PUBLICATIONS

 

Refereed Journal Publications

  1. Sasani, M., Der-Kiureghian, A., and Bertero, V.V."Seismic fragility of short period reinforced concrete structural walls under near-source ground motions" Structural Safety, Vol. 24, No.2 123-138, July 2002.
  2. Sasani, M. and Popov, E.P.,"Analytical studies on seismic response of RC panels with friction energy dissipators," J. Engineering Mechanics, ASCE, Vol. 127, No. 8, 835-843, August 2001.
  3. Sasani, M. and DerKiureghian, A.,"Fragility of reinforced concrete structural walls: displacement approach," J. Structural Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 127, No. 2, 219-228, February 2001.
  4. Sasani, M., Discussion of "Evaluation of UBC-94 provisions for seismic design of structural walls" by J.W. Wallace, Earthquake Spectra, Vol. 13, No. 1, 155-159, February 1997.

Refereed Conference Publications

  1. Sasani, M. "Probabilistic models for seismic design and assessment of RC structural walls," Workshop on Reliability Based Code Calibration, Zurich, Switzerland, 2002.
  2. Sasani, M., and Bertero, V.V., "Importance of severe pulse-type ground motions in performance-based engineering," 12th WCEE, New Zealand, Paper No. 1302,2000.
  3. Sasani, M., Bertero, V.V., and Anderson, J.C., "Seismic upgrading of non-ductile RC moment frame buildings," Composite and Hybrid Structures: Proc. of the Sixth ASCCS International Conference on Steel-Concrete Composite Structures, Univ. of Southern California, Vol. 2, 819-828, 2000.
  4. Bertero, V.V., Anderson, J.C., and Sasani, M., "Impulse EQGMs: a historical and critical review," Proc. of 1999 Structures Congress, ASCE, Reston, VA, 91-94, 1999.
  5. Sasani, M., "A two-level-performance-based design of reinforced concrete structural walls," 6th USNCEE, Seattle, Washington, Paper No. 78, 1998.
  6. Sasani, M., and Anderson, D.L., "Displacement-based design versus forced-based design for structural walls," 11th WCEE, Mexico, Disc 1, Paper No. 32, 1996.
  7. Sasani, M., and Anderson, D.L., "Seismic performance of different strength structural walls," 7th CCEE, Montreal, 437-444, 1995.

Technical Reports

  1. Sasani, M., and Popov, E.P., Experimental and analytical studies on seismic behavior of concrete panels with friction energy dissipators, Report UCB/EERC 97/17, Univ. of California at Berkeley, 1997, 156 pages.
  2. Sasani, M., Bertero, V.V., and Anderson, J.C., Rehabilitation of a non-ductile RC frame building using encasement plates and energy-dissipating devices, Report UCB/PEER 99/12, Univ. of California at Berkeley, 1999, 296 pages.