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Nicholas Sitar
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Nicholas Sitar
Recent Publications
Journal Papers

 Wang, G., S. Li, H-N. Nguyen and N. Sitar, "Effective Elastic Stiffness for Periodic Masonry Structures via Eigenstrain Homogenization," ASCE, Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, March 2007, Vol. 19, No. 3, pp. 269-277, doi: 10.1061/(ASCE)0899-1561(2007)19:3(269).

 Jimenez-Rodriguez, R. and N. Sitar, "A Spectral Method for Clustering of Rock Discontinuity Sets," International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, October 2006, Vol. 43, No. 7, pp. 1052-1061, doi: 10.1016/j.ijrmms.2006.02.003.

 Jimenez-Rodriguez, R., N. Sitar and J. Chacon, "System Reliability Approach to Rock Slope Stability," International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, September 2006, Vol. 43, No. 6, pp. 847-859, doi: 10.1016/j.jrmms.2005.11.011.

 Jimenez-Rodriguez, R. and N. Sitar, "Inference of Discontinuity Trace Length Distributions Using Statistical Graphical Models," International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, September 2006, Vol. 43, No. 6, pp. 877-893, doi: 10.1016/j.ijrmms.2005.12.008.

 Nova-Roessig, L. and N. Sitar, "Centrifuge Model Studies of the Seismic Response of Reinforced Soil Slopes," Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, March 2006, Vol. 132, No. 3, doi: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0241(2006)132:3(388).

 Wang, G., X. Liu, S. Li and N. Sitar, "Smart Element Method II. An Element Based on the Finite Eshelby Tensor," International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, November 2005, Vol. 64, No. 10, pp. 1303-1333, doi: 10.1002/nme.1398.

 Sitar, N., M.M. MacLaughlin and D.M. Doolin, "Influence of Kinematics on Landslide Mobility and Failure Mode," Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, June 2005, Vol. 131, No. 6, doi: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-024(2005)131:6(716).

 Tsesarsky, M., Y. Hatzor and N. Sitar, "Dynamic Displacement of a Block on an Inclined Plane: Analytical, Experimental and DDA Results," Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, April 2005, Vol. 38, No. 2, pp. 153-167, doi: 10.1007/s00603-004-0043-2.

 Kayen, R.,E. Thompson, D. Minasian, R.E.S. Moss, B.D. Collins, N. Sitar, D. Dreger and G. Carver, "Geotechnical Reconnaissance of the 2002 Denali Fault, Alaska, Earthquake," Earthquake Spectra, EERI, August 2004, Vol. 20, No. 3, pp. 639-667, doi: 10.1193/1.1778389.

 Doolin, D.M. and N. Sitar, "Time Integration in Discontinuous Deformation Analysis," Jounal of Engineering Mechanics, ASCE, March 2004, pp. 249-258.

 Khazai, B. and N. Sitar, "Evaluation of Factors Controlling Earthquake-Induced Landslides Caused by Chi-Chi Earthquake and Comparison with the Northridge and Loma Prieta Events," Engineering Geology, January 2004, Vol. 71, Issues 1-2, pp. 79-95.

 Kim, J. and N. Sitar, "Direct Estimation of Yield Acceleration in Seismic Slope Stability Analyses," Jounal of Geotechnical and Geoenviornmental Engineering, ASCE, Jan. 2004, pp. 111-115.

Conference Papers

 Collins, B.D., R. Kayen and N. Sitar, "Process-based Empirical Prediction of Landslides in Weakly Lithified Coastal Cliffs," San Francisco, California, USA, Landslides and Climate Change, Proceedings of the International Conference on Landslides and Climate Change, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom, R. McInnes, J. Jakeways, H. Fairbank, E. Mathie, eds, Taylor & Francis, May 2007, pp. 175-184.

 Al Atik, L. and N. Sitar, "Dynamic Centrifuge Study of Seismically Induced Lateral Earth Pressures," Proceedings, 4th International Conference on Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering, Thessaloniki, Greece, June 25-28, 2007.

 Kasali, G. and N. Sitar, "Field Evaluation of Axial Response of Drilled Shafts to Dynamic Loads," Proceedings of the 8th U.S. National Conference on Earthquake Engineering, San Francisco, California, April 2006, Paper No. 1428, (CD).

 Wang, G. and N. Sitar, "Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis of Drilled Piers Under Dynamic and Static Axial Loading," Proceedings of the 8th U.S. National Conference on Earthquake Engineering, San Francisco, California, April 2006, Paper No. 1452. (CD).

 Collins, B.D. and N. Sitar, "Failure Mode Identification and Hazard Quantification for Coastal Bluff Landslides," Proceedings, 2005 International Conference on Landslide Risk Management, Editors O. Hungr and R. Fell R. Couture, and E. Eberhardt, Vancouver, BC, Canada, June 2005, pp. 487-496.

 Jiménez-Rodríguez, R. and N. Sitar, "Rock Wedge Stability Analysis Using System Reliability Methods," Paper J0880, CD Proceedings, 2005 International Conference on Landslide Risk Management, Editors O. Hungr and R. Fell, R. Couture, and E. Eberhardt, Vancouver, BC, Canada, June 2005.

 Jimenez-Rodriquez, R., N. Sitar and P. Bartlett, "Maximum Likelihood Estimation of Trace Length Distribution Parameters Using the EM Algorithm," in Prediction, Analysis and Design in Geomechanical Applications: Proceedings, Eleventh International Conference on Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics (IACMAG-2005), G. Barla and M. Barla, eds., Torino, Italy, June 2005, pp. 619-626.

 Jimenez-Rodriguez, R. and N. Sitar, "Probabilistic Identification of Removable Wedges in Rock Slopes: Influence of Stochastic Model Parameters," Proceedings, Eurorock 2005 - Impact of Human Activity on Geological Environment, P. Konecny ed., A.A. Balkema, Netherlands, May 2005.

 Doolin, D.M. and N. Sitar, "Wireless Sensors for Wildfire Monitoring," Proceedings, Smart Structures and Materials 2005: Sensors and Smart Structures Technologies for Civil, Mechanical, and Aerospace Systems, M. Tomizuka ed., SPIE, San Diego, CA, March 2005, Vol. 5765.

 Wang, G. and N. Sitar, "Numerical Analysis of Piles in Elasto-Plastic Soils Under Axial Loading," Proceedings, 17th Engineering Mechcanical Conference, ASCE, Newark, DE, June 13-16, 2004.

Technical Reports

 Al Atik, L. and N. Sitar, Development of Improved Procedures for Seismic Design of Buried and Partially Buried Structures, Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center Report PEER 2007/06, June 2007, 172 pp.

 Wang, G. and N. Sitar, Nonlinear Analysis of a Soil-Drilled Pier System Under Static and Dynamic Loading, Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center Report PEER 2006/06, November 2006, 183 pp.

 Jimenez-Rodriguez, R. and N. Sitar, Maximum Likelihood Inference of Discontinuity Trace Lengths Based on Observations at Rock Outcrops , May 2005, GeoEngineering Report No. UCB/GE2005/01.

 Jimenez-Rodriguez, R. and N. Sitar, Influence of Stochastic Discontinuity Network Parameters on the Formation of Removable Blocks in Rock Slopes , May 2005, GeoEngineering Report No. UCB/GE-2005/02.

Other Publications

 Doolin, D.M. and N. Sitar, "Wildfire Monitoring Using Wireless Sensor Networks," Fire Management Today, June 2006, Vol. 66, No. 2, pp. 44-47.

 Jiménez-Rodríguez, R., N. Sitar and J. Chacón, "Caracterización de Discontinuidades en Macizos Rocosos Mediante Modelos Gráficos Probabilísticos” [Characterization of Discontinuities in Rock Masses by Means of Probabilistic Graphical Models], Métodos Numéricos en Ingeniería, J.L. Pérez Aparicio, A. Rodríguez Ferrán, J.A.C. Martins, R. Gallego and J. César de Sá editors, SEMNI, Sociedad Española de Métodos Numéricos en Ingeniería, publisher," Extended abstract in Proceedings; full paper on CD-Rom, 2005 d., July 2005.

 Collins, B.D. and N. Sitar, "Monitoring of Coastal Bluff Stability Using High Resolution 3D Laser Scanning," Site Characterization and Modeling, ASCE, GeoInstitute, Geotechnical Special Publication, January 2005, No. 138.

 Collins, B.D. and N. Sitar, "Application of High Resolution 3D Laser Scanning to Slope Stability Studies," Proceedings, 39th Annual Symp. On Engineering Geology and Geotechnical Engineering, May 18-21, 2004, Butte, MT, pp. 257-268.

 Jimenez-Rodriguez, R. and N. Sitar, "Identification of Rock Conditions for Tunnel Support Using a Statistical Classification Approach," Proceedings, 39th Annual Symposium On Engineering Geology and Geotechnical Engineering, May 18-21, 2004, Butte, MT, pp. 257-268.

 Kayen, R., E. Thompson, D. Minasian, B. Collins, E.R.S. Moss, N. Sitar and G. Carver, "Geotechnical Observations of the November 3, 2002 M7.9 Denali Fault Earthquake," Proceedings, Fifth International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering, April 13-17, 2004, New York, NY.




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