Journal Articles

2018

      1. Xu S-Y, Lawal AI, Shamsabadi A, Taciroglu E (2018). “Estimation of Static Earth Pressures for a Sloping Cohesive Backfill using Extended Rankine Theory with a Composite Log-Spiral-Rankine Method” Acta Geotechnica (accepted).
      2. Esmaeilzadeh E, Jeong C, Dashti S, Hushmand A, Taciroglu E (2018). “Seismic response of buried reservoir structures: a comparison of numerical simulations with centrifuge experiments.” Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 109: 322-331.
      3. Ghahari SF, Abazarsa F, Jeong C, Kurtulus A, Taciroglu E (2018). “Blind Identification of Site Effects and Bedrock Motions from Surface Response Signals” Soil Dynamics & Earthquake Engineering, 107: 322-331.
      4. Shrizad-Ghaleroudkhani N, Mahsuli M, Ghahari SF, Taciroglu E (2018). “Bayesian identification of soil-foundation stiffness of building structures,” Structural Control & Health Monitoring, 25(3): e2090.
      5. Ghahari, SF, Abazarsa F, Taciroglu E (2018). Probabilistic blind identification of site effects from ground surface signals, Bull Earthquake Eng, 16(3): 1079-1104.

2017

      1. Xu L, Tao MX, Nie JG, Fan JS, Taciroglu E (2017). “A numerical model for low-yield-point steel shear panel dampers with strain-range dependent hardening behavior,” ASCE J. Struct. Engineering, 143(12), 04017172.
      2. Celebi M, Kashima T, Ghahari SF, Koyama S, Taciroglu E (2017). “Before and after retrofit dynamic characteristics of a 55-story tall building inferred from distant earthquake and ambient vibration data,” Earthquake Spectra, 33(4), 1599-1626.
      3. Zhang W, Esmaeilzadeh Seylabi E, Taciroglu E (2017). “Validation of a three‑dimensional constitutive model for nonlinear site response and soil-structure interaction analyses using centrifuge test data,” Int. J. Num. & Anal. Meth. Geomechanics, 41(18), 1828–1847.
      4. Wang X, Prakash A, Chen JS, Taciroglu E (2017). “Variationally consistent coupling of non-matching discretizations for large deformation problems,” Computational Mechanics, 60(3), 465–478.
      5. Karakoc A, Taciroglu E (2017). “Optimal automated path planning for infinitesimal and real-sized particle assemblies,” AIMS J. Mat. Sci., 4(4), 847-855.
      6. Gash R, Esmaeilzadeh E, Taciroglu (2017). “Implementation and Stability Analysis of Discrete-Time Filters for Approximating Frequency-Dependent Impedance Functions in the Time domain,” Soil Dynamics & Eq. Engineering, 94, 223-233.
      7. Gash R, Esmaeilzadeh E, Taciroglu (2017). “Frequency-dependent effects of soil-structure interaction on elastic behavior of superstructures,” ACI Spec. Publication, 316, 95-112.
      8. Taciroglu E, Ghahari SF (2017). “Identification of Soil-Foundation Dynamic Stiffness from Seismic Response Signals.” ACI Spec. Publication, 316, 113-128.
      9. Esmaeilzadeh E, Kurtulus A, Stokoe II K, Taciroglu E (2017). “Interaction of a pile with layered soil under vertical excitations: Field experiments versus numerical simulations,” Bulletin of Eq. Engineering, 15(9), 3529–3553.
      10. Peng W, Dai F, Taciroglu (2017). “Analytical method for overturning limit analysis of single-column pier bridges,” ASCE J. Performance of Const. Facilities, 31(4), 1-16.
      11. Omrani R, Mobasher B, Zareian F, Taciroglu (2017). “Variability in the Predicted Seismic Performance of a Typical Seat-type Bridge Due to Epistemic Uncertainties in its Abutment Backfill and Shear-key Models,” Engineering Structures, 148, 718-738.
      12. Ghahari SF, Abazarsa F, Taciroglu E (2017). “Blind modal identification of non-classically damped structures under non-stationary excitations,” Structural Control & Health Monitoring, 24(6), e1925 (doi: 10.1002/stc.1925)
      13. Esmaeilzadeh E, Jeong C, Taciroglu E (2017). “Nodal and modal impedance functions for truncated semi-infinite soil domains,” Soil Dynamics & Earthquake Engineering, 92, 192-202.
      14. Taciroglu E, Ghahari SF, Abazarsa F (2017). “Efficient Model Updating of a Multi-Story Frame and Its Foundation Stiffness from Earthquake Records Using a Timoshenko Beam Model,” Soil Dynamics & Earthquake Engineering, 92, 25-35.

2016

      1. Taciroglu E, Celebi M, Ghahari SF, Abazarsa F (2016). “An Investigation of Soil-Structure Interaction Effects Observed at the MIT Green Building,” Earthquake Spectra,  32(4), 2425-2448.
      2. Celebi M, Hisada Y, Omrani R, Ghahari SF, Taciroglu E (2016). “Responses of two tall buildings in Tokyo, Japan, before, during and after the M9.0 Tohoku Earthquake of March 11, 2011,” Earthquake Spectra, 32(1), 463-495.
      3. Karakoc A, Taciroglu E (2016). “Effects of Morphology and Topology on the Effective Stiffness of Chiral Cellular Materials in the Transverse Plane,” Adv. Mat. Sci. & Eng. 6534648, 7.
      4. Khalili-Tehrani P, Shamsabadi A, Stewart JP, Taciroglu E (2016). “Physically parameterized backbone curves for passive lateral response of bridge abutments with homogeneous backfills,” Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, 14(11), 3003-30023.
      5. Celebi M, Kashima T, Ghahari SF, Taciroglu E (2016). “Responses of a tall building with US code-type instrumentation in Tokyo Japan to events before, during and after the Tohoku earthquake of March 11, 2011,” Earthquake Spectra, 32(1), 497-522.
      6. Ghahari SF, Abazarsa F, Avci O, Celebi M, Taciroglu E (2016) “Blind Modal Identification of the Millikan Library from Earthquake Data Considering Soil-Structure Interaction,” Structural Control & Health Monitoring, 23(4), 684-706.
      7. Young B, Fujii A, Thiele AM, Kumar A, Sant G, Taciroglu E, Pilon L (2016). “Effective Elastic Moduli of Core-Shell-Matrix Composites,” Mechanics of Materials, 92, 94-106.
      8. Jung J, Taciroglu E (2016). “A divide-alternate-conquer approach to localization and shape identification of multiple scatterers in elastic heterogeneous media using dynamic XFEM,” AIMS J. Inverse Problems and Imaging, 10(1), 165-193.
      9. Esmaeilzadeh E, Jeong C, Taciroglu E (2016). “On numerical computation of impedance functions for arbitrarily shaped rigid interfaces embedded in heterogeneous half-spaces,” Computers & Geotechnics, 72, 15-27.
      10. Lotfollahi M, Alinia MA, Taciroglu E (2016). “Validated Finite Element Techniques for Quasi‑static Cyclic Response Analyses of Braced Frames at Sub-member Scales,” Engineering Structures, 106, 222-242.
      11. Abazarsa F, Nateghi F, Ghahari SF, Taciroglu E (2016). “Extended Blind Modal Identification Technique for Non-stationary Excitations and its Verification and Validation,” ASCE Journal of Engineering Mechanics, 142(2), 04015078: 1-19.

2015

      1. Bo W, Niu D, Taciroglu E (2015). “Shaketable testing and numerical analysis of transformer substations including main plant and electrical equipment interaction,” Struct. Eng. 18(15), 1959-1980.
      2. Celebi M, Ghahari SF, Taciroglu E (2015). “Unusual downhole and surface free-field records near the Carquinez Strait bridges during the 24 August 2014 Mw6.0 South Napa, California earthquake,” Seismological Res. Letters, 86(4), 1-7.
      3. Zareian F, Kaviani P, Taciroglu E (2015) “Multi-phase performance assessment of seismic response of structures,” ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering, 141(11): 04015041.
      4. Lotfollahi M, Alinia MM, Taciroglu E (2015). “A balanced design approach for diagonally braced moment resisting frames based on hierarchical yield and failure sequences,” Engineering Structures, 87, 198-219.
      5. Xu S-Y, Shamsabadi A, Taciroglu E (2015). “Evaluation of active and passive seismic earth pressures considering internal friction and cohesion,” Soil Dynamics & Earthquake Engineering, 70, 30-47.
      6. Asgari S, Stafsudd JZ, Hudson R, Yao K, Taciroglu E (2015). “Moving source localization using seismic signal processing,” Journal of Sound & Vibration, 335: 384-396.

2014

      1. Jung J, Taciroglu E (2014). “Modeling and identification of an arbitrarily shaped scatterer using dynamic XFEM with cubic splines,” Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 278: 101-118.
      2. Prakash A, Taciroglu E, Hjelmstad KD (2014). “Computationally efficient multi‑time‑step method for partitioned time integration of highly nonlinear structural dynamics,” Computers & Structures, 133, 51-63.
      3. Ghahari SF, Abazarsa F, Ghannad MA, Celebi M, Taciroglu E (2014). “Blind identification of structures from sparse seismic signals,” Structural Control & Health Monitoring 21(5), 649-674.
      4. Khalili-Tehrani P, Ahlberg E, Rha CS, Stewart JP, Taciroglu E, Wallace JW (2014). “Nonlinear load-deflection behavior of reinforced concrete drilled piles in stiff clay,” Journal of Geotechnical & Geoenvironmental Engineering, ASCE, 140(3), 04013022.

2013

      1. Jung J, Jeong C, Taciroglu E (2013). “Identification of scatterers embedded in heterogeneous media using dynamic XFEM,” Meth. Appl. Mech. Engng., 259, 50-63.
      2. Shamsabadi A, Xu SY, Taciroglu E (2013). “A generalized log-spiral-Rankine limit equilibrium model for seismic earth pressure analysis,” Soil Dynamics & Earthquake Engineering, 49, 197-209.
      3. Dong SB, Carbas S, Taciroglu E (2013). “On principal shear axes for correction factors in Timoshenko beam theory,” J. Solids & Structures 50(10), 1681-1688.
      4. Abazarsa F, Nateghi F, Ghahari SF, Taciroglu E (2013). “Blind identification of non‑classically damped systems,” Earthquake Spectra 29(4), 1137-1157.
      5. Harb R, Taciroglu E, Ghoniem N (2013). “Partitioning of elastic energy in open-cell solid foams under finite deformations,” Acta Materialia 6, 1454-1468.
      6. Ghahari SF, Ghannad MA, Taciroglu E (2013). “Blind identification of soil-structure systems,” Soil Dynamics & Earthquake Engineering 45, 56-69.
      7. Ghahari SF, Abazarsa F, Ghannad MA, Taciroglu E (2013). “Response-only identification of structures using strong motion data,” Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics 42(8), 1221-1242.
      8. Omrani R, Hudson R, Taciroglu E (2013). “Parametric identification of non-degrading hysteresis in a laterally-torsionally coupled building using an unscented Kalman filter,” ASCE Journal of Engineering Mechanics 139(4), 452-468.
      9. Soyoz S, Taciroglu E, et al. (2013). “Ambient and forced vibration testing of a reinforced concrete building before and after its seismic retrofitting” ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering 139(10), 1741-1752.
      10. Abazarsa F, Ghahari SF, Nateghi F, Taciroglu E (2013). “Response-only identification of structures using limited number of sensors,” Structural Control & Health Monitoring 20(6), 987–1006.

2012 and prior

      1. Omrani R, Hudson RE, Taciroglu E (2012). “Story-by-story estimation of the stiffness parameters of torsion-shear buildings using forced or ambient vibration data: I. Formulation & verification” Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dyn. 41(12), 1609-1634.
      2. Omrani R, Hudson RE, Taciroglu E (2012). “Story-by-story estimation of the stiffness parameters of torsion-shear buildings using forced or ambient vibration data: II. Application to IASC-ASCE Benchmark Experiment Data,” Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics, 41(12), 1635-1649.
      3. Kaviani P, Zareian F, Taciroglu E (2012). “Seismic behavior of reinforced concrete bridges with skew-angled abutments,” Engineering Structures, 45, 137-150.
      4. Elmer W, Taciroglu E, McMichael L (2012). “Dynamic strength increase of plain concrete from high strain rate plasticity with shear dilation,” Journal of Impact Engineering, 45, 1-15.
      5. Elmer W, Chen JS, Puso M, Taciroglu E (2012). “A stable, meshfree, nodal integration method for nearly incompressible solids,” Finite Elements in Analysis & Design, 51, 81-85.
      6. Lemnitzer A, Khalili-Tehrani P, Rha CS, Taciroglu E, Wallace JW, Stewart JP (2010). “Nonlinear efficiency factors for bored pile group under lateral loading,” Journal of Geotechnical & Geoenvironmental Engineering, ASCE, 136(12), 1673-1685.
      7. Dong SB, Alpdogan C, Taciroglu E (2010). “Much ado about shear correction factors in Timoshenko beam theory,” International Journal of Solids & Structures, 47(13), 1651-1665.
      8. Shamsabadi A, Khalili-Tehrani P, Stewart JP, Taciroglu E (2010). “Validated simulation models for lateral response of bridge abutments with typical backfills,” ASCE Journal of Bridge Engineering, 15(3), 302-311.
      9. Alpdogan C, Dong SB, Taciroglu E (2010). “A method of analysis for end and transitional effects in anisotropic cylinders,” International Journal of Solids & Structures, 47, 947-956.
      10. Elmer W, Stafsudd JZ, Taciroglu E (2010). “Performance of equilibrium-based system identification algorithms with incomplete state data,”Structures, 32, 483-497.
      11. Taciroglu E, Parsons ID, Acharya A, Namazifard A (2009). “Arbitrary Lagrangian Eulerian methods for regressing solid domains and interface tracking,” Computers & Structures, 87(5-6), 355-367.
      12. Liu CW, Taciroglu E (2009). “Shape optimization of piezoelectric devices using an enriched meshfree method,” International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 78(2), 151-171.
      13. Liu CW, Taciroglu E (2008). “Semi-analytic meshfree analysis for Almansi-Michell problems of piezoelectric cylinders,” International Journal of Solids & Structures, 45(9), 2379-2398.
      14. Stafsudd JZ, Asgari S, Hudson R, Yao K, Taciroglu E (2008). “Localization of acoustic and seismic wideband sources: Algorithms & experiments,” Journal of Sound & Vibration, 312(1), 74-93.
      15. Rha CS, Taciroglu E (2007). “A coupled macroelement model of soil-structure interaction in deep foundations,” Journal of Engineering Mechanics, 133, 1326-1340.
      16. Liu CW, Taciroglu E (2007). “Numerical analysis of end-effects in laminated piezoelectric circular cylinders.” Meth. in Applied Mechanics & Engineering, 196(17-20), 2173-2186.
      17. Yu E, Taciroglu E, Wallace JW (2007). “Parameter identification of framed structures using an improved finite element model updating method, Part I: Formulation & verification,” Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics, 36, 619-639.
      18. Yu E, Wallace JW, Taciroglu E (2007). “Parameter identification of framed structures using an improved finite element model updating method, Part II: Application to experimental data,” Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics, 36, 641-660.
      19. Taciroglu E, Rha CS, Wallace JW (2006). “A robust macroelement model for soil-pile interaction under cyclic loads.” Journal of Geotechnical & Geoenvironmental Engineering, ASCE, 132(10), 1304-1314.
      20. Liu CW, Taciroglu E (2006). “Enriched reproducing kernel particle method for piezoelectric structures with arbitrary interfaces,” J. for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 67(11), 1565-1586.
      21. Bai H, Shah AH, Dong SB, Taciroglu E, (2006). “End reflections in a layered piezoelectric circular cylinder,” International Journal of Solids & Structures, 43(20), 6309-6325.
      22. Stafsudd JZ, Asgari S, Ali A, Chen CE, Hudson RE, Lorenzelli F, Yao K, Taciroglu (2006). “Analysis, implementation and application of seismic and acoustic arrays,” Acta Automatica Sinica, 32(6), 929-937.
      23. Taciroglu E, Hjelmstad KD (2005). “The variational basis of nonlinear flexibility methods for structural analysis of frames.” Journal of Engineering Mechanics, ASCE, 131(11), 1157-1169.
      24. Taciroglu E, Liu CW (2005). “Analysis and design of multimodal piezoelectric layered tubular sensors and actuators.” Smart Materials & Structures, 14, 605-614.
      25. Bai H, Taciroglu E, Dong SB, Shah AH (2004). “Elastodynamic Green’s functions for a laminated piezoelectric cylinder.” Journal of Solids & Structures, 41(22-23), 6335-6350.
      26. Taciroglu E, Liu CW, Dong SB, Chun CK (2004). “Analysis of laminated piezoelectric circular cylinders under axisymmetric mechanical and electrical loads with a semi-analytic finite element method.” J. Solids & Structures, 41(18-19), 5185-5208.
      27. Hjelmstad KD, Taciroglu E (2003). “Mixed variational methods for finite element analysis of geometrically nonlinear inelastic Bernoulli-Euler beams,” J. Num. Meth. Engrg., 19, 809-832.
      28. Taciroglu E, Hjelmstad KD (2002). “A simple nonlinear model for elastic behavior of cohesionless granular materials,” Journal of Engineering Mechanics, ASCE, 128(9), 969-978.
      29. Hjelmstad KD, Taciroglu E (2002). “Mixed methods and flexibility approaches to Bernoulli-Euler beam finite elements,” Journal of Const. Steel Res., 58, 967-993.
      30. Hjelmstad KD, Taciroglu E (2000). “Analysis and implementation of resilient modulus models of response of granular solids,” Journal of Engineering Mechanics, ASCE, 126(8), 821-830.