Publications (2013-2019)

Books/Book chapters

Bozzano F., Martino S., Prestininzi A., Scarascia-Mugnozza G., Bonilla L.F., Bretschneider A., Chazelas J.L., Escoffier S., Lenti L., Semblat J.-F. (2015). Experimental and numerical investigations of nonlinearity in soils using advanced laboratory-scaled models (ENINALS Project): From a site-test to a centrifuge model (Chap.34), Geotechnical, Geological and Earthquake Engineering, pp.563-578, Springer.

Bonnet M., Chaillat S., Semblat J-F (2009). Multi-level fast multipole BEM for 3D elastodynamics (chapitre), in Recent advances in Boundary Element Methods, Springer, 470p. ISBN: 978-0727318039

Semblat J-F, Pecker A. (2009). Waves and Vibrations in Soils: Earthquakes, Traffic, Shocks, Construction Works, IUSS Press, Pavia, Italy, 500 pages. ISBN: 978-8861980303

P.Y. Bard , J.L.Chazelas, P. Guéguen, M. Kham, Semblat J.F. (2005). Assessing and managing earthquake risk - Chap.5 : Site-city interaction, Editors: C.S. Oliveira, A. Roca and X. Goula, Springer, 375 pages. ISBN 978-1402036088

Bisch P., Langeoire A., Prat M., Semblat J.F. (1999). Emploi des Eléments Finis en Génie Civil, Liv.2, vol.2, Ouvrages en interaction, Chap.7 : Modélisation des ouvrages en zone sismique, propagation d’ondes, Lavoisier/Hermès, pp.467-562. ISBN: 978-2746200487

Journal papers

Kteich Z., Labbé P., Javelaud E., Semblat J.F., Bennabi A. (2019). Extended equivalent linear model (X-ELM) to assess liquefaction triggering: Application to the City of Urayasu during the 2011 Tohoku earthquake, Soils and Foundations, 59(3): 750-763. DOI: 10.1016/j.sandf.2019.02.002

Meza-Fajardo K.C., Varone C., Lenti L., Martino S., Semblat J.F. (2019). Surface wave quantification in a highly heterogeneous alluvial basin: Case study of the Fosso di Vallerano valley, Rome, Italy, Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 120: 292–300. DOI: 10.1016/j.soildyn.2019.02.008

Santisi d’Avila M.P., Pham V.A., Lenti L., Semblat J.F. (2018). Extended Iwan-Iai (3DXii) constitutive model for 1-directional 3-component seismic waves in liquefiable soils: application to the Kushiro site (Japan), Geophysical Journal International, 215(1): 252–266. doi: 10.1093/gji/ggy266

Jamal-Eddine A.K. Lenti L., Semblat J.F. (2018). Aléa vibratoire dans les sols : indicateurs pertinents et classification simplifiée (Vibration hazard in soils: relevant indicators and simplified classification), Revue Française de Géotechnique, 155, 4. https://doi.org/10.1051/geotech/2018008

Meza-Fajardo KC, Semblat J.F., Chaillat S., Lenti L. (2016). Seismic‐Wave Amplification in 3D Alluvial Basins: 3D/1D Amplification Ratios from Fast Multipole BEM Simulations, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 106(3): 1267-1281. DOI: 10.1785/0120150159.

Martino S., Lenti L., Gélis C., Giacomi A.C., Santisi M.P., Bonilla L.F., Bozzano F., Semblat, J.-F. (2015). Influence of lateral heterogeneities on strong motion shear strains: simulations in the historical center of Rome (Italy), Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 105(5): 2604-2624. DOI: 10.1785/0120140180

Meza-Fajardo KC, Papageorgiou AS, Semblat JF. (2015). Identification and extraction of surface waves from three-component seismograms based on the Normalized Inner Product, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 105(1): 210-229. DOI: 10.1785/0120140012

Santisi d’Avila M.P., Semblat J.F. (2014). Local seismic response for the 2011 Tohoku earthquake: borehole records versus 1Directional - 3Component propagation models, Geophysical Journal International, 197 (1), pp.566-580. DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggu004

Régnier J., Semblat J.F., Bonilla L.F., Bertrand E. (2014). Influence of the VS Profiles beyond 30m Depth on Linear Site Effects: Assessment from the KiK‐net Data, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 104(5), pp. 2337-2348. DOI: 10.1785/0120140018.

Santisi d’Avila M.P., Lenti L., Semblat J.F. (2013). Strong Ground Motion in the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake: a 1Directional - 3Component Modeling, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 103(2B), pp.1394-1410. DOI: 10.1785/0120120208

Semblat, J. (2013). Closure to “Modeling Seismic Wave Propagation and Amplification in 1D/2D/3D Linear and Nonlinear Unbounded Media” by J. F. Semblat.”, International Journal of Geomechanics (ASCE), 13(3), pp.328-329. DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)GM.1943-5622.0000252

Régnier J., Bonilla L.F., Bertrand E., Semblat J.F. (2013). Assessing nonlinear behavior of soil in seismic site response: Statistical analysis on KiK-net strong motion data, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, v. 103, p. 1750-1770. DOI: 10.1785/0120120240

Kham M., Semblat J.-F., Bouden-Romdhane N. (2013). Amplification of seismic ground motion in the Tunis basin: Numerical BEM simulations vs experimental evidences, Engineering Geology, 154, pp.80-86. DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2012.12.016

Santisi d’Avila M.P., Lenti L., Semblat J.F. (2012). Modeling strong seismic motion: 3D loading path vs wavefield polarization, Geophysical Journal International, 190, pp.1607-1624. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2012.05599.x

Delépine N., Semblat J.F. (2012). Site effects in an alpine valley with strong velocity gradient: interest and limitations of the 'classical' BEM', Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Eng., 38, pp. 15-24. DOI: 10.1016/j.soildyn.2012.02.001

Grasso E., Chaillat S., Bonnet M., Semblat J.F. (2012). Application of the multi-level time-harmonic fast multipole BEM to 3-D visco-elastodynamics, Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements, 36(5), pp.744-758. DOI: 10.1016/j.enganabound.2011.11.015

Chaillat S., Semblat J. F., Bonnet M. (2012). A Preconditioned 3-D Multi-Region Fast Multipole Solver for Seismic Wave Propagation in Complex Geometries, Communications in Computational Physics, 11(2), pp.594-609. DOI: 10.4208/cicp.231209.030111s

Semblat J.F. (2011). Modeling seismic wave propagation and amplification in 1D/2D/3D linear and nonlinear unbounded media, International Journal of Geomechanics (ASCE), 11(6), pp.440-448. DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)GM.1943-5622.0000023

Semblat J.F., Lenti L., Gandomzadeh A. (2011). A simple multi‐directional absorbing layer method to simulate elastic wave propagation in unbounded domains, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 85(12), pp.1543-1563. DOI: 10.1002/nme.3035

Semblat J.F., Lokmane N., Driad-Lebeau L., Bonnet G. (2010). Local amplification of deep mining induced vibrations - Part.2: Simulation of the ground motion in a coal basin, Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Eng., 30(10), pp.947–957. DOI: 10.1016/j.soildyn.2010.04.006

Semblat J.F., Gandomzadeh A., Lenti L. (2010). A simple numerical absorbing layer method in elastodynamics, C. R. Mecanique, 338(1), pp.24-32. DOI: 10.1016/j.crme.2009.12.004

Delépine N., Bonnet G., Lenti L., Semblat J.F. (2009). Nonlinear viscoelastic wave propagation: an extension of Nearly Constant Attenuation models, Journal of Engineering Mechanics (ASCE), 135(11), pp.1305-1314. DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9399(2009)135:11(1305)

Chaillat S., Bonnet M., Semblat J. F. (2009). A new fast multi-domain BEM to model seismic wave propagation and amplification in 3-D geological structures, Geophysical Journal International, 177(2), pp.509–531. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2008.04041.x

Driad-Lebeau L., Lokmane N., Semblat J.F., Bonnet G. (2009). Local amplification of deep mining induced vibrations Part 1: Experimental evidence for site effects in a coal basin, Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Eng., 29(1), pp.39-50. DOI: 10.1016/j.soildyn.2008.01.014

Semblat J.F., Kham M., Bard P.Y. (2008). Seismic Site Effects in Alluvial Basins and Influence of Site-City Interaction, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 98(6), pp.2665-2678. DOI: 10.1785/0120080093

Chaillat S., Bonnet M., Semblat J.F. (2008). A multi-level fast multipole BEM for 3-D elastodynamics in the frequency domain, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 197(49–50), pp.4233-4249. DOI: 10.1016/j.cma.2008.04.024

Chaillat S., Bonnet M., Semblat J.F. (2008). A fast multipole accelerated BEM for 3-D elastic wave computation, Revue Européenne de Mécanique Numérique, 17(5-7), pp.701-712.

Chaillat S., Bonnet M., Semblat J.F. (2007). A Fast Multipole Method formulation for 3D elastodynamics in the frequency domain, CR Mécanique, 335(11), pp.714-719. DOI: 10.1016/j.crme.2007.07.001

Kham M., Semblat J.F., P.Y.Bard, Dangla P. (2006). Site-City Interaction: Main Governing Phenomena Through Simplified Numerical Models, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 96(5), pp.1934-1951. DOI: 10.1785/0120050143

Dangla P., Semblat J.F., H.H. Xiao, Delépine N. (2005). A Simple and Efficient Regularization Method for 3D BEM: Application to Frequency-Domain Elastodynamics, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 95(5), pp. 1916-1927. DOI: 10.1785/0120050012

Semblat J.F., Kham M., Parara E., Bard P.Y., Pitilakis K., Makra K., Raptakis D. (2005). Seismic wave amplification: Basin geometry vs soil layering, Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 25(7–10), pp.529-538. DOI: 10.1016/j.soildyn.2004.11.003

Abraham O., R.Chammas, P.Cote, H.Pedersen, Semblat J.F. (2004). Mechanical characterization of heterogeneous soils with surface waves: experimental validation on reduced scale physical models, Near Surface Geophysics, 2, pp.249-258. DOI: 10.3997/1873-0604.2004022

Semblat J.F., Aouameur A., Ulm F.J. (2004). Non-linear seismic response of a low reinforced concrete structure : modeling by multilayered finite shell elements, Structural Engineering and Mechanics an International Journal, 18(2), pp.211-229. DOI: 10.12989/sem.2004.18.2.211

Chammas R., Abraham O., Cote P., Pedersen H., Semblat J.F. (2003). Characterization of heterogeneous soils using surface waves: homogenization and numerical modeling, International Journal of Geomechanics (ASCE), 3(1), pp.55-63. DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1532-3641(2003)3:1(55)

Semblat J.F., R.Paolucci, Duval A.M. (2003). Simplified vibratory characterization of alluvial basins, Comptes-Rendus Geoscience, 335(4), pp.365-370. DOI: 10.1016/S1631-0713(03)00058-0

Semblat J.F., Duval A.M., Dangla P. (2003). Modal superposition method for the analysis of seismic wave amplification, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 93(3), pp.1144-1153. DOI: 10.1785/0120000087

Garnier D., Sudret B., Bourgeois E., Semblat J.F. (2003). Ouvrages renforcés : approche par superposition de milieux continus et traitement numérique, Revue Française de Géotechnique, 102, pp.43-52. DOI: 10.1051/geotech/2003102043

Semblat J.F., Dangla P., Kham M., Duval A.M. (2002). Seismic site effects for shallow and deep alluvial basins: in-depth motion and focusing effect, Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Eng., 22(9-12), pp.849-854. DOI: 10.1016/S0267-7261(02)00107-0

Semblat J.F., Duval A.M., Dangla P. (2002). Seismic Site Effects in a Deep Alluvial Basin: Numerical Analysis by the boundary element method, Computers and Geotechnics, 29(7), pp. 573-585. DOI: 10.1016/S0266-352X(02)00017-4

P.Guéguen, P.Y.Bard, Semblat J.F. (2002). L’interaction site-ville : un nouvel aspect de l’aléa sismique, Bulletin des Laboratoires des Ponts et Chaussées, 236, pp.17-36.

Semblat J.F., Patron-Solares A., Escoffier M.F., Aouameur A. (2001). Vibrations de structures amorties : amortissement non classique et modes complexes, Revue Française de Génie Civil, 5(8), pp.1133-1157. DOI: 10.1080/12795119.2001.9692342

Bourgeois E., Garnier D., Semblat J.F., Sudret B., Al Hallak R. (2001). Un Modèle homogénéisé pour le boulonnage du front de taille des tunnels : simulation d’essais en centrifugeuse, Revue Française de Génie Civil, 5(1), pp.9-38.

Semblat J.F., Duval A.M. (2000). Quantitative estimation of seismic site effects through modal methods, Comptes-rendus de l’Académie des Sciences, IIa, T.331, pp.91-96. DOI: 10.1016/S1251-8050(00)01391-4

Semblat J.F., Duval A.M., Dangla P. (2000). Numerical analysis of seismic wave amplification in Nice (France) and comparisons with experiments, Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 19(5), pp.347-362. DOI: 10.1016/S0267-7261(00)00016-6

Guéguen P., Semblat J.F., Bard P.Y. (2000). Interaction sismique sol-structure-sol en milieu urbain : modélisation par éléments finis, Revue Française de Génie Civil, 4(1), pp.9-33. DOI: 10.1080/12795119.2000.9692272

Semblat J.F., Brioist J.J. (2000). Efficiency of higher order finite elements for the analysis of seismic wave propagation, Journal of Sound and Vibration, 231(2), pp.460-467. DOI: 10.1006/jsvi.1999.2636

Semblat J.F. (2000). Validation des calculs de propagation d’ondes : approches par éléments finis et éléments de frontière, Revue Française de Génie Civil, 3(7/8), pp.565-575. DOI: 10.1080/12795119.1999.9692664

A.Aouameur, F.J.Ulm, P.Humbert, Semblat J.F. (1999). Analyse non linéaire de structures par éléments finis de coque multicouche", Revue Française de Génie Civil, 3(5), pp.219-238. DOI: 10.1080/12795119.1999.9692251

Semblat J.F., Aouameur A., Ulm F.J., Mitani H. (1999). Comportement d’un bâtiment sous séisme (projet CAMUS) : 1/ discrétisation de la structure et modélisation numérique de la réponse linéaire", Bulletin des Laboratoires des Ponts et Chaussées, 219, pp.53-67.

Semblat J.F., Duval A.M., Dangla P. (1999). Amplification du mouvement sismique : effets de site dans le centre de Nice", Revue Française de Génie Civil, 3(1), pp.57-75. DOI: 10.1080/12795119.1999.9692235

Semblat J.F., Luong M.P., Gary G. (1999). 3D-Hopkinson bar: new experiments for dynamic testing on soils, Soils and Foundations, 39(1), pp.1-10. DOI: 10.3208/sandf.39.1

Semblat J.F., M.P.Luong (1998). Propagation d’ondes en milieu centrifugé : caractérisation, dispersion, atténuation, Revue Française de Géotechnique, 83, pp.17-28. DOI: 10.1051/geotech/1998083017

Semblat J.F., Luong M.P. (1998). Wave propagation through soils in centrifuge testing, Journal of Earthquake Engineering, 2(1), pp.147-171. DOI: 10.1080/13632469809350317

Semblat J.F. (1998). Amortissement et dispersion des ondes : points de vue physique et numérique, Revue Française de Génie Civil, vol.2, No.1, pp.91-111.

Semblat J.F. (1997). Rheological interpretation of Rayleigh damping, Journal of Sound and Vibration, 206(5), pp.741-744. DOI: 10.1006/jsvi.1997.1067

Semblat J.F., Gary G., Luong M.P. (1997). Réponse dynamique des sols : essais aux barres de Hopkinson, Revue Française de Géotechnique, 79, pp.19-30. DOI: 10.1051/geotech/1997079019

Thomas J.J., Luong M.P., Semblat J.F. (1994). Signature vibratoire des structures élancées, Mécanique Industrielle et Matériaux - Revue du GAMI, 47(2), pp.323-325.

Lecture notes

Delangre E., Doaré O., Semblat J.F., MOOC "Fundamentals of waves and vibrations" ( Coursera ).

Clouteau D., Semblat J.F., Structural dynamics, Lecture notes from Ecole Polytechnique

Semblat J.F., Leroy Y. Sismologie et tectonique, Lecture notes from Ecole Polytechnique

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