouver, Canada. 15p.
Baker, J.W. and Cornell, C.A., 2003. Uncertainty Specification and Propagation for Loss Estimation Using FOSM Methods. Proceedings, Ninth International Conference on Applications of Statistics and Probability in Civil Engineering (ICASP9). San Francisco, California: Millpress. 8p.
Baker, J.W. and Cornell, C.A.,, 2003. Uncertainty Specification and Propagation for Loss Estimation Using FOSM Methods, PEER Technical Report 2003/07. Berkeley, California. 89p.