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EQSIM; a multidisciplinary framework for fault-to-structure earthquake simulations on exascale computers; Part I, Computational models and workflow by McCallen, David, Petersson, Anders, Rodgers, Arthur, Pitarka, Arben, Miah, Mamun, Petrone, Floriana, Sjogreen, Bjorn, Abrahamson, Norman A, Tang, Houjun

“…Computational simulations have become central to the seismic analysis and design of major infrastructure over the past several decades. Most major structures…”
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Model for basin effects on long-period response spectra in Southern California by Day, Steven M, Graves, Robert, Bielak, Jacobo, Dreger, Douglas, Larsen, Shawn, Olsen, Kim B, Pitarka, Arben, Ramirez-Guzman, Leonardo

“…We propose a model for the effect of sedimentary basin depth on long-period response spectra. The model is based on the analysis of 3-D numerical simulations…”
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Characteristics and selection of near-fault simulated earthquake ground motions for nonlinear analysis of buildings by Kenawy, Maha, McCallen, David, Pitarka, Arben

“…Earthquake-induced ground shaking near rupturing faults is highly sensitive to the rupture characteristics, seismic wave propagation patterns and site…”
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Characteristics and selection of near-fault simulated earthquake ground motions for nonlinear analysis of buildings by Kenawy, Maha, McCallen, David, Pitarka, Arben

“…Earthquake-induced ground shaking near rupturing faults is highly sensitive to the rupture characteristics, seismic wave propagation patterns and site…”
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Variability of near‐fault seismic risk to reinforced concrete buildings based on high‐resolution physics‐based ground motion simulations by Kenawy, Maha, McCallen, David, Pitarka, Arben

“…Broadband physics‐based simulated earthquake ground motions are utilized to characterize the regional‐scale seismic risk to modern reinforced concrete (RC)…”
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Dynamic rupture process of the 1999 Chi-Chi, Taiwan, earthquake by Zhang, Wenbo, Iwata, Tomotaka, Irikura, Kojiro, Pitarka, Arben, Sekiguchi, Haruko

“…The dynamic rupture process of the Chi‐Chi earthquake has been investigated based on a 3‐D spontaneous shear crack model, using a thick fault zone model and a…”
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Engineering evaluation of the EQSIM simulated ground‐motion database: The San Francisco Bay Area region by Petrone, Floriana, Abrahamson, Norman, McCallen, David, Pitarka, Arben, Rodgers, Arthur

“…Ground‐motion simulations for infrequent earthquake scenarios are gaining increasing interest in the engineering community for their potential to inform…”
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Simulation‐based characterization of the variability of earthquake risk to buildings in the near‐field by Miah, Mamun, McCallen, David, Pitarka, Arben, Petrone, Floriana

“…Recent advancements in high performance computing platforms and computational workflow for regional‐scale simulations are enabling unprecedented modeling of…”
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Simulation-based characterization of the variability of earthquake risk to buildings in the near-field by Miah, Mamun, McCallen, David, Pitarka, Arben, Petrone, Floriana

“…Recent advancements in high performance computing platforms and computational workflow for regional-scale simulations are enabling unprecedented modeling of…”
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Variability of near-fault seismic risk to reinforced concrete buildings based on high-resolution physics-based ground motion simulations by Kenawy, Maha, McCallen, David, Pitarka, Arben

“…Broadband physics-based simulated earthquake ground motions are utilized to characterize the regional-scale seismic risk to modern reinforced concrete (RC)…”
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Ground-motions site and event specificity: Insights from assessing a suite of simulated ground motions in the San Francisco Bay Area by Petrone, Floriana, Taslimi, Arsam, Mohammadi Nia, Majid, McCallen, David, Pitarka, Arben

“…This article presents the results of a research that is part of a larger collaborative effort between the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the Pacific…”
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Performance evaluation of the USGS velocity model for the San Francisco Bay Area by Pinilla-Ramos, Camilo, Pitarka, Arben, McCallen M. EERI, David, Nakata, Rie

“…In this study, we evaluated the performance of the United States Geological Survey velocity model developed for the San Francisco Bay Area (SFBA), version…”
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EQSIM; a multidisciplinary framework for fault-to-structure earthquake simulations on exascale computers; Part II, Regional simulations of building response by McCallen, David, Petrone, Floriana, Miah, Mamun, Pitarka, Arben, Rodgers, Arthur, Abrahamson, Norman A

“…The existing observational database of the regional-scale distribution of strong ground motions and measured building response for major earthquakes continues…”
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Broadband (0–4 Hz) Ground Motions for a Magnitude 7.0 Hayward Fault Earthquake With Three‐Dimensional Structure and Topography by Rodgers, Arthur J., Pitarka, Arben, Petersson, N. Anders, Sjögreen, Björn, McCallen, David B.

“…We performed fully deterministic broadband (0–4 Hz) high‐performance computing ground motion simulations of a magnitude 7.0 scenario earthquake on the Hayward…”
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Characteristics of Vertical Ground Motions and Their Effect on the Seismic Response of Bridges in the Near-Field: A State-of-the-Art Review by Taslimi, Arsam, Petrone, Floriana, Pitarka, Arben

“…Abstract Despite the evidence from past earthquakes and several numerical investigations demonstrating the detrimental impact of vertical ground motions (VGMs)…”
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Regional-scale fault-to-structure earthquake simulations with the EQSIM framework: Workflow maturation and computational performance on GPU-accelerated exascale platforms by McCallen, David, Pitarka, Arben, Tang, Houjun, Pankajakshan, Ramesh, Petersson, N Anders, Miah, Mamun, Huang, Junfei

“…Continuous advancements in scientific and engineering understanding of earthquake phenomena, combined with the associated development of representative…”
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Performance of Irikura Recipe Rupture Model Generator in Earthquake Ground Motion Simulations with Graves and Pitarka Hybrid Approach by Pitarka, Arben, Graves, Robert, Irikura, Kojiro, Miyake, Hiroe, Rodgers, Arthur

“…We analyzed the performance of the Irikura and Miyake (Pure and Applied Geophysics 168(2011):85–104, 2011 ) (IM2011) asperity-based kinematic rupture model…”
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Kinematic Rupture Modeling of Ground Motion from the M7 Kumamoto, Japan Earthquake by Pitarka, A., Graves, R., Irikura, K., Miyakoshi, K., Rodgers, A.

“…We analyzed a kinematic earthquake rupture generator that combines the randomized spatial field approach of Graves and Pitarka (Bull Seismol Soc Am…”
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EQSIM—A multidisciplinary framework for fault-to-structure earthquake simulations on exascale computers, part II: Regional simulations of building response by McCallen, David, Petrone, Floriana, Miah, Mamun, Pitarka, Arben, Rodgers, Arthur, Abrahamson, Norman

“…The existing observational database of the regional-scale distribution of strong ground motions and measured building response for major earthquakes continues…”
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EQSIM—A multidisciplinary framework for fault-to-structure earthquake simulations on exascale computers, part II: Regional simulations of building response by McCallen, David, Petrone, Floriana, Miah, Mamun, Pitarka, Arben, Rodgers, Arthur, Abrahamson, Norman

“…The existing observational database of the regional-scale distribution of strong ground motions and measured building response for major earthquakes continues…”
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