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Roberto Javier Merino Vela, Research Fellow, Ph.D.

Roberto graduated with honors as a Civil Engineer from the Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador. He obtained a Master in Science degree in Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Seismology from the ROSE program offered jointly by IUSS Pavia and the University of Pavia, Italy. Roberto obtained his Ph.D. degree on Understanding and Managing Extremes - Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Seismology from IUSS Pavia.

Roberto has worked as a structural engineer in Quito, Ecuador. He has research experience in seismic design of steel structures and seismic design of steel storage tanks. His current research topic is the seismic design of non-structural building elements for which he is contributing to formulate and develop the direct displacement-based design methodology.

Ph.D. Research

Direct Displacement-Based Design of Non-Structural Elements.

Publications

Refereed journal publications (published, in press or accepted)

[J7] Merino, R.J. Perrone, D. and Filiatrault, A. 2022. “Appraisal of seismic design methodologies for suspended non structural elements in Europe”. Bulletin of earthquake engineering, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10518-022-01492-y.

[J6] Merino, R.J., Gabbianelli, D., Perrone, D. and Filiatrault, A. 2021. “Calibrated Equivalent Viscous Damping for Direct Displacement Based Seismic Design of Pallet-Type Steel Storage Racks,” Journal of Earthquake Engineering, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/13632469.2022.2033362.

[J5] Merino, R.J., Perrone, D. and Filiatrault, A. 2021. “Calibrated Equivalent Viscous Damping for Direct Displacement Based Seismic Design of Suspended Piping Trapeze Restraint Installations,” Journal of Earthquake Engineering, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/13632469.2021.1987357.

[J4] Merino, R.J. Perrone, D. Filiatrault, A. [2019] “Consistent floor response spectra for performance-based design of nonstructural elements.” Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics. 49, 261-284. https://doi.org/10.1002/eqe.3236.

[J3] Filiatrault, A. Perrone, D. Merino, R.J. Calvi G.M. [2018] “Performance-Based Seismic Design of Nonstructural Building Elements.” Journal of Earthquake Engineering. doi: 10.1080/13632469.2018.1512910.

[J2] Merino Vela, R.J. Brunesi, E. Nascimbene, R. [2018] “Seismic assessment of an industrial frame-tank system: development of fragility functions.” Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, doi: 10.1007/s10518-018-00548-2

[J1] Merino Vela, R.J. Brunesi, E. Nascimbene, R. [2018] “Derivation of floor acceleration spectra for an industrial liquid tank supporting structure with braced frame systems.” Engineering Structures 171, 105-122. doi: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2018.05.053.

Papers in conference proceedings

[C5] Merino, R.J., Perrone, D. and Filiatrault, A. 2020. “Equivalent Viscous Damping for Nonstructural Building Elements,” 17th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, 17WCEE, Sendai, Japan, Paper N° C000113, 12 p.

[C4] Filiatrault, A., Perrone, D., Merino, R.J.J. and Calvi, G.M. 2020. “Displacement-Based Seismic Design of Non-Structural Building Elements,” 17th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, 17WCEE, Sendai, Japan, Paper N° C002123, 12 p.

[C3] Peloso S, Perrone D, Bolognini D, Merino Vela RJ. 2020. “Seismic Risk of Non-Structural Elements: IT Tool for Raising Awareness and Mitigate Consequences,” 17th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, 17WCEE, Sendai, Japan, 12 p.

[C2] Merino, R.J. Perrone, D. Filiatrault, A. [2019] “Force-Based vs Displacement-Based Seismic Design of Non-structural Elements.” XVIII Convegno Anidis at: Ascoli Piceno, Italy.

[C1] Merino, R.J. Perrone, D. Filiatrault, A. [2019] “Estimating consistent relative displacement and absolute acceleration floor response spectra in elastic buildings.” Fourth International Workshop on the Seismic Performance of Non-structural Elements (SPONSE) At: Pavia, Italy. doi: 0.7414/4sponse.ID.4.

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