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Gautam Dipendra

Attività di ricerca
Il campo di ricerca principale di Gautam Di Pendra è l'analisi della fragilità sismica degli edifici RC in Nepal.
Oltre al suo principale tema di ricerca, lui lavora su analisi di affidabilità, dinamiche strutturali, effetti multi-rischi su strutture e linee vita, ingegneria strutturale sostenibile, identificazione dinamica di costruzioni incrementali, evoluzione di caratteristiche dinamiche, patrimonio e costruzioni monumentali, tra gli altri.
Journal Articles

  • Ashim Adhikari, K Rama Mohan Rao, Dipendra Gautam, and Hemchandra Chaulagain (2019). “Seismic vulnerability and retrofitting scheme for low-to-medium rise RC buildings in Nepal”, Journal of Building Engineering, 21: 186-199.

  • Dipendra Gautam, Giovanni Fabbrocino, Filippo Santucci de Magistris (2018). “Derive empirical fragility functions for residential buildings in Nepal”, Engineering Structures, 171:617-628.

  • Dipendra Gautam (2018). “Observational fragility functions for residential stone masonry buildings in Nepal”, Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, Springer, 16(10): 4661-4673.

  • Dipendra Gautam, Hugo Rodrigues (2018). “Seismic vulnerability of urban vernacular buildings in Nepal: Case of Newari construction”, Journal of Earthquake Engineering, doi: 10.1080/13632469.2018.1498411.

  • Dipendra Gautam (2018). “Ambient vibration measurement in representative buildings in Kathmandu valley following the Gorkha earthquake”, Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities, 32(3), doi: 10.1061/(ASCE)CF.1943-5509.0001175.

  • Dipendra Gautam and You Dong (2018). “Multi-hazards vulnerability of structures and lifelines due to the 2015 Gorkha earthquake and 2017 central Nepal flash flood”, Journal of Building Engineering, 17:196-201.

  • Ashok Pokhrel, Dipendra Gautam, Hemchandra Chaulagain (2018). “Effect of variation on infill masonry walls in the seismic performance of soft story RC building”, Australian Journal of Structural Engineering, doi: 10.1080/13287982.2018.1546449.

  • Prajwal Giri, Anand Dev Bhatt, Dipendra Gautam, and Hemchandra Chaulagain (2018). “Comparison between the seismic codes of Nepal, India, Japan, and EU”, Asian Journal of Civil Engineering, doi: 10.1007/s42107-018-0102-8.

  • Dipendra Gautam (2017). “On seismic vulnerability of highways bridges in Nepal: 1988 Udaypur earthquake (MW 6.8) revisited”, Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 99:168-171.

  • Dipendra Gautam (2017). “Seismic performance of world heritage sites in Kathmandu valley during Gorkha seismic sequence of April-May 2015”, Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities, 31(5) doi: 10.1061/(ASCE)CF.1943-5509.0001040 http://ascelibrary.org/doi/10.1061/%28ASCE%29CF.1943-5509.0001040.

  • Dipendra Gautam, Filippo Santucci de Magistris, and Giovanni Fabbrocino (2017). “Soil liquefaction in Kathmandu valley due to 2015 Gorkha earthquake”, Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 97:37-47.

  • Dipendra Gautam, Hemchandra Chaulagain, Hugo Rodrigues, and Hemraj Shahi (2017). “Ground response based preliminary microzonation of Kathmandu valley”, Geotechnical Engineering, 48(4):87-92.

  • Dipendra Gautam (2017). “Unearthed lessons of 2015 Gorkha earthquake (MW 7.8): Geotechnical earthquake engineering perspectives”, Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk, 8(2): 1358-1382.

  • Dipendra Gautam (2017). “Assessment of social vulnerability to natural hazards in Nepal”, Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 17:2313-2320. doi: 10.5194/nhess-17-2313-2017.

  • Dipendra Gautam (2017). “Mapping surface motion parameters and liquefaction susceptibility in Tribhuvan International Airport, Nepal”, Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk, 8(2):1173-1184.

  • Hemchandra Chaulagain, Hugo Rodrigues, Humberto Varum, Vitor Silva, and Dipendra Gautam (2017). “Generation of spectrum compatible acceleration time history for Nepal”, Comptes-Rendus Geoscience, 349(5): 198-201.

  • Dipendra Gautam (2017). “Empirical correlation between uncorrected standard penetration resistance (SPT-N) and shear wave velocity (Vs) for Kathmandu Valley, Nepal”, Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk, 8(2):496-508.

  • Steven Wesnousky, Yasuhiro Kumahara, Deepak Chamlagain, Ian Pierce, Alina Karki, and Dipendra Gautam (2017). “Geological observation on large earthquakes along the Himalayan frontal fault near Kathmandu, Nepal”, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 457: 366-375.

  • Andre Barbosa, Larry Fahnestock, Damon Fick, Dipendra Gautam, Rajendra Soti, Richard Wood, Babak Moaveni, Andreas Stavridis, Micheal J. Olsen, and Hugo Rodrigues (2017). “Performance of medium-to-high rise reinforced concrete frame buildings with masonry infill in the 2015 Gorkha, Nepal, earthquake”, Earthquake Spectra, 33(S1): S197-S218.

  • Dipendra Gautam, Bhesh Raj Thapa, and Raghu N. Prajapati (2017). “Indigenous water management system in Nepal: cultural dimensions of water distribution, cascaded reuse and harvesting in Bhaktapur City”, Environment, Development and Sustainability, 20(4): 1889-1900, doi: 10.1007/s10668-017-9964-2.

  • Dipendra Gautam and Hemchandra Chaulagain (2016) “Structural performance and associated lessons to be learned by Nepal from world earthquakes after the 25 April 2015 (MW 7.8) Gorkha earthquake”, Engineering Failure Analysis, 68:222-243.

  • Dipendra Gautam, Giovanni Forte, and Hugo Rodrigues (2016). “Site effects and associated structural damages in Kathmandu valley”, Earthquakes and Structures, 10(5):1013-1032.

  • Dipendra Gautam and Deepak Chamlagain (2016). “Preliminary assessment of seismic site effects in the fluvio-lacustrine sediments of Kathmandu Valley, Nepal”, Natural Hazards, 81(3):1745-1769.

  • Dipendra Gautam, Hugo Rodrigues, Krishna Kumar Bhetwal, Pramod Neupane, and Yasushi Sanada (2016). “Common construction and structural deficiencies of Nepalese buildings”, Innovative Infrastructure Solutions, 1:1, doi: 10.1007/s41062-016-0001-3.

  • Dipendra Gautam, Jyoti Prajapati, Kuh Valencia Paterno, Krishna Kumar Bhetwal, and Pramod Neupane (2016). “Disaster resilient vernacular housing technology in Nepal”, Geoenvironmental Disasters, 3:1, doi: 10.1186/s40677-016-0036-y.

  • Dipendra Gautam and Deepak Chamlagain (2016). “Seismic response estimation along NW-SE section of Kathmandu valley alluvium” Nepal Engineers’ Association Technical Journal (Gorkha Special Issue), Vol. XLIII-EC-30(1): 4-9.

  • Pramod Neupane and Dipendra Gautam (2016). “Seismic strengthening of reinforced concrete structures by post-tensioned metal straps”, Nepal Engineers’ Association Technical Journal (Gorkha Special Issue), Vol. XLIII-EC-30(1): 62-66.

  • Stephen Angster, Eric Fielding, Steven Wesnousky, Ian Pierce, Deepak Chamlagain, Dipendra Gautam, Bishal Nath Upreti, Yasuhiro Kumahara, and Takashi Nakata (2015). “Field reconnaissance after the April 25, 2015 M 7.8 Gorkha earthquake”, Seismological Research Letters, 86(6):1506-1513.

Refereed Book Chapters

  • Y. Sawaki, R. Rupakhety, S. Olafsson, D. Gautam (2019). “System identification of a residential building in Kathmandu using aftershocks of 2015 Gorkha earthquake and triggered noise data”, Geotechnical, Geological and Earthquake Engineering, Springer, 47, pp. 233-247.

  • Hemchandra Chaulagain, Dipendra Gautam, Hugo Rodrigues (2017). “Revisiting major historical earthquakes in Nepal: overview of 1833, 1934, 1988, 2011, and 2015 seismic events”, In: Dipendra Gautam and Hugo Rodrigues (Eds.) Impacts and Insights of Gorkha Earthquake, Elsevier, http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780128128084000018.

  • Humberto Varum, Rakesh Dumaru, Andre Furtado, Andre Barbosa, Dipendra Gautam, Hugo Rodrigues (2017). “Seismic performance of buildings in Nepal after the Gorkha earthquake”, In: Dipendra Gautam and Hugo Rodrigues (Eds.) Impacts and Insights of Gorkha Earthquake, Elsevier, http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780128128084000031

  • Kai Weise, Dipendra Gautam, Hugo Rodrigues (2017). “Assessment and analysis of damage in Kathmandu historic monuments after Gorkha earthquake”, In: Dipendra Gautam and Hugo Rodrigues (Eds.) Impacts and Insights of Gorkha Earthquake, Elsevier, http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780128128084000043

  • Dipendra Gautam (2017). “Past and future of earthquake risk reduction policies and interventions in Nepal”, In: Dipendra Gautam and Hugo Rodrigues (eds.) Impacts and Insights of Gorkha Earthquake, Elsevier, http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780128128084000079

  • Deepak Chamlagain, Dipendra Gautam (2015). “Seismic hazard in the Himalayan Intermontane basins: An example from Kathmandu Valley, Nepal”, In: R. Shaw and H.K. Nibanupudi (Eds.) Mountain Hazards and Disaster Risk Reduction, Chapter 5, Springer, Pp.73-103. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-4-431-55242-0_5.

Technical Reports
Invited Blogs