Publications

Journal Publications

1. Tarbali, K., Bradley, B. A., & Baker, J. W. (2023). Effect of near-fault directivity pulses on ground-motion intensity measure correlations from the NGA-West2 dataset. Earthquake Spectra (published online) https://doi.org/10.1177/87552930231199059 (pdf)

2. Aristeidou, S., Tarbali, K., & O’Reilly, G. J., (2023). A ground motion model for orientation-independent inelastic spectral displacements from shallow crustal earthquakes. Earthquake Spectra, 39(3) https://doi.org/10.1177/87552930231180228 (pdf)

3. Dashti, S., Tarbali, K., Zhou, C., & Chase, J. G. (2022). Probabilistic seismic performance assessment of offshore jacket structures as a basis for engineering decision-making. Structure and Infrastructure Engineering (published online). https://doi.org/10.1080/15732479.2022.2132519 (pdf)  (selected ground motion details)

4. Jenkins, L., Creed, M., Tarbali, K., Muthusamy, M., Trogrlić, Š., Phillips1, J., Watson, S., Sinclair, H., Galasso, C., & McCloskey, J. (2022). Physics-based simulations of multiple natural hazards for risk-sensitive planning and decision making in expanding urban regions. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction (published online). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2022.103338 (pdf)

5. Freddi, F., Galasso, C., Cremen, G., Dall’Asta, A., Di Sarno, L., Giaralis, A.,Gutiérrez-Urzúa, F., Málaga-Chuquitaype, C., Mitoulis, S., Petrone, C., Sextos, A., Sousa, L., Tarbali, K., Tubaldi, E., Wardman, J., & Woo, G., (2021). Innovations in earthquake risk reduction for resilience: Recent advances and challenges. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 60, 102267. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2021.102267 (pdf)

6. Huang, C., Tarbali, K., & Galasso, C. (2021). A Region‐Specific Ground‐Motion Model for Inelastic Spectral Displacement in Northern Italy Considering Spatial Correlation Properties. Seismological Society of America, 92(3), 1979-1991. https://doi.org/10.1785/0220200249 (pdf)

7. Huang, C., Tarbali, K., & Galasso, C. (2020). Correlation properties of integral ground‐motion intensity measures from Italian strong‐motion records. Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics, 49(15), 1581-1598. https://doi.org/10.1002/eqe.3318 (pdf)

8. Tarbali, K., Bradley, B. A., & Baker, J. W. (2019). Ground motion selection in the near-fault region considering directivity-induced pulse effects. Earthquake Spectra, 35(2), 759-786. https://doi.org/10.1193/102517EQS223M (pdf)

9. Tarbali, K., Bradley, B. A., & Baker, J. W. (2018). Consideration and propagation of ground motion selection epistemic uncertainties to seismic performance metrics. Earthquake Spectra, 34(2), 587-610. https://doi.org/10.1193/061317EQS114M (pdf)

10. Bradley, B. A., Bae, S. E., Polak, V., Lee, R. L., Thomson, E. M., & Tarbali, K. (2017). Ground motion simulations of great earthquakes on the Alpine Fault: effect of hypocentre location and comparison with empirical modelling. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics, 60(3), 188-198. https://doi.org/10.1080/00288306.2017.1297313

11. Tarbali, K., & Bradley, B. A. (2016). The effect of causal parameter bounds in PSHA‐based ground motion selection. Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics, 45(9), 1515-1535. https://doi.org/10.1002/eqe.2721 (pdf)

12. Tarbali, K., & Bradley, B. A. (2015). Ground motion selection for scenario ruptures using the generalised conditional intensity measure (GCIM) method. Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics, 44(10), 1601-1621. https://doi.org/10.1002/eqe.2546 (pdf)

13. Mohebbi, M., Dabbagh, H. R., Moradpour, S., Shakeri, K., & Tarbali, K. (2015). DGA-based approach for optimal design of active mass damper for nonlinear structures considering ground motion effect. Smart Materials and Structures, 24(4), 045017. https://doi.org/10.1088/0964-1726/24/4/045017

14. Tarbali, K., & Bradley, B. A. (2014). Representative ground-motion ensembles for several major earthquake scenarios in New Zealand. Bulletin of the New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering, 47(4), 231-252. https://doi.org/10.5459/bnzsee.47.4.231-252 (pdf)

15. Tarbali, K., & Shakeri, K. (2014). Story shear and torsional moment-based pushover procedure for asymmetric-plan buildings using an adaptive capacity spectrum method. Engineering Structures, 79, 32-44. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2014.08.006 (pdf)

16. Tarbali, K., & Nateghi-A, F. (2014). Effect of structural uncertainty on seismic response of steel moment-resisting frames equipped with tuned mass dampers. International Journal of Steel Structures, 14(2), 231-241.https://doi.org/10.1007/s13296-014-2004-2 (pdf)

17. Shakeri, K., Tarbali, K., & Mohebbi, M. (2014). Pushover analysis of asymmetric-plan buildings based on distribution of the combined modal story shear and torsional moment. Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Vibration, 13(4), 707-716. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11803-014-0274-5 (pdf)

18. Shakeri, K., Tarbali, K., & Mohebbi, M. (2013). Modified adaptive modal combination procedure for nonlinear static analysis of bridges. Journal of Earthquake Engineering, 17(6), 918-935. https://doi.org/10.1080/13632469.2013.781558 (pdf)

19. Shakeri, K., Tarbali, K., & Mohebbi, M. (2012). An adaptive modal pushover procedure for asymmetric-plan buildings. Engineering Structures, 36, 160-172. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2011.11.032 (pdf)

Conference Proceedings

1. Aristeidou, S., Tarbali, K., O'Reilly, G. J. (2022). Ground-motion directionality effects on inelastic spectral displacements. In 3ECEES: The Third European Conference on Earthquake Engineering and Seismology, September 4-9, 2022, Bucharest, Romania 

2. Dashti, S., Tarbali, K., Zhou, C., Chase, J. G. (2022). A numerical investigation on seismic performance of steel jacket platforms. ICOSSAR 2021-2022,13th International Conference on Structural Safety & Reliability 13-17 September, 2022, Shanghai, China 

3. Huang, C., Tarbali, K., Galasso, C., & Paolucci, R. (2020). Spatial correlation validation of 3D physics-based ground-motion simulations. In 17th world conference in earthquake engineering (17WCEE), September 27 to October 2, 2021, Sendai, Japan 

4. Huang, C., Tarbali, K., Galasso, C., & Paolucci, R. (2020). A two-level framework for region-specific validation of simulated ground motions, 17th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, 17WCEE, September 27 to October 2, 2021, Sendai, Japan 

5. Bradley, B., Tarbali, K., Lee, R., Huang, J., Motha, J., Bae, S., Polak, V., Zhu, M., Schill, C., Patterson, J., Lagrava, D., (2020). Cybershake NZ v19.5: New Zealand simulation-based probabilistic seismic hazard analysis, New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering Annual Technical Conference, 22-24 April 2020, Wellington, New Zealand 

6. Tarbali, K., Bradley, B., Huang, J., Lee, R., Lagrava, D., Bae, S., Polak, V., Motha, J., Zhu, M. (2019). Probabilistic seismic hazard analysis in New Zealand using physics-based ground motion simulation methodology, 2019 Society for Earthquake and Civil Engineering Dynamics (SECED) Conference, University of Greenwich, UK 

7. Tarbali, K., Bradley, B., Huang, J., Lee, R., Lagrava, D., Bae, S., Polak, V., Motha, J., Zhu, M. (2019). Cybershake NZ v18.5: New Zealand simulation-based probabilistic seismic hazard analysis. 7th International Conference on Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering (7ICEGE), 17 - 20 June 2019, Roma, Italy (received best paper honorable mention) 

8.  Loghman, V., Tarbali, K., Bradley, B., McGann, C., Pettinga, D., (2019). Comparison of recorded and simulated ground motions for NZS1170.5-based 3D building response analysis, 2019 Pacific Conference on Earthquake Engineering (11th PCEE), 4-6 April 2019, Auckland, New Zealand  

9. Tarbali, K., Bradley, B., Huang, J., Polak, V., Lagrava, D., Motha, J., Bae S., (2018). Cybershake NZ v17.9: New Zealand simulation-based probabilistic seismic hazard analysis. 16th European Conference on Earthquake Engineering (16ECEE), 18-21 June, 2018, Thessaloniki, Greece

10. Bradley, B., Razafindrakoto, H.,h Maurer, B., Motha, J., Tarbali, K., Lee, R., (2018). simulation-based ground motion prediction of historical and future new zealand earthquakes and consequent geohazard impacts. Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics V: Seismic Hazard Analysis, Earthquake Ground Motions, and Regional-Scale Assessment, pp. 29-42. Reston, VA: American Society of Civil Engineers

11. Tarbali, K., Bradley B., (2015). Scenario-based ground motion selection in the near-fault region. 6th International Conference on Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering. 1-4 November 2015. Christchurch, New Zealand

12. Tarbali, K., Bradley B., (2015). The effect of bounds on magnitude, source-to-site distance and site condition in PSHA-based ground motion selection. New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering Conference. 10-12 April 2015. Rotorua, New Zealand

13. Tarbali, K., Bradley B., (2014). Scenario-based ground-motion selection using the generalized conditional intensity measure (GCIM) approach. Proceedings of the 10th National Conference in Earthquake Engineering, Earthquake Engineering Research Institute. 21-25 July 2014, Anchorage, Alaska

14. Tarbali, K., Bradley B., (2014). Representative ground-motion ensembles for several major earthquake scenarios in New Zealand. New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering Conference. 21-23 March 2014. Auckland, New Zealand

15. Tarbali, K., Nateghi-A, F., (2012). An innovative response surface procedure to estimate the seismic reliability of the steel moment-resisting structures. Fifteenth World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, 24-28 September 2012 Lisbon, Portugal

16. Nateghi-A, F., Tarbali, K., (2012). Reliability analysis of a steel moment-resisting frame equipped with tuned mass damper under earthquake excitation. Fifteenth World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, 24-28 September 2012 Lisbon, Portugal

17. Shakeri, K., Mohebbi, M., Tarbali, K., (2011). A new modal pushover procedure for 3-D building frames, Sixth International Conference of Seismology and Earthquake Engineering ,16-18 May 2011 Tehran, Iran

PhD Dissertation

Ground Motion Selection for Seismic Response Analysis (April 2017), Department of Civil and Natural Resources Engineering, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand (Dissertation) (Presentation-Video) (Presentation-pdf).

Technical Reports

1. Karim Tarbali, Brendon A. Bradley (2014). Ground-motion selection for scenario ruptures using the generalized conditional intensity measure (GCIM) approach and its application for several major earthquake scenarios in New Zealand. Department of Civil and Natural Resources Engineering, Report No. 2014-03, University of Canterbury, New Zealand. p. 92 (pdf)(link). 

2. Karim Tarbali, Brendon A. Bradley (2015). Bounds on causal parameters of prospective ground motions and their effect on characteristics of selected ground motions. Department of Civil and Natural Resources Engineering, Report 2015-01, University of Canterbury , New Zealand. p. 67 (pdf)(link).