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Journal Publications in press

Other publications: 2011

Other publications: 2010

Other publications: 2009

Other publications: 2008

Other publications: 2007

Other publications: 2006

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Publications

Journal publications

Chen, Q., Seifried, A., Andrade, J. E., and Baker, J. W. (2012). “Characterization of random fields and their impact on the mechanics of geosystems at multiple scales.” International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, 36(2), 140-165.
Jayaram, N., Baker, J. W., Okano, H., Ishida, H., McCann, M. W., and Mihara, Y. (2011). “Correlation of response spectral values in Japanese ground motions.” Earthquakes and Structures, 2(4), 357-376.
Jayaram, N., Lin, T., and Baker, J. W. (2011). “A computationally efficient ground-motion selection algorithm for matching a target response spectrum mean and variance.” Earthquake Spectra, 27(3), 797-815.
Stewart, J. P., Abrahamson, N. A., Atkinson, G. M., Baker, J., Boore, D. M., Bozorgnia, Y., Campbell, K. W., Comartin, C. D., Idriss, I. M., Lew, M., Mehrain, M., Moehle, J. P., Naeim, F., and Sabol, T. A. (2011). “Representation of Bi-Directional Ground Motions for Design Spectra in Building Codes.” Earthquake Spectra, 27(3), 927-937.
Shahi, S., and Baker, J. W. (2011). “An empirically calibrated framework for including the effects of near-fault directivity in probabilistic seismic hazard analysis.” Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 101(2), 742-755.
Baker, J.W. (2011). "Conditional Mean Spectrum: Tool for ground motion selection," Journal of Structural Engineering, 137(3), 322-331.
Haselton, C., Baker, J. W., Liel, A. B., and Deierlein, G. G. (2011). "Accounting for ground motion spectral shape characteristics in structural collapse assessment through an adjustment for epsilon," Journal of Structural Engineering, 137(3), 332-344.
Bayraktarli, Y. Y., Baker, J. W., and Faber, M. H. (2011). “Uncertainty treatment in earthquake modeling using Bayesian probabilistic networks.” GeoRisk, 5(1), 44–58.
Jayaram, N., and Baker, J. W. (2010). “Considering spatial correlation in mixed-effects regression, and impact on ground-motion models.” Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 100(6), 3295-3303.
Jayaram, N., and Baker, J. W. (2010). "Efficient sampling and data reduction techniques for probabilistic seismic lifeline risk assessment," Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics, 39(10), 1109-1131.
Young, Y.L., Baker, J.W., and Motley, M.R. (2010). “Reliability-based design and optimization of adaptive marine structures.” Composite Structures, 92(2), 244-253.
Jayaram N. and Baker J.W. (2009). "Correlation model for spatially-distributed ground-motion intensities," Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, 38(15), 1687-1708.
Ryu, H., Kim, J. K., and Baker, J. W. (2009). "A Probabilistic Method for the Magnitude Estimation of a Historical Damaging Earthquake Using Structural Fragility Functions." Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 99(2A), 520-537.
Liel A., Haselton C., Deierlein G.G., and Baker J.W. (2009). "Incorporating modeling uncertainties in the assessment of seismic collapse risk of buildings," Structural Safety, 31 (2), 197-211.
Jayaram N. and Baker J.W. (2008). "Statistical tests of the joint distribution of spectral acceleration values," Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 98 (5), 2231-2243.
Baker J.W. and Jayaram N. (2008). "Correlation of spectral acceleration values from NGA ground motion models," Earthquake Spectra, 24 (1), 299-317.
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, 32(10), 1147-1172.
Baker J.W. and Cornell C.A. (2008). "Vector-valued intensity measures incorporating spectral shape for prediction of structural response," Journal of Earthquake Engineering 12 (4), 534-554.
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. Erratum.
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

Burks, L. S., and Baker, J. W. (2011). “Occurrence of negative epsilon in seismic hazard analysis deaggregation, and its impact on target spectra computation.” Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics, (in press).

Other publications: 2011

Victorsson, V., Deierlein, G. G., and Baker, J. W. (2011). “Capacity design in seismic resistant steel buildings: a reliability-based methodology to establish capacity-design factors.” EUROSTEEL 2011, Budapest, Hungary, 6p.
Loth, C., and Baker, J. W. (2011). Spatial cross-correlation of spectral accelerations at multiple periods: model development and risk assessments considering secondary earthquake effects. Project report, USGS award G10AP00046. 51p.
Baker, J. W., and Miller, M. (2011). “Effects of earthquake source geometry and site conditions on spatial correlation of earthquake ground motion hazard.” Plenary lecture at 4th IASPEI/IAEE International Symposium on Effects of Surface Geology on Seismic Motion, Santa Barbara, California, 12p.
Yamamoto, Y. (2011). Stochastic model for earthquake ground motion using wavelet packets. Ph.D. Thesis. Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA. 295p.
Baker, J. W., Lin, T., Shahi, S. K., and Jayaram, N. (2011). New Ground Motion Selection Procedures and Selected Motions for the PEER Transportation Research Program. PEER Technical Report 2011/03. 106p.
Shahi, S. K., and Baker, J. W. (2011). “Regression models for predicting the probability of near-fault earthquake ground motion pulses, and their period.” 11th International Conference on Applications of Statistics and Probability in Civil Engineering, Zurich, Switzerland, 8p.
Yamamoto, Y., and Baker, J. W. (2011). “Stochastic model for earthquake ground motions using wavelet packets.” 11th International Conference on Applications of Statistics and Probability in Civil Engineering, Zurich, Switzerland, 8p.
Miller, M., Baker, J. W., Lim, H. W., Song, J., and Jayaram, N. (2011). “A FORM-based analysis of lifeline networks using a multivariate seismic intensity model.” 11th International Conference on Applications of Statistics and Probability in Civil Engineering, Zurich, Switzerland, 8p.
Jayaram, N., and Baker, J. W. (2011). “Seismic risk assessment of spatially-distributed systems using ground-motion models fitted considering spatial correlation.” 11th International Conference on Applications of Statistics and Probability in Civil Engineering, Zurich, Switzerland, 6p.
Baker, J. W., Seifried, A., Andrade, J. E., and Chen, Q. (2011). “Characterization of random fields at multiple scales: an efficient conditional simulation procedure and applications in geomechanics.” 11th International Conference on Applications of Statistics and Probability in Soil and Structural Engineering (ICASP11), Zurich, Switzerland. 7p.
Lin, T., and Baker, J. W. (2011). “Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Deaggregation of Ground Motion Prediction Models.” Proceedings, 5th International Conference on Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering, Santiago, Chile, 12p.

Other publications: 2010

Lin, T., and Baker, J. W. (2010). “Advancement of hazard-consistent ground motion selection: refinements to conditional mean spectrum calculations.” PEER Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
Yamamoto, Y., and Baker, J. W. (2010). “Stochastic model for earthquake ground motions using wavelet packets.” Southern California Earthquake Center Annual Meeting. Palm Springs, CA.
Jayaram, N., and Baker, J. W. (2010). “Characterizing spatial cross-correlation between ground-motion spectral accelerations at multiple periods.” 9th US National and 10th Canadian Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Toronto, Canada, 7p.
Jayaram, N. (2010). Probabilistic seismic lifeline risk assessment using efficient sampling and data reduction techniques. Ph.D. Thesis. Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA. 286p.
Shahi, S. K., and Baker, J. W. (2010). “Signal Processing and Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Analysis Tools for Characterizing the Impact of Near-Fault Directivity.” Proceedings, 7th International Conference on Urban Earthquake Engineering (7CUEE) & 5th International Conference on Earthquake Engineering (5ICEE), Tokyo, Japan, 6p.
Jayaram, N., and Baker, J. W. (2010). “Ground-Motion Selection for PEER Transportation Research Program.” Proceedings, 7th International Conference on Urban Earthquake Engineering (7CUEE) & 5th International Conference on Earthquake Engineering (5ICEE), Tokyo, Japan, 9p.

Other publications: 2009

Haselton, C. B., Baker, J. W., Bozorgnia, Y., Goulet, C. A., Kalkan, E., Luco, N., Shantz, T., Shome, N., Stewart, J. P., Tothong, P., Watson-Lamprey, J., and Zareian, F. (2009). "Evaluation of Ground Motion Selection and Modification Methods: Predicting Median Interstory Drift Response of Buildings." PEER Technical Report 2009/01, Berkeley, California, 288p.
Jayaram, N. and Baker J.W. (2009). "Efficient sampling techniques for seismic risk assessment of lifelines." Proceedings, 10th International Conference on Structural Safety and Reliability (ICOSSAR09), Kobe, Japan. 8p.
Bianchini, M., Diotallevi, P., and Baker, J. W. (2009). "Prediction of Inelastic Structural Response Using an Average of Spectral Accelerations." 10th International Conference on Structural Safety and Reliability (ICOSSAR09), Osaka, Japan, 8p.
Baker, J. W., and Lepech, M. D. (2009). "Treatment of Uncertainties In Life Cycle Assessment." 10th International Conference on Structural Safety and Reliability (ICOSSAR09), Osaka, Japan, 8p.
Baker, J. W. (2009). "Review of Recent Ground Motion Studies for Performance-based Engineering." Proceedings, A Workshop on Performance-Based Earthquake Engineering at the Centre for Scientific Culture of the University of Naples Federico II, Anacapri, Italy, 10p.
Jayaram, N. and Baker J.W. (2009). "Deaggregation of lifeline risk: Insights for choosing deterministic scenario earthquakes." Proceedings, TCLEE2009 Conference: Lifeline Earthquake Engineering in a Multihazard Environment, Oakland, California. 10p.
Motley, M. R., Young, Y. L., and Baker, J. W. (2009). "Reliability-based design and optimization of self-twisting composite marine rotors." ASME 28th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering, Honolulu, Hawaii, 7p.
Baker, J.W. and Lin, T. (2008). "Ground Motion Target Spectra for Structures Sensitive to Multiple Periods of Excitation: Conditional Mean Spectrum Computation Using Multiple Ground Motion Prediction Models." Final Technical Report for U.S. Geological Survey National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP) External Research Program Award 08HQAG0115. 38 pp.

Other publications: 2008

Baker, J.W. and Jayaram, N. (2008). "Effects of spatial correlation of ground motion parameters for multi-site seismic risk assessment: Collaborative research with Stanford University and AIR." Final Technical Report for U.S. Geological Survey National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP) External Research Program Award 07HQGR0031. 69 pp.
Jayaram, N. and Baker J.W. (2008). "Seismic risk assessment of lifelines," at Stanford Homecoming Civil and Environmental Engineering Technical Poster Session.
Lin, T. and Baker J.W. (2008). "Towards effective ground motion selection: Implementation of Conditional Mean Spectrum (CMS)," at Stanford Homecoming Civil and Environmental Engineering Technical Poster Session.
Seifried, A. and Baker J.W. (2008). "Characterization of random fields and their impact on the mechanics of geosystems at multiple scales," at Stanford Homecoming Civil and Environmental Engineering Technical Poster Session.
Baker J.W. (2008). "An Introduction to Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Analysis (PSHA)," White Paper, Version 1.3, 72 pp.
Baker J.W. (2008). "Introducing correlation among fragility functions for multiple components," in 14th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Beijing, China. 8 pp.
Ryu H., Luco N., Baker J.W., and Karaca E., 2008, "Converting HAZUS capacity curves to seismic hazard-compatible building fragility functions: Effect of hysteretic models," in 14th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Beijing, China. 8 pp.
Green R.A., Lee J., White T.M., and Baker J.W., "The significance of near-fault effects on liquefaction", 14th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering. 2008: Beijing, China. 8p.
Haselton C., Baker J.W., Goulet C., Watson-Lamprey J., and Zareian F. (2008). "The importance of considering spectral shape when evaluating building seismic performance under extreme ground motions," in SEAOC Convention 2008, Kohala Coast, Hawaii 10 pp.
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). Erratum.
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.

 

 

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