Yahya
C. Kurama
Associate Professor and
Director of Graduate Studies
Partial List of Publications
BOOKS, MONOGRAPHS, AND MANUALS
“Steelwork Design Guide to BS 5950: Part 1: 1990, Volume 2 Worked Examples
(Revised
Edition),” SCI-P-002, authored on behalf of the Steel Construction Institute,
Ascot, Great Britain, 1991, 164 pp. (ISBN#: 1 870004 59 0)
REFEREED JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS
Farrow, K. and Kurama, Y., “SDOF Displacement Ductility Demands
Based on Smooth Ground Motion Response Spectra,” Engineering Structures,
Elsevier. Vol. 26, No. 12, October 2004, pp. 1713-1733.
Morgen, B. and Kurama, Y., “A Friction Damper for Post-Tensioned
Precast Concrete Moment Frames,” PCI Journal, Precast/Prestressed
Concrete Institute, Vol. 49, No. 4, July-August 2004, pp. 112-133.
Kurama, Y. and Shen, Q., “Post-Tensioned Hybrid Coupled Walls Under
Lateral Loads,” Journal of Structural Engineering, American Society
of Civil Engineers, Vol. 130, No. 2, February 2004, pp. 297-309.
Kurama, Y. and Farrow, K., “Ground Motion Scaling Methods for Different
Site Conditions and Structure Characteristics,” Earthquake Engineering
and Structural Dynamics, Vol. 32, No. 15, December 2003, pp. 2425-2450.
Farrow, K. and Kurama, Y., “SDOF Demand Index Relationships for Performance-Based
Seismic Design,” Earthquake Spectra, Earthquake Engineering Research
Institute, Vol. 19, No. 4, November 2003, pp. 799-838.
Jiang, H., Kurama, Y., and Fanella, D., “WWW-Based Virtual Laboratories
for Reinforced Concrete Education,” Computer Applications in Engineering
Education, Vol. 10, No. 4, February 2003, pp. 167-181.
Shen, Q. and Kurama, Y., “Nonlinear Behavior of Unbonded Post-Tensioned
Hybrid Coupled Wall Subassemblages,” Journal of Structural Engineering,
American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. 128, No. 10, Oct. 2002, pp.
1290-1300.
Kurama, Y., “Hybrid Post-Tensioned Precast Concrete Walls for Use
in Seismic Regions,” PCI Journal, Precast/Prestressed Concrete
Institute, Vol. 47, No. 5, September-October 2002, pp. 36-59.
Kurama, Y., Sause, R., Pessiki, S., and Lu, L.W., “Seismic Response
Evaluation of Unbonded Post-Tensioned Precast Walls,” ACI Structural
Journal, American Concrete Institute, Vol. 99, No. 5, September-October
2002, pp. 641-651.
Allen, M. and Kurama, Y., “Design of Rectangular Openings in Precast
Walls Under Combined Vertical and Lateral Loads,” PCI Journal,
Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute, Vol. 47, No. 2, March-April 2002,
pp. 58-83.
Allen, M. and Kurama, Y., “Design of Rectangular Openings in Precast
Walls Under Vertical Loads,” PCI Journal, Precast/Prestressed Concrete
Institute, Vol. 47, No. 1, January-February 2002, pp. 50-67.
Kurama, Y., “Simplified Seismic Design Approach for Friction-Damped
Unbonded Post-Tensioned Precast Walls,” ACI Structural Journal,
American Concrete Institute, Vol. 98, No. 5, September-October 2001,
pp. 705-716.
Kurama, Y., “Seismic Design of Unbonded Post-Tensioned Precast Walls
with Supplemental Viscous Damping,” ACI Structural Journal, American
Concrete Institute, Vol. 97, No. 4, July-August 2000, pp. 648-658.
Kurama, Y., Sause, R., Pessiki, S., and Lu, L.W., “Lateral Load Behavior
and Seismic Design of Unbonded Post-Tensioned Precast Concrete Walls,” ACI
Structural Journal, American Concrete Institute, Vol. 96, No. 4, July-August
1999, pp. 622-632.
Kurama, Y., Pessiki, S., Sause, R., and Lu, L.W., “Seismic Behavior
and Design of Unbonded Post-Tensioned Precast Concrete Walls,” PCI
Journal, Precast/ Prestressed Concrete Institute, Vol. 44, No. 3, May-June
1999, pp. 72-89.
Kurama, Y., “Seismic Design of Partially
Post-Tensioned Precast Concrete Walls,” PCI Journal, Precast/Prestressed
Concrete Institute. (in print)
REFEREED JOURNAL MANUSCRIPTS (In
Review)
Kurama, Y., Weldon, B., and Shen, Q., “Experimental Evaluation
of Post-Tensioned Hybrid Coupled Wall Subassemblages,” Journal
of Structural Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers. (submitted,
December 2003)
Shen, Q., Kurama, Y., and Weldon, B., “Analytical Modeling and
Design of Post-Tensioned Hybrid Coupled Wall Subassemblages,” Journal
of Structural Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers. (submitted,
December 2003)
Morgen, B. and Kurama, Y., “Seismic Design
of Friction-Damped Precast Concrete Frame Structures,” Journal of Structural Engineering,
American Society of Civil Engineers. (submitted, January 2005)
REFEREED SPECIAL PUBLICATIONS
Sause, R., Pessiki, S., Wu, S., Kurama, Y., "Modeling and Seismic
Behavior of Non-Ductile Concrete Frame Structures and Retrofit Implications,"
in "Seismic Rehabilitation of Concrete Structures," ACI Special
Publication, American Concrete Institute, SP-160, Farmington Hills, MI,
1996, pp. 231-253.
REFEREED CONFERENCE PUBLICATIONS
Morgen, B. and Kurama, Y., “A Friction Damper for Post-Tensioned
Precast Concrete Beam-to-Column Joints,” 13th World Conference
on Earthquake Engineering, Vancouver, BC, Canada, August 1-6, 2004, 15
pp.
Kurama, Y., Weldon, B., and Shen, Q., “Experimental Evaluation
of Unbonded Post-Tensioned Hybrid Coupled Wall Subassemblages,” 13th
World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Vancouver, BC, Canada, August
1-6, 2004, 15 pp.
Shen, Q. and Kurama. Y., “Coupling of Concrete Walls Using Unbonded
Post-Tensioning,” 7th U.S. National Conference on Earthquake Engineering,
Earthquake Engineering Research Institute, Boston, MA, 21-25 July, 2002,
12 pp. (CD-ROM)
Farrow, K. and Kurama, Y., “Capacity-Demand Index Relationships
for Performance-Based Seismic Design,” 7th U.S. National Conference
on Earthquake Engineering, Boston, MA, 21-25 July, 2002, 12 pp. (CD-ROM)
Shen, Q. and Kurama, Y., “Lateral Load Behavior of Unbonded Post-Tensioned
Hybrid Coupled Walls,” Sixth ASCCS Conference on Steel and Concrete
Composite Structures, Los Angeles, CA, March 22-24, 2000, pp. 793-800.
Kurama, Y., Sause, R., Pessiki, S., and Lu, L.W., “Seismic Design
of Unbonded Post-Tensioned Precast Concrete Walls,” Structural
Engineers World Congress, San Francisco, CA, July 19-23, 1998, 8 pp.
(CD-ROM)
Kurama, Y., Sause, R., Pessiki, S., and Lu, L.W., “Seismic Behavior
and Design of Unbonded Post-Tensioned Precast Concrete Walls,” Sixth
U.S. National Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Earthquake Engineering
Research Institute, Seattle, WA, May 31-June 4, 1998, 12 pp. (CD-ROM)
Sause, R., Pessiki, S., Kurama, Y., Wu, S., “Seismic Behavior and
Retrofit Implications of Two Non-Ductile Concrete Frame Structures,” Fifth
U.S. National Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Earthquake Engineering
Research Institute, Chicago, IL, July 1994, Vol. 3, pp. 809-818.
Kurama, Y., Pessiki, S., Sause, R., Wu, S., “Seismic Behavior of
Non-Ductile Concrete Frame Structures,” Structures Congress XII,
American Society of Civil Engineers, edited by N.C. Baker and B.J. Goodno,
Atlanta, GA, April 1994, Vol. 2, pp. 1496-1501
OTHER WORKSHOP AND
CONFERENCE PUBLICATIONS
Morgen, B. and Kurama, Y., “Seismic Design
of Friction-Damped Precast Concrete Frame Structures,” ASCE
Structures Congress, American Society of Civil Engineers, New York, NY,
April 20-24, 2005, 12 pp. (accepted for oral
presentation)
Weldon, B. and Kurama, Y., “Coupling of Concrete Walls Using Post-Tensioned
Precast Concrete Beams,” ASCE Structures
Congress, American Society of Civil Engineers, New York, NY, April 20-24, 2005,
12 pp. (accepted for oral presentation)
Morgen, B. and Kurama, Y., “A Cast-Steel Friction Damper for Post-Tensioned
Precast Concrete Frame Buildings,” session
on Castings for Building, 57th National
Technical and Operating Conference & Workshop,
Steel Founders’ Society of America, Chicago, IL, November 5-8, 2003, 16 pp. (invited paper and oral presentation)
Kurama, Y., “Performance-Based Seismic Design of Non-Emulative Precast
Concrete Walls with Friction Dampers,” Second U.S.-Japan Workshop on Performance
Based Seismic Design Methodology for Concrete Buildings, Sapporo, Japan, September
12-13, 2000, 12 pp. (invited paper and oral presentation)
Kurama, Y. and Shen, Q., “Seismic Design and Parametric Response Evaluation
of Unbonded Post-Tensioned Hybrid Coupled Walls,” Sixth Joint Technical
Coordinating Committee Meeting, U.S.-Japan Cooperative Earthquake Research Program
on Composite and Hybrid Structures, San Francisco, CA, August 1-3, 1999, 12 pp.
Kurama, Y., “Unbonded Post-Tensioned Precast Walls with Supplemental Viscous
Damping,” International Workshop on Seismic Isolation, Energy Dissipation,
and Control of Structures,
Kurama, Y., “Seismic Design and Parametric Response Evaluation of Unbonded
Post-Tensioned Hybrid Coupled Walls,” Fifth Joint Technical Coordinating
Committee Meeting, U.S.-Japan Cooperative Earthquake Research Program on Composite
and Hybrid Structures, Tokyo, Japan, October 5-7, 1998, 6 pp.
TECHNICAL RESEARCH REPORTS
Farrow, K. and Kurama, Y., “Capacity-Demand Index Relationships for Performance-Based
Seismic Design,” Structural Engineering Research Report #NDSE-01-02, Department
of Civil Engineering and Geological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre
Dame, IN, November 2001, 259 pp. (available for download at http://www.nd.edu/~concrete)
Allen, M. and Kurama, Y., “Design of Rectangular Openings in Unbonded Post-Tensioned
Precast Concrete Walls,” Structural Engineering Research Report #NDSE-01-01,
Department of Civil Engineering and Geological Sciences, University of Notre
Dame, Notre Dame, IN, April 2001, 142 pp. (available for download at http://www.nd.edu/~concrete)
Kurama, Y., Sause, R., Pessiki, S., Lu, L.W., and El-Sheikh, M., “Seismic
Design and Response Evaluation of Unbonded Post-Tensioned Precast Concrete Walls,” Research
Report No. EQ-97-01, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Lehigh
University, Bethlehem, PA, November 1997, 184 pp.
El-Sheikh, M., Sause, R., Pessiki, S., Lu, L.W., and Kurama, Y., “Seismic
Analysis, Behavior, and Design of Unbonded Post-Tensioned Precast Frames,” Research
Report No. EQ-97-02, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Lehigh
University, Bethlehem, PA, November 1997, 316 pp.
Kurama, Y., Pessiki, S., Sause, R., Lu, L.W., and El-Sheikh, M., “Analytical
Modeling and Lateral Load Behavior of Unbonded Post-Tensioned Precast Concrete
Walls,” Research Report No. EQ-96-02, Dept. of Civil and Environmental
Engineering, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, November 1996, 190 pp.
Kurama, Y., Sause, R., Pessiki, S., Wu, S., and Snyder, S., “Seismic Behavior,
Performance, and Retrofit of Non-Ductile Reinforced Concrete Frame Structures,” Research
Report No. EQ-96-01, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Lehigh
University, Bethlehem, PA, June 1996, 67 pp.
OTHER PUBLICATIONS
Kurama, Y., Morgen, B., and Shen, Q., “Stress-Strain Behavior of Turkish
Reinforcing Bars from the November 12, 1999 Duzce Earthquake,” Technical
Note, Department of Civil Engineering and Geological Sciences, University of
Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, February 2000, 12 pp. (available for download at http://www.nd.edu/~concrete)
“Simplified Code and Commentary for Building Steelwork Design (BS 5950:
Part 1:
1990),” authored on behalf of the Steel Construction Institute, Ascot,
Great Britain, 1991, 50 pp.
INTERNET TOOLS AND SITES DEVELOPED
Jiang, H. and Kurama, Y., “A Virtual Laboratory for Reinforced
Concrete Education: Flexural Design of Reinforced Concrete Beams,” http://www.nd.edu/~concrete/java/beam/beam.html
Jiang, H. and Kurama, Y., “A Virtual Laboratory for Reinforced
Concrete Education: Axial-Load-Moment-Curvature Relationships for RC
Cross-Sections,” http://www.nd.edu/~concrete/java/bending/uniaxialbending.html
Jiang, H. and Kurama, Y., “A Virtual Laboratory for Reinforced Concrete
Education: Uniaxial Stress-Strain Relationships for Confined and Unconfined
Concrete,” http://www.nd.edu/~concrete/java/mander/mandermodel.html
Farrow, K. and Kurama, Y., “1999 Duzce, Turkey Earthquake Reconnaissance,” http://www.nd.edu/~concrete/1999_duzce_earthquake_reconnaissance/duzce.html
Linbeck Distinguished Lecture Series in Earthquake Engineering: Challenges
of the New Millennium, http://www.nd.edu/~linbeck
Natural Hazard Mitigation in Japan (NHMJ) Program, http://www.nd.edu/~quake/nhmj
Structural
Engineering Experiences in Japan 2000 (SEEJ-2000) Program, http://www.nd.edu/~quake/seej2000
DISSERTATION AND THESIS
Kurama, Y., "Seismic Analysis, Behavior, and Design
of Unbonded Post-Tensioned Precast Concrete Walls," Ph.D. Dissertation,
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Lehigh University,
May 1997, 491 pp.
Kurama, Y., "Seismic Behavior of Non-Ductile Reinforced Concrete Frame Structures," M.S.
Thesis, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Lehigh University,
September 1993, 295 pp.
OTHER NOTABLE CONTRIBUTIONS
"Steelwork Design Guide to BS 5950: Part 1: 1990,
Volume 1 Section Properties, Member Capacities (Addendum)," SCI-P-001,
The Steel Construction Institute, Ascot, Great Britain, 1991. (ISBN#:
1 870004 50 7)
"Design Guide for Simply Supported Composite Bridges," SCI-P-084, The
Steel
Construction Institute, Ascot, Great Britain, 1991, 109 pp. (ISBN#: 1 870004
63 9)
"Commentary on BS 5400: Part 3: 1982 Code of Practice for the Design of
Steel
Bridges," SCI-P-085, The Steel Construction Institute, Ascot, Great
Britain, 1991, 180 pp. (ISBN#: 1 870004 62 0)
INVITED LECTURES
Kurama,
Y., “Coupling
of RC Walls Using Unbonded Post-Tensioning: Applications in Hybrid and
Precast Construction,” Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering,
Kurama, Y., “Coupling of RC Walls Using Unbonded Post-Tensioning:
Applications in Hybrid Construction,” Department of Civil and Environmental
Engineering,
Kurama, Y., “Unbonded Post-Tensioning: Seismic Applications in Concrete
Structural Walls,” Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan, August
16, 2000.
Kurama, Y. and Jiang, H., “Virtual Laboratories
for Reinforced Concrete Education,” 2000 Professors’ Seminar, Engineering
and Economics of Reinforced Concrete Buildings, Portland Cement Association,
Skokie, IL, August 7-9, 2000.
Kurama, Y., “Seismic Behavior and Design of Unbonded Post-Tensioned Precast
Concrete Walls,” Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Duke
University, Durham, NC, April 3, 1998.
OTHER TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS
Weldon, B. and Kurama, Y., “Post-Tensioned
Precast Concrete Coupling Beams for RC Walls,” Earthquake Engineering
Research Institute Annual Meeting,
Weldon, B. and Kurama, Y., “Coupled Precast
Concrete Walls for Seismic Regions: An Overview of Recent and Ongoing
Research,” session on Precast Concrete Structural Systems for the
Future, ACI-ASCE 550 Committee on Precast Concrete Structures, Fall Convention,
American Concrete Institute, San Francisco, CA, October 24-28, 2004.
(invited abstract and oral
presentation)
Weldon, B. and Kurama, Y., “Coupled Precast Concrete
Walls for Seismic Regions: An Overview of Recent and Ongoing Research,” session
on Seismic Design and Research Issues – Developing Innovative Solutions
for Design and Construction of Precast/Prestressed Concrete Construction Systems,
Annual Convention, Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute, Atlanta, Georgia,
Oct. 17-20, 2004. (invited oral presentation)
Weldon, B. and Kurama, Y., “Precast
Concrete Coupled Wall Systems,” PCI Committee Days, Precast/Prestressed
Concrete Institute,
Morgen, B. and Kurama, Y., “Development
of a Friction Damper for Post-Tensioned Precast Concrete Beam-to-Column
Joints”, Earthquake Engineering Research Institute Annual Meeting,
Morgen, B. and Kurama, Y., “A Friction Damper for Post-Tensioned
Precast Beam-Column Joints,” Research and Development Committee
Meeting, Annual Convention, Precast/Prestressed Concrete Inst.,
Weldon, B., Kurama, Y., and Shen, Q., “Coupling of Concrete Walls Using
Post-Tensioning,” 2nd Annual PTI Post-Tensioning Technical Conference
and Exhibition, Post-Tensioning Institute, Huntington Beach, California, May
18–20, 2003. (invited abstract and oral presentation)
Kurama, Y., “Hybrid Post-Tensioned Precast Concrete Walls for use in
Seismic Regions,” session on Jointed Precast Systems for Low and High
Seismic Zones, ACI-ASCE 550 Committee on Precast Concrete Structures, Spring Convention,
American Concrete Institute, Vancouver , Canada, Mar. 30-Apr. 3, 2003. (invited
abstract and oral presentation)
Morgen, B. and Kurama, Y., “Development
of a Friction Damper for Post-Tensioned Precast Beam-to-Column Joints”,
Spring Convention, American Concrete Institute,
Morgen, B. and Kurama, Y., “Development
of a Friction Damper for Post-tensioned Precast Concrete Beam-to-Column
Joints”, Earthquake Engineering Research Institute Annual Meeting,
Kurama, Y., Shen, Q., and May, M., “Nonlinear Behavior
of Unbonded Post-Tensioned Hybrid Coupling Beams,” session on New
Developments in Hybrid and Composite Construction, ACI-ASCE 335 Committee
on Composite and Hybrid Structures, Fall Convention, American Concrete
Institute, Dallas, TX, Oct. 28-Nov. 2, 2001. (includes abstract)
Kurama, Y., Shen, Q., and May, M., “Unbonded Post-Tensioned Hybrid Coupled
Walls,” Technical Coordinating Committee Meeting, Cooperative Earthquake
Research Program on Composite and Hybrid Structures, Berkeley, CA, June 24-25,
2001.
Kurama, Y., “Research at Notre Dame to Mitigate Shakes and Quakes: Concrete
Seismic Structural Systems,” ASM International, Materials Information
Society, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, October 24, 2000.
Allen, M. and Kurama, Y., “Design of Large Openings in Unbonded Post-Tensioned
Precast Concrete Walls,” Annual Convention, Precast/Prestressed Concrete
Institute, Orlando, FL, September 23-27, 2000. (invited oral presentation)
Morgen, B. and Kurama, Y., Supplemental
Energy Dissipation in Unbonded, Post-Tensioned, Precast Concrete Structures”,
Earthquake Engineering Research Institute Annual Meeting, St. Louis,
Missouri, May 31 – June 3, 2000.
Kurama, Y. and Allen, M., “Design of Large Openings
in Unbonded Post-Tensioned Precast Concrete Walls,” PCI Committee
Days, Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute,
Kurama, Y. and Allen, M., “Design of Large Openings in Unbonded Post-Tensioned
Precast Concrete Walls,” Annual Convention, Precast/Prestressed Concrete
Institute, Palm Springs, CA, October 17-20, 1999. (invited oral
presentation)
Kurama, Y. and Allen, M., “Design of Large Openings in Unbonded Post-Tensioned
Precast Concrete Walls,” PCI Committee Days, Precast/Prestressed Concrete
Institute,
Kurama, Y. and Shen, Q., “Seismic Design and Parametric Response Evaluation
of Unbonded Post-Tensioned Hybrid Coupled Walls,” Spring Convention,
Committee 335 on Composite and Hybrid Structures, American Concrete Institute,
Chicago, IL, March 14-18, 1999.
Kurama, Y., Sause, R., Pessiki, S., Wu, S., Snyder,
S., “Seismic Performance and Retrofit of Non-Ductile Concrete Frame Structures,” Building
and Fire Research Laboratory Technical Symposia Series - Guidelines, Policies,
and Methodologies for Improving the Seismic Performance of Buildings, National
Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, April 1995. (invited
abstract and oral presentation)
EDUCATION AND OUTREACH LECTURES AND PRESENTATIONS
Kurama, Y., “Shakes and Quakes: A Structural Engineer’s View,” Introduction
to Engineering Program, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, June
27 and July 8, 2003.
Kurama, Y., “Multi-Faceted U.S.-Japan Program in Natural Hazard
Mitigation,” Orientation for 2003 Summer Program in Japan, National
Science Foundation, Arlington, VA, April 11-12, 2003.
Kurama, Y., “Shakes and Quakes: A Structural Engineer’s View,” Introduction
to Engineering Program, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, June
28 and July 12, 2002.
Kurama, Y., “Multi-Faceted U.S.-Japan Program in Natural Hazard Mitigation,” Orientation
for 2002 Summer Programs in Japan, Korea, and Taiwan, National Science
Foundation, Arlington, VA, April 11-12, 2002.
Kurama, Y., Christenson, R., Correa, T., Mei,
G., and Morgen, B., “Shakes and Quakes-An Engineer’s View: Part 2,” Andrew
Jackson Middle School, South Bend, IN, March 14, 2001.
Kurama, Y., Myers, M., and Christenson, R., “Shakes and Quakes-An Engineer’s
View: Part 1,” Andrew Jackson Middle School, South Bend, IN, February
28, 2001.