Dr. Jorge Macedo’s Laboratory

Publications

Journal Articles

1Macedo, J., Lacour, M., Abrahamson, N. (2020). Epistemic Uncertainty Treatment in Seismically-induced Slope Displacements Using Polynomial Chaos. Accepted for publication. American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE/JGGE) Journal.
2Macedo, J., Candia, G. (2020). Performance-based assessment of the seismic pseudo-static coefficient used in slope stability analysis. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering Journal (SDEE); 133. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soildyn.2020.106109.
3Candia G., Poulos A., De La Llera J., Crempien, J., Macedo, J. (2020). Correlations of spectral accelerations in the Chilean Subduction Zone. Earthquake Spectra (EERI); 36(2). https://doi.org/10.1177/8755293019891723.
4Lacour M., Macedo J., Abrahamson, N. (2020). Stochastic finite element method for non-linear material models. Computer and Geotechnics (COGE); 125. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compgeo.2020.103641.
5Bray, J., Macedo, J. (2019). Procedure for Estimating Shear-Induced Seismic Slope Displacement for Shallow Crustal Earthquakes. American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE/JGGE) Journal; 145(12). https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0002143.
6Candia, G., Macedo, J., Jaimes, M.A., Magna-Verdugo, C. (2019). A New State of the Art Platform for Probabilistic and Deterministic Seismic Hazard Assessment. Seismological Research Letters (SSA); 90(6):2262-2275. https://doi.org/10.1785/0220190025.
7Macedo, J., Abrahamson, N., Bray, J. (2019). Arias Intensity conditional scaling ground-motion models for subduction zones. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America (BSSA); 109(4):1343–1357. https://doi.org/10.1785/0120180297.
8Bray, J., Macedo, J., Travasarou, T. (2018). Simplified Procedure for Estimating Seismic Slope Displacements for Subduction Zone Earthquakes. American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE /JGGE) Journal; 144(3). https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0001833.
9Macedo, J., Bray, J. (2018). Key trends in assessment of Liquefaction-Induced building settlement from numerical analyses. American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE/JGGE) Journal; 144(11). https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0001951.
10Macedo, J., Bray, J., Abrahamson, N., Travasarou, T. (2018). Performance-based probabilistic seismic slope displacement procedure. Earthquake Spectra (EERI); 34(2):673-695. https://doi.org/10.1193/122516EQS251M.
11Bray, J., Macedo, J. (2017). Simplified procedure to estimate liquefaction induced building settlements. 6th Ishihara Lecture at the 19th ICSMGE. Soil dynamics and earthquake engineering Journal (SDEE); 102:215-231. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soildyn.2017.08.026.
12Markham, C., Bray, J., Macedo, J., Luque, R. (2016). Evaluating nonlinear effective stress site response analyses using records from the Canterbury earthquake sequence. Soil dynamics and earthquake engineering Journal (SDEE); 82:84–98. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soildyn.2015.12.007.

Published and Accepted Journal Articles

1Pua, L.M., Macedo, J., Villacrese, J.P., Yepez, F., Caicedo, B. (2021). A homogenization approach to estimate the shear modulus of spatially variable soil materials. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering (SDDE). Accepted for publication
2Liu, C., Macedo, J. (2021). New conditional, scenario-based, and non-conditional cumulative absolute velocity models using the NGA-Sub database. Earthquake Spectra. Accepted for publication. DOI: 10.1177/87552930221043897
3Liu, C., Macedo, J., Candia, G. (2021). Performance-based probabilistic assessment of liquefaction induced building settlements. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering (SDEE). Accepted for publication.
4Macedo, J., Vergaray, L. (2021) Properties of mine tailings for static liquefaction assessment. Canadian Geotechnical Journal. Accepted for publication. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cgj-2020-0600
5Williams, T. Abrahamson, N., Macedo, J. (2021). Seismic performance evaluation of earthen dams affected by subduction zone and shallow crustal earthquakes. American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE/JGGE) Journal.
6Macedo, J., Liu, C., Solemaini, F. (2021) Machine learning-based models for estimating seismically-induced slope displacements. Soil dynamics and earthquake engineering Journal (SDEE).
7Macedo, J., Lui, C. (2021). Ground-Motion Intensity Measure Correlations on Interface and Intraslab Subduction Zone Earthquakes Using the NGA - Sub Database. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. https://doi.org/10.1785/0120200297
8Bray, J., Macedo, J. (2021). Closure to 'Procedure for Estimating Shear-Induced Seismic Slope Displacement for Shallow Crustal Earthquakes'. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering (ASCE/JGGE); 147(5). https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)GT. 1943-5606.0002499
9Macedo, J., Abrahamson, N., Liu, C. (2021). New Scenario-based cumulative absolute velocity models for shallow crustal tectonic settings. Accepted for publication. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America (BSSA); 111(1):157-172. https://doi.org/10.1785 /0120190321
10Macedo, J., Candia, G., Lacour, M., Liu, C. (2020). New developments for the performance-based assessment of seismically-induced slope displacements. Engineering Geology Journal; 277 (105786). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enggeo.2020.105786
11Macedo, J., Lacour, M., Abrahamson, N. (2020). Epistemic uncertainty treatment in seismically-induced slope displacements using polynomial chaos. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering (ASCE/JGGE); 146(10). https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0002345
12Lacour M., Macedo J., Abrahamson, N. (2020). Stochastic finite element method for nonlinear material models. Computer and Geotechnics (COGE) International Journal; 125. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compgeo.2020.103641
13Macedo, J., Candia, G. (2020). Performance-based assessment of the seismic pseudo-static coefficient used in slope stability analysis. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering Journal (SDEE); 133. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soildyn.2020.106109
14Candia G., Poulos A., De La Llera J., Crempien, J., Macedo, J. (2020). Correlations of spectral accelerations in the Chilean subduction zone. Earthquake Spectra (EERI); 36(2). https://doi.org/10.1177/8755293019891723
15Candia, G., Macedo, J., Jaimes, M.A., Magna-Verdugo, C. (2019). A new state of the art platform for probabilistic and deterministic seismic hazard assessment. Seismological Research Letters (SSA); 90(6):2262-2275. https://doi.org/10.1785/0220190025
16Bray, J., Macedo, J. (2019). Procedure for estimating shear-induced seismic slope displacement for shallow crustal earthquakes. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering (ASCE/JGGE); 145(12). https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0002143
17Macedo, J., Abrahamson, N., Bray, J. (2019). Arias intensity conditional scaling ground-motion models for subduction zones. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America (BSSA); 109(4):1343-1357. https://doi.org/10.1785/0120180297
18Macedo, J., Bray, J. (2018). Key trends in assessment of liquefaction-induced building settlements from numerical analyses. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering (ASCE/JGGE); 144(11). https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0001951
19Macedo, J., Bray, J., Abrahamson, N., Travasarou, T. (2018). Performance-based probabilistic seismic slope displacement procedure. Earthquake Spectra (EERI); 34(2):673-695. https://doi.org/10.1193/122516EQS251M
20Bray, J., Macedo, J., Travasarou, T. (2018). Simplified procedure for estimating seismic slope displacements for subduction zone earthquakes. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering (ASCE/JGGE); 144(3). https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0001833
21Bray, J., Macedo, J. (2017). Simplified procedure to estimate liquefaction induced building settlements. 6th Ishihara Lecture at the 19th ICSMGE. Soil dynamics and earthquake engineering Journal (SDEE); 102:215-231. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soildyn.2017.08.026
22Markham, C., Bray, J., Macedo, J., Luque, R. (2016). Evaluating nonlinear effective stress site response analyses using records from the Canterbury earthquake sequence. International Journal of Soil dynamics and earthquake engineering (SDEE); 82:84–98. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soildyn.2015.12.007

Conference Presentation with Proceedings (Refereed)

1Vergaray, L., Macedo, J. (2021). Trends for the Monotonic Response of Mine Tailings Under Critical State Soil Mechanics. 7th International Conference in Tailings Management, Tailings 2021. Accepted for publication.
2Solemaini, F., Macedo, J., Liu, C. (2021). Machine learning-based selection of efficient parameters for the evaluation of seismically-induced slope displacements. ASCE Lifelines Conference 2021; United States. Submitted on September, 2020.
3Macedo, J., Abrahamson, N., Venkataraman, R. (2021). Magnitude threshold for damage from induced seismicity earthquakes. Seismological Society of America, 2021 Annual Meeting.
4Buniya, M., Simpson, B., Macedo, J., Vergaray, L., Barbosa, A. (2020). Collapse fragility function development using conditional scenario spectra: application to a multi-story reinforced concrete shear wall. 17th Word conference on earthquake engineering; Japan
5Liu, F., Frost, D., Macedo J., Xu, Q. (2020). Effects of structure on the mechanical behavior of loess: implications for flow slide in cemented soils. GeoCalgary 2020 conference, Calgary. Accepted.
6Macedo, J., Bray, J., Olson, S., Bareither, C. Arnold, C. (2020). TAILENG mine tailings database. Tailings and mine waste 2020 conference, Keystone, Colorado. Accepted.
7Torres, P., Macedo, J., Paihua, S. (2020). Dynamic effective stress analysis of a centerline tailing dam - case study. Tailings and mine waste 2020 conference, Keystone, Colorado. Accepted.
8Candia, G., Lyon, B., Macedo, J., Cornejo, R. (2020). Seismic fragility functions of metro tunnels. 17th Word conference on earthquake engineering; Japan. Accepted.
9Macedo, J., Olaya, F. (2020). Development of an earthquake catalog for probabilistic seismic hazard studies in Peru. 17th Word conference on earthquake engineering; Japan. Accepted.
10Williams, T., Abrahamson, N., Macedo, J. (2020). Displacement-Hazard analysis of earthen dams. 17th Word conference on earthquake engineering; Japan. Accepted.
11Carlton, B.D., Lokke, A., Phillips, L. Macedo, J., Kaynia, A.M. (2020). Comparison of multi-directional shaking of slopes using different numerical tools. 17th Word conference on earthquake engineering; Japan. Accepted.
12Macedo, J., Candia, G., Abrahamson, N. (2020). A computational platform for the assessment of seismically-induced slope displacements. Geo-Congress 2020, Minneapolis.
13Simpson, B., Macedo, J., Buniya, M., Vergaray, L., Barbosa, A. (2020). Effect of selection and scaling ground motions on the collapse response of the multi-story reinforced concrete special shear wall. 17th Word conference on earthquake engineering; Japan. Accepted.
14Macedo, J., Candia, G. (2019). Performance-based assessment of the seismic pseudostatic coefficient in mining projects. Tailings and mine waste 2019 conference; Vancouver, Canada.
15Macedo, J., Petalas, A. (2019). Calibration of two plasticity models against the static and cyclic response of tailings materials. Tailings and mine waste 2019 conference; Vancouver, Canada.
16Macedo, J., Candia, G. (2019). Performance-based assessment of seismically-induced slope displacements in tailings dams. Tailings and mine waste 2019 conference; Vancouver, Canada.
17Candia, G., Macedo, J., Jaimes, M., Magna, C. (2019). A computational platform for the quantification of the seismic demand in mining projects. Tailings and mine waste 2019 conference; Vancouver, Canada.
18Macedo, J., Abrahamson, N., Bray, J. (2019). Arias intensity models for subduction zone earthquakes. 7th International Conference on Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering; Rome, Italy.
19Bray, J., Macedo, J. (2019). Shear-induced seismic slope displacement estimates for shallow crustal earthquakes. 7th International Conference on Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering; Rome, Italy.
20Sotelo, G., Orellana, S., Macedo, J., Jaffal, H., Espinoza, G., Xu, Z., Stokoe, K.H., El Mohtar, C. (2019). Geotechnical characterization of collapsible soils cemented by salts - a case study. 7th International Conference on Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering; Rome, Italy.
21Macedo, J., Bray, J. (2018). Insights from numerical analysis of liquefaction-induced building settlement. In: Is-Atlanta and B2G-Atlanta conference; Atlanta, Georgia.
22Bray, J. Macedo, J. (2018) Evaluating liquefaction-induced building settlements. 11th National conference on earthquake engineering; Los Angeles, California.
23Candia, G., Macedo, J., Magna, C. (2018). An integrated platform for seismic hazard assessment in subduction zones. 11th National conference on earthquake engineering; Los Angeles, California.
24Bray, J., Macedo, J. (2018). Simplified evaluation of liquefaction-induced building settlements. Geotechnical earthquake engineering and soil dynamics V; Austin, Texas.
25Bray, J., Macedo, J. (2018). Assessment of liquefaction induced building settlement. 2018 NZSEE conference, New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering.
26Bray, J., Macedo, J., Luque, R. (2017). Key trends in assessment of liquefaction-induced building settlement. 3rd International conference on performance-based design in earthquake geotechnical engineering; Vancouver, Canada.
27Bray, J., Macedo, J. (2017). Simplified procedure for estimating liquefaction-induced building settlements. Ishihara lecture. 19th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering; Seoul, Korea.
28Riemer, M., Macedo, J., Roman, O., Paihua, S. (2017). Effects of stress state on the cyclic response of mine tailings and its impact on expanding a tailings impoundment. 3rd International Conference on Performance-based Design in Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering; Vancouver, Canada.
29Macedo, J., Bray, J., Abrahamson, N., Travasarou, T. (2017). Probabilistic simplified seismic performance assessment of earth slopes and geotechnical structures. 3rd International Conference on Performance-based Design in Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering; Vancouver, Canada.
30Macedo, J., Bray, J., Travasarou, T. (2017). Simplified procedure for estimating seismic slope displacements in subduction Zones. 16th World Conference on Earthquake, 16WCEE 2017; Santiago, Chile.
31Markham, C., Bray, J., Macedo, J. (2015). Deconvolution of surface motions from the Canterbury Earthquake Sequence for Use in Nonlinear Effective Stress Site Response Analyses. 6th International Conference on Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering; Christchurch, New Zealand.
32Macedo, J., Zuta, J., Aguilar, Z. (2015). Numerical seismic analysis of an instrumented earth dam in terms of the variability of the response design spectra. 6th International Conference on Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering; Christchurch, New Zealand.
33Macedo, J., Aguilar, Z. (2012). Seismic calibration of an instrumented earth dam in terms of response spectra. 15th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering; Lisbon, Portugal.
34Macedo, J., Aguilar, Z. (2011). Calibration of a dynamic model for Yuracmayo earth dam. 5th International Conference on Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering; Santiago, Chile.
35Macedo, J., Aguilar, Z., Zuta, J. (2010). Dynamic analysis of Yuracmayo earth dam. 14th European Conference on Earthquake Engineering; Ohrid, Republic of Macedonia.

Other Refereed Material

1Markham, C., Macedo, J., Bray, J. Evaluating fully nonlinear effective stress site response analyses using records from the Canterbury earthquake sequence. Final Technical report for USGS Award Number: G13AP00029 Project Dates: 06/01/13 – 05/31/14.
2Macedo, J. (2017). Simplified procedures for estimating earthquake-induced displacements. Ph.D. thesis, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Univ. of California, Berkeley.
3Macedo, J. (2013). Seismic performance assessment of earthen dams in terms of the variability of design spectra. M.S. thesis, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Peruvian National University of Engineering, Lima. (In Spanish).
4Macedo, J. (2008). Dynamic analysis of Yuracmayo earth dam. B.S. thesis, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Peruvian National University of Engineering, Lima. (In Spanish).

Non-refereed Conference Presentations with Proceedings

1Macedo, J. (2009). Generation of seismic design ground motions based on recorded ground motions (In Spanish). XVII Peruvian civil engineering convention; Chiclayo, Peru.
2Macedo, J., Pozo, R. (2009). Comparative analysis between limit equilibrium analyses and the finite element method for slope stability applications (in Spanish). XVII Peruvian civil engineering convention; Chiclayo, Peru
3 Pozo, R., Macedo, J. (2009). Geomechanical Analysis of underground excavations (in Spanish). XVII Peruvian civil engineering convention; Chiclayo, Peru.

Other Publications and Media

1

Dr. Macedo as part of TAILENG center published two articles in the SME Mining Engineering magazine discussing the role of tailings engineers, read the articles here:

2

Dr. Jorge Macedo (as a TAILENG’s chair) was interviewed by the Science Magazine, see the article discussing mine tailings here:

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