Publications

2025

Journals

L.G. Pujades, Y.F. Vargas-Alzate, N. Lantada and R. González-Drigo (2025) Probabilistic parametric analysis of capacity, fragility and expected seismic damage of framed reinforced concrete buildings Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, 23: 1591–1637.
L.G. Pujades, J.R. González-Drigo, J.O. Caselles, Y.F. Vargas-Alzate, N. Lantada, G. Luzi, and R. Palamà (2025) Analysis of damage induced variations on the fundamental period in a framed steel scaled structure. 44pp (to be submitted to Journal of Earthquake Engineering).

Proceedings

Y.F. Vargas-Alzate, A.M. Zapata-Franco, J.M. González, L.G. Pujades and A.H. Barbat (2025) Caracterización del riesgo sísmico en centrales nucleares. 51ª Reunión Anual de la Sociedad Nuclear Española. Cáceres (Spain), 24-26 September 2025.

PhD Theses

F. Prats Bella (2025) Análisis y propuesta de calificación sísmica de elementos no-estructurales. Directed by: L.G. Pujades, J.R. González-Drigo and G. Luzi. Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya.

2024

Journals

Y.F. Vargas-Alzate, A.H. Barbat, L.G. Pujades, L.A. Pinzón, J.M. Gonzalez, J. Ramirez and F. Rastellini (2024) Characterization of free-field seismic motions for soil-structure interactionanalysis of nuclear structures using enhanced transfer functions Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 179: 18.
G. Luzi, R. Palamà, R. González-Drigo, L.G. Pujades, O. Caselles and Y.F. Vargas-Alzate (2024) A Laboratory test aimed at demostrating the potential of an interferometric radar to estimate the seismic risk of damaged buildings e-Journal of Nondestructive Testing, 29(7): 8.
F.E. Lesser and L.G. Pujades (2024) Análisis del efecto de la direccionalidad de la acción sísmica sobre un modelo a escala reducida Cuadernos De Ingeniería, 15(V): 1-16.
L.A. Pinzón, D.A. Hidalgo-Leiva and L.G. Pujades (2024) Correction factors to consider seismic directionality effects: case study of the Costa Rican Strong Motion Database Geosciences, 14(5): 139.
J.M. Gonzalez, A.H. Barbat, Y.F. Vargas-Alzate, F. Rastellini, J. Ramirez, G. Escudero and L.G. Pujades (2024) Advanced nonlinear soil-structure interaction model for the seismic analysis of safety-related nuclear structures Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, 22: 7465–7488.

Proceedings

R.E. Alva, E. Cabrera Velez, R. Gonzalez-Drigo, Y.F. Vargas-Alzate, L.G. Pujades, J. Avila-Haro and G. Luzi (2024) Seismic damage assessment of concrete buildings including the contribution of infill masonry walls. 18th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering. Milan (Italy) 30th June-5th July 2024. 12 pp.
L.G. Pujades, Y.F. Vargas-Alzate, N. Lantada and R. González-Drigo (2024) Probabilistic fragility and damage models for framed-RC buildings. Application to Barcelona, Spain. 18th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering. Milan (Italy) 30th June-5th July 2024. 12 pp.
Y.F. Vargas-Alzate, A.M. Zapata-Franco, J.R. Gonzalez-Drigo, L.G. Pujades and J. Vaunat (2024) Influence of the non-linear dynamic response of soils in the prediction of seismic risk. 18th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering. Milan (Italy) 30th June-5th July 2024. 12 pp. Paper 137574.
A.M. Zapata-Franco, Y.F. Vargas-Alzate, J.R. Gonzalez-Drigo and L.G. Pujades (2024) Spectral-velocity-based intensity measures: a new proposal to improve seismic risk assessment. 18th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering. Milan (Italy) 30th June-5th July 2024. 11 pp. Paper 136544.
G. Luzi, R. Palamà, R. González-Drigo, L.G. Pujades, O. Caselles and Y.F. Vargas-Alzate (2024) A Laboratory test aimed at demonstrating the potential of an Interferometric Radar to estimate the Seismic Risk of damaged buildings. 11th European Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring. Potsdam (Germany), 10-13 June 2024. 8 pp.

2023

Journals

A.M. Zapata-Franco, Y.F. Vargas-Alzate, L.G. Pujades and J.R. Gonzalez-Drigo (2023) Improved intensity measures considering the inelastic properties of the soil via Multi-Regression analysis Frontiers in Earth Science, 11-2023: 19.
M.A. Mánica, L.A. Pinzón, L.G. Pujades, D.A. Hidalgo-Leiva and M. Ordaz (2023) Time domain deconvolution in nonlinear elastoplastic soil deposits Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 172: 107993.
Pinzón L.A., Hidalgo-Leiva D.A., Alva R.E., Mánica M.A. and L.G. Pujades (2023) Correlation between seismic intensity measures and engineering demand Structures, 57: 12.

Proceedings

L.G. Pujades, A. Martín, O. Caselles, Y.F. Vargas-Alzate and J.R. González-Drigo (2023) Ongoing study on a scaled steel framed structure in a shaking table: preliminary results on the relation between fundamental period variations and damage. 13th International Workshop on Seismic Microzoning and Risk Reduction. 30 November– 01 December 2023. Alicante, Spain.
R.J. Tirado, Y.F. Vargas-Alzate, J.R. González-Drigo and A.M. Zapata-Franco (2023) Estimation of the dynamic response of buildings through transfer functions. a probabilistic approach. Computational Methods in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering. Jun. 12-14, Athens, Greece.
Y.F. Vargas-Alzate, A.M. Zapata-Franco, R.J. Tirado and J.R. González-Drigo (2023) Scaling ground motion records by considering the inelastic response of soils. Computational Methods in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering. Jun. 12-14, Athens, Greece.
A.M. Zapata-Franco, Y.F. Vargas-Alzate, J.R. González-Drigo and R.J. Tirado (2023) Reduced order models to estimate seismic risk of unreinforced masonry dwellings. Computational Methods in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering. Jun. 12-14, Athens, Greece.
A.M. Zapata-Franco, Y.F. Vargas-Alzate, L.G. Pujades and J.R. González-Drigo (2023) Seismic risk assessment by considering the inelastic properties of the soil via Multi-Regression models. 13th International Workshop on Seismic Microzoning and Risk Reduction. 30 November– 01 December 2023. Alicante, Spain.

PhD Theses

R.E. Alva Bañuelos (2023) Metodología para estimación del daño sísmico en edificios. En base a modelos numéricos avanzados y monitorizaciones RAR. Directed by: J.R. González-Drigo and G. Luzi. Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. (completed, pending assessment)
A. Martín Balet (2023) Determinación del grado de daño de una estructura mediante el análisis de la variación de frecuencias. Directed by: O. Caselles and Y.F. Vargas-Alzate. Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. (in course)
L.J. Lucas (-) Análisis de la direccionalidad de la respuesta de suelo. Directed by: O. Caselles and V. Salinas. Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. (in course)
J.P. Reyes Cancino (-) Operational modal analysis for seismic damage identification and applications. Directed by: F. López Almansa and G. Valdebenito Montenegro. Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. (in course)
A.M. Zapata Franco (-) Interacción probabilista suelo-estructura considerando efectos no lineales. Directed by: Y.F. Vargas-Alzate and R. González-Drigo. Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. (in course)
R.J. Tirado Gutiérrez (-) Funciones de transferencia enfocadas a la estimación de la respuesta sísmica de edificios. Directed by: Y.F. Vargas-Alzate and R. González-Drigo. Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. (in course)
N. Pantaleoni Reluy (-) Development and validation of an open-source GIS toolbox for systemic risk-assessment of compounding disasters. Application to different study areas and natural hazards. Directed by: N. Lantada and M. Hürlimann. Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. (in course)

2022

Journals

O. Caselles, A. Martín, Y.F. Vargas-Alzate, R. Gonzalez‐Drigo and J. Clapés (2022) Estimators for structural damage detection using principal component analysis. Heritage, 5(3): 1805–1818.
F. López-Almansa, O. Bové, M. Casafont, M. Ferrer and J. Bonada (2022) State-of-the-art review on adjustable pallet racks testing for seismic design. Thin-Walled Structures, 181(December): 110126.
V. Pérez-Gracia, M. Solla and S. Fontul (2022) Analysis of the GPR signal for moisture detection: application to heritage buildings. International Journal of Architectural Heritage, 1-24.
Y.F. Vargas-Alzate, R. Gonzalez‐Drigo and J.A. Avila-Haro (2022) Multi-regression analysis to enhance the predictability of the seismic response of buildings. Infrastructures , 7(4): 51.
R. Alva, L.A. Pinzón and L.G. Pujades (2022) Intensidad de Arias y duración significativa en análisis dinámico de estructuras Ingeniería, 32(2): 1-13.
J.A. Ávila-Haro, R. Gonzalez-Drigo, Y.F. Vargas-Alzate, L.G. Pujades and A. Barbat (2022) Probabilistic seismic assessment of a high-rise URM building Journal of Building Engineering. 45: 103344.
Y.F. Vargas-Alzate, J.E. Hurtado and L.G. Pujades (2022) New insights into the relationship between seismic intensity measures and nonlinear structural response Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, 20: 2329–2365.

Proceedings

R.E. Alva, R. González-Drigo, J.A. Ávila-Haro, Y.F. Vargas-Alzate, L.G. Pujades and L.A. Pinzón (2022) Energy-related parameters and structural damage in nonlinear dynamic analysis. 3rd European Conference on Earthquake Engineering & Seismology (3ECEES) Bucharest, Romania, September 4-9, 2022. 8 pp. Contribution n. 7959.
J.A. Ávila-Haro, R. González-Drigo, Y.F. Vargas Alzate, R.E. Alva-Bañuelos and L.G. Pujades (2022) Seismic performance of URM buildings: a probabilistic approach. 3rd European Conference on Earthquake Engineering & Seismology (3ECEES) Bucharest, Romania, September 4-9, 2022. 10 pp. Contribution n. 2310.
E. Cabrera, R. González-Drigo, G. Luzi, Y.F. Vargas-Alzate, L.G. Pujades, R.E. Alva and J.A. Ávila-Haro (2022) Simulation and analysis of damage progression in a mid-rise RC building during an earthquake. 3rd European Conference on Earthquake Engineering & Seismology (3ECEES) Bucharest, Romania, September 4-9, 2022. 10 pp. Contribution n. 9291.
L.G. Pujades, R. González-Drigo, N. Lantada, A. Blázquez and J.A. Jara (2022) Ambient modal identification applied to a school building in Girona (Spain). 3rd European Conference on Earthquake Engineering & Seismology (3ECEES) Bucharest, Romania, September 4-9, 2022. 9 pp. Contribution n. 4206.
L.G. Pujades, R. González-Drigo and N. Lantada (2022) Guía para la evaluación de la vulnerabilidad de edificios esenciales (E4.2.1). IV Congreso de Consultores de Estructuras. Barcelona, 5, 6 y 7 de octubre de 2022. 10 pp.
Y.F. Vargas-Alzate, J.R. González-Drigo and L.G. Pujades (2022) Spectral- and energy-based intensity measures. 13th International Conference on Structural Safety & Reliability. Sep. 13-16 Shanghai, China.
L.G. Pujades and R. González-Drigo (2022) Análisis modal operacional aplicado a tres edificios esenciales: un centro escolar, un centro de atención de emergencias y un hospital. IV Congreso de Consultores de Estructuras. Barcelona, 5, 6 y 7 de octubre de 2022. 8pp.
Y.F. Vargas-Alzate, R. González-Drigo, J.A. Ávila-Haro, R.E. Alva, L.G. Pujades and R.J. Tirado-Gutiérrez (2022), Spectral velocity-and energy-based intensity measures. 3rd European Conference on Earthquake Engineering & Seismology (3ECEES) Bucharest (Romania), September 4-9, 2022. 11 pp. Contribution n. 4040.
Y.F. Vargas-Alzate, J. Tirado-Gutiérrez, R. González-Drigo and L.G. Pujades (2022) Medidas de intensidad sísmica basadas en la energía y la velocidad espectral. IV Congreso de Consultores de Estructuras. Barcelona, 5, 6 y 7 de octubre de 2022. 10 pp.
Y.F. Vargas-Alzate, J. Tirado-Gutiérrez, R. González-Drigo and L.G. Pujades (2022) Medidas óptimas de intensidad sísmica e implicaciones de la direccionalidad en estudios de riesgo sísmico. 10ª Asamblea Hispano-Portuguesa de Geodesia y Geofísica. Toledo, del 28 de noviembre al 1 de diciembre de 2022. 10 pp.
N. Lantada, A. Blázquez, R. González-Drigo and L.G. Pujades (2022) Matriz de tipologías de edificios del proyecto POCRISC. IV Congreso de Consultores de Estructuras. Barcelona, 5-7 October 2022. 10 pp.

Invited conferences

R. González-Drigo (2022) Análisis modal operacional mediante interferometría RAR aplicado a edificios esenciales y habitacionales. Jornadas de Investigación en Ingeniería Estructural (JIIE). Perú. (11/11/2022).
L.G. Pujades (2022) Iniciativas y estudios sobre riesgo sísmico realizados en la Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña. Videoconferencia invitada. Jornadas de Investigación en Ingeniería Estructural (JIIE). Perú. (11/11/2022).
Y.F. Vargas-Alzate (2022) Medidas de intensidad sísmica basadas en la energía y la velocidad espectral. Vi-deoconferencia invitada. Jornadas de Investigación en Ingeniería Estructural (JIIE). Perú. (10/11/2022).

2021

Journals

A. Aguilar, L.G. Pujades, A.H. Barbat, M. Monterrubio, J. de la Puente and N. Lantada (2021) Comparative analysis of a new assessment of the seismic risk of residential buildings of two districts of Barcelona Natural Hazards, 1-43.
D. Hidalgo-Leiva, L.G. Pujades, A.H. Barbat, Y. Vargas and S. Díaz-Alvarado (2021) Nonlinear static and dynamic analyses of Costa Rican reinforced concrete masonry structures Engineering structures, 234: 111998:1-111998:18.
J. Jiménez, J.R. Gonzalez-Drigo, L.G. Pujades, A.H. Barbat and J. Calderón (2021) Traditional high-rise unreinforced masonry buildings: modeling and influence of floor system stiffening on their overall seismic response International Journal of Architectural Heritage, 15(10): 1547-1584.
L. Pinzon, L.G. Pujades, I. Medranda and R. Alva (2021) Case study of a heavily damaged building during the 2016 MW 7.8 Ecuador earthquake: directionality effects in seismic actions and damage assessment Geosciences (Switzerland), 11-2: 74:1-74:21.
L.A. Pinzón, D.A. Hidalgo-Leiva, A. Moya-Fernández, V. Schmidt-Díaz and L.G. Pujades (2021) Seismic site classification of the Costa Rican Strong-Motion Network based on VS30 measurements and site fundamental period Earth Sciences Research Journal, 4: December 2021.
Y.F. Vargas-Alzate, V. Silva, D. Vamvatsikos and L.G. Pujades (2021) A simplified approach for including the incidence angle effect in seismic risk assessment Earthquake Engineering Structural Dynamics, 51-1: 191-212.

Proceedings

Y.F. Vargas-Alzate, J.R. Gonzalez-Drigo and L.G. Pujades (2021) Spectral velocity-and energy-based intensity measures. 13th International Conference on Structural Safety and Reliability (ICOSSAR 2021). Shanghai (P.R. China), June 21-25 2021. 10 pp.

PhD Theses

R.E. Alva Bañuelos (2021) Propiedades dinámicas y daño en estructuras de edificación. Directed by: L.G. Pujades and J.R. González-Drigo. Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya.

J. Ávila Haro (2021) Análisis estructural probabilista orientado a evaluación del daño sísmico de edificios de mampostería no reforzada: aplicación a edificios aislados y agregados del distrito del ensanche de Barcelona. Directed by: L.G. Pujades, J.R. González-Drigo and A.H. Barbat. Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya.