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Kourehpaz, P., Molina Hutt, C. and Lallemant, D. “Toward multivariate fragility functions for seismic damage and loss estimation of high-rise buildings.” Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics. In Review.

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Blowes, K., Kourehpaz, P. and Molina Hutt, C. “Risk-targeted seismic evaluation of functional recovery performance in buildings.” Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics. In Review.

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Kakoty, P., Molina Hutt, C., Molnar, S. and Ghofrani, H. (2023) “Spectral acceleration basin amplification factors for interface Cascadia subduction zone earthquakes in Canada’s 2020 national seismic hazard model.” Earthquake Spectra. In Press. 

https://doi.org/10.1177/87552930231168659

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Palomino Romani, G., Blowes, K. and Molina Hutt, C. (2023) “Evaluating post-earthquake functionality and surge capacity of hospital emergency departments using discrete event simulation.” Earthquake Spectra, 39(1) 402–433

https://doi.org/10.1177/87552930221128607

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Kourehpaz, P. and Molina Hutt, C. (2022) “Machine learning for enhanced regional seismic risk assessments.” ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering,148(9): 04022126-1.

https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)ST.1943-541X.0003421 

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Molina Hutt, C., Vahanvaty, T. and Kourehpaz, P. (2022). “An analytical framework to assess earthquake induced downtime and model recovery of buildings.” Earthquake Spectra, 38(2) 1283–1320.

https://doi.org/10.1177/87552930211060856

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Molina Hutt, C., Hulsey, A. M., Kakoty, P., Deierlein, G. G., Eksir Monfared, A., Yen, W. Y. and Hooper, J. D. (2022). “Towards functional recovery performance in the seismic design of modern tall buildings.” Earthquake Spectra. In Press.

https://doi.org/10.1177/87552930211033620

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Molina Hutt, C., Zahedi, S., Marafi, N., Berman, J. and Eberhard, M. (2021). “Collapse risk of tall steel moment-resisting frames in deep sedimentary basins during large magnitude subduction earthquakes.” Engineering Structures, 244: 112751.

ttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2021.112751

Eksir Monfared, A., Molina Hutt, C., Kakoty, P., Kourehpaz, P. and Centeno, J. (2021). “Effects of the Georgia Sedimentary Basin on the Response of Modern Tall RC Shear-Wall Buildings to M9 Cascadia Subduction Zone Earthquakes.” American Society of Civil Engineers, Journal of Structural Engineering, 147(8): 05021003.

https://ascelibrary.org/doi/abs/10.1061/(ASCE)ST.1943-541X.0003067 

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Kakoty, P., Dyaga, S. and Molina Hutt, C. (2021). “Impacts of Simulated M9 Cascadia Subduction Zone Earthquakes and Georgia Basin Amplification on RC Shear Wall Buildings in Metro Vancouver.” Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, 50: 237-256.

https://doi.org/10.1002/eqe.3361 

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Kourehpaz P., Molina Hutt, C., Marafi, N., Berman, J. and Eberhard, M. (2021). “Estimating Economic Losses of mid-rise RC Shear Wall Buildings in Sedimentary Basins by Combining Empirical and Simulated Seismic Hazard Characterizations.” Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, 50: 26-42.

https://doi.org/10.1002/eqe.3325

Ji, X., Cheng, Y. and Molina Hutt, C. (2020). “Seismic response of a tuned viscous mass damper (TVMD) coupled wall system.” Engineering Structures, 225: 111252.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2020.111252

Ji, X. and Molina Hutt, C. (2020). “Seismic design of hybrid coupled walls with replaceable steel coupling beams: a guide for practicing engineers.” The Structural Design of Tall and Special Buildings, 29(8):e1727. 

http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/tal.1727

Molina Hutt, C., Rossetto, T. and Deierlein, G. (2019). “Comparative risk-based seismic performance assessment of 1970s vs modern tall steel moment resisting frames.” Journal of Constructional Steel Research, 159: 598-610. 

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcsr.2019.05.012

Ji, X., Liu, D., Ya, S. and Molina Hutt, C. (2018). “Seismic performance evaluation of a high-rise building with novel hybrid coupled walls.” Engineering Structures, 169: 216-225. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2018.05.011

Goretti, A., Molina Hutt, C. and Hedelung, L. (2017). “Post-Earthquake safety evaluation of buildings in Portoviejo, Manabí following the M7.8 coastal Ecuador earthquake of 16 April 2016.” International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 24: 271-283. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2017.06.011

Ji, X., Liu, D., Ya, S. and Molina Hutt, C. (2017). “Seismic performance assessment of a hybrid coupled wall system with replaceable steel coupling beams versus traditional RC coupling beams.” Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics, 46(4): 517-535. https://doi.org/10.1002/eqe.2801

Molina Hutt, C., Almufti, I., Willford, M. and Deierlein, G. (2016). “Seismic loss and downtime assessment of existing tall steel-framed buildings and strategies for increased resilience.” ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering, 142(8): C4015005.

https://ascelibrary.org/doi/10.1061/(ASCE)ST.1943-541X.0001314

Journal Papers

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Conference Proceedings

Molina Hutt, C., Kourehpaz, P., Marafi, N., Berman, J. and Eberhard, M. (2020). “Estimating Economic Losses of mid-rise RC Shear Wall Buildings in Sedimentary Basins by Combining Empirical and Simulated Seismic Hazard Characterizations.” Proceedings of the 17th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Sendai, Japan, September 13-18.

https://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0394283

Kakoty, P., Dyaga, S. and Molina Hutt, C. (2020). “Impacts of Simulated M9 Cascadia Subduction Zone Earthquakes and Georgia Basin Amplification on RC Shear Wall Buildings in Metro Vancouver.” Proceedings of the 17th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Sendai, Japan, September 13-18.

https://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0394284

Otero, A. and C. Molina Hutt (2020). “Seismic evaluation of a building representative of mass housing development projects in Caracas, Venezuela.” Proceedings of the 17th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Sendai, Japan, September 13-18.

https://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0394285​

Deierlein G., Yen W., Hulsey A., Galvis F., Baker J. and C. Molina Hutt. (2020) “Safety of tall pre-Northridge steel framed buildings and implications on cordoning and recovery.” Proceedings of the 17th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Sendai, Japan, September 13-18.

https://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0394287

Kaminski, S., Schacher, T., Lopez, J., Franco, G., Molina Hutt, C., RouxFouillet, G., Carlevaro, N. and Stone, H. (2019). “The April 16, 2016 Muisne earthquake (Ecuador) – Behaviour of RC frames with masonry infill and recommendations for new construction.” Proceedings of the Society of Earthquake and Civil Engineering Dynamics 2019 Conference, London, UK, September 9-10.

https://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0394288

Molina Hutt, C., Zahedi, S., Marafi, N., Berman, J. and Eberhard, M. (2019). “Collapse risk of tall steel moment-resisting frames in deep sedimentary basins during large magnitude subduction earthquakes.” Proceedings of the 12th Canadian Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Quebec, QC, June 17-20.

https://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0394289

Kakoty, P., Eksir Monfared, A. and Molina Hutt, C. (2019). “Seismic performance of tall buildings designed following non-prescriptive design procedures.” Proceedings of the 12th Canadian Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Quebec, QC, June 17-20.

https://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0394292

Molina Hutt, C., Marafi, N., Berman, J. and Eberhard, M. (2018). “Effects of Basins during Subduction Earthquakes on the Collapse Fragility of Existing Tall Steel Buildings.” Earthquake Engineering Research Institute. Proceedings of the 11th National Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Los Angeles, CA, June 25-29.

https://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0379177

Molina Hutt, C., Rossetto, T., Almufti, I. and Deierlein, G. (2018). “Comparison of Seismic Performance & Recovery Metrics for 1970s vs Modern Tall Steel Moment Frame Buildings.” Earthquake Engineering Research Institute. Proceedings of the 11th National Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Los Angeles, CA, June 25-29.

https://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0379176

Perez-Fuentes, G., Molina Hutt, C., Rossetto, T. and Joffe, H. (2017). “Are residents of Seattle ready for ‘the big one’?” International Association of Earthquake Engineering.” Proceedings of the 16th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Santiago, Chile, January 9-13.

http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1545518/

Eads, L., Molina Hutt, C. and Menun, C. (2017). “Loss assessment of tall buildings from a vulnerability perspective." International Association of Earthquake Engineering.” Proceedings of the 16th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Santiago, Chile, January 9-13.

http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/10077057/

Molina Hutt, C. (2017). “A comparative study on the seismic vulnerability of 1970s vs modern tall steel moment-resisting frame buildings.” International Association of Earthquake Engineering. Proceedings of the 16th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Santiago, Chile, January 9-13.

http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/10077053/

Molina Hutt, C., Almufti, I., Willford, M. and Deierlein, G. (2015). “Risk-based seismic performance assessment of existing tall steel-framed buildings in San Francisco.” Proceedings of the SECED 2015 Conference. Earthquake Risk and Engineering towards a Resilient World - Society of Earthquake and Civil Engineering Dynamics, Cambridge, UK, July 9-10.

http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/10077051/

Molina Hutt, C., Almufti, I., Willford, M. and Deierlein, G. (2014). “Seismic Loss and Downtime Estimates of Existing Tall Buildings and Strategies for Increased Resilience.” European Association of Earthquake Engineering. Proceedings of the 2nd European Conference on Earthquake Engineering and Seismology, Istanbul, Turkey, August 25-29.

http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/10077050/

Molina Hutt, C. (2013). “Non-Linear time history analysis of tall steel moment frame buildings in LS-DYNA.” Arup and LSTC. Proceedings of the 9th European LS-DYNA Conference, Manchester, UK, June 2-4.

http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1409856/

Almufti, I., Molina Hutt, C., Willford, M. and Deierlein, G. (2012). “Seismic Assessment of Typical 1970s Tall Steel Moment Frame Buildings in Downtown San Francisco.” International Association of Earthquake Engineering. Proceedings of the 15th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Lisbon, Portugal, September 24-28.

http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1384849/

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Technical Reports

United States Geological Survey (2018). “The HayWired earthquake scenario. Engineering implications.” United States Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2017-5013-I-Q.

Applied Technology Council (2018). “San Francisco Tall Buildings Study.” City and County of San Francisco, CA.

Applied Technology Council (2018). “Tall Buildings Safety Strategy.” Recommendations from San Francisco’s Tall Buildings Safety Strategy, City and County of San Francisco, CA.

Molina Hutt, C. (2017). “Risk-based seismic performance assessment of existing tall steel framed buildings.” Doctoral thesis (PhD), UCL (University College London).

Earthquake Engineering Field Investigation Team. (2016). “The Muisne, Ecuador Earthquake of 16 April 2016.” Institution of Structural Engineers.

Earthquake Engineering Field Investigation Team. (2013). “The Mw9.0 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami of 11th March 2011 - return mission.” Institution of Structural Engineers.

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