Conference Presentations


DIZHUR has co-delivered over 80 presentations at technical conferences worldwide. Some selective examples of the presented work are listed below.

 

2018

(2018) DIZHUR, D., GIARETTON, M., INGHAM, J.M. ‘URM wall‐to‐diaphragm and timber joist connection testing’. 10th International Masonry Conference, Milan, Italy, July 9-11

(2018) ABELING, S., CUTFIELD, M., DIZHUR, D., HORSPOOL, N., JOHNSTON, D., INGHAM, J.M. ‘Casualty estimation from falling masonry debris based on 2010/2011 Canterbury earthquake damage’. 10th International Masonry Conference, Milan, Italy, July 9-11

(2018) GALVEZ, F., SORRENTINO, L., INGHAM, J., DIZHUR, D. ‘One way bending capacity prediction of unreinforced masonry walls with varying cross section configurations’. 10th International Masonry Conference, Milan, Italy, July 9-11

(2018) BOTHARA, J., GIONG, I., INGHAM, J., DIZHUR, D. ‘Numerical study on partially‐reinforced semi‐dressed stone masonry for build‐back-better in Nepal’. 10th International Masonry Conference, Milan, Italy, July 9-11

(2018) ALLEN, C., DIZHUR, D., MASIA, M., INGHAM, J. ‘Nonlinear finite element analysis of an unreinforced masonry building damaged in the 2010‐2011 Christchurch earthquake swarm’. 10th International Masonry Conference, Milan, Italy, July 9-11

(2018) GALVEZ, F., DIZHUR, D., ABELING, S., INGHAM, J.M. ‘Discrete element modelling of a two storey unreinforced masonry scaled model’. 10th International Masonry Conference, Milan, Italy, July 9-11

(2018) GALVEZ, F., SEGATTA, S., GIARETTON, M., WALSH, K., GIONGO, I., DIZHUR, D. ‘FE and DE modelling of out-of-plane two way bending behaviour of unreinforced masonry walls’. 16th European Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Thessaloniki, Greece 18-21, June

(2018) DIZHUR D., GIARETTON M., INGHAM J., GRIFFITH M. ‘Bridge between research and practice in earthquake assessment and retrofit of masonry buildings’. New Zealand Society of Earthquake Engineering Conference, April 13-15, Auckland, New Zealand.

(2018) BOTHARA, J., DIZHUR D., DHAKAL R., INGHAM J., ‘From the 1988 Udaypur to the 2015 Gorkha earthquake, Nepal and beyond’. New Zealand Society of Earthquake Engineering Conference, April 13-15, Auckland, New Zealand.

(2018) KENNERLEY M.R., CAIRNCROSS C.J., GIARETTON M., DIZHUR D.. ‘Shake-table testing of quarter-scaled unreinforced masonry buildings’. New Zealand Society of Earthquake Engineering Conference, April 13-15, Auckland, New Zealand.

(2018) MISNON N. A., ABELING S., HARE J., JAFARZADEH R., INGHAM J. M., DIZHUR D. ‘Heritage Hotel case study: seismic retrofit of an unreinforced masonry building prior to the Canterbury Earthquakes’. Proceedings of the 10th Australasian Masonry Conference. 587-. 12-14 Feb

(2018) DIZHUR D., GIARETTON M., DERAKHSHAN H., INGHAM J., GRIFFITH M. ‘In-situ earthquake testing and securing of domestic URM chimneys’. Proceedings of the 10th Australasian Masonry Conference. 523-. 12-14 Feb

(2018) WALSH K.Q., DIZHUR D.Y., GIONGO I., DERAKHSHAN H., INGHAM J.M. ‘Comparison between predicted URM wall out-of-plane displacement-based performance and in-situ proof test results’. Proceedings of the 10th Australasian Masonry Conference. 417-. 12-14 Feb

(2018) GÁLVEZ F., ABELING S., IP K., GIOVINAZZI S., DIZHUR D., AND INGHAM J. ‘Using the macro-element method to seismically assess complex URM buildings’. Proceedings of the 10th Australasian Masonry Conference. 185-. 12-14 Feb

(2018) MISNON N. A., DIZHUR D., GIARETTON M., INGHAM JM. ‘Pull-out testing of near surface mounted steel wire rope in unreinforced masonry’. Proceedings of the 10th Australasian Masonry Conference. 322-. 12-14 Feb

(2018) INGHAM JM, DIZHUR D, GIARETTON M, WALSH KQ, DERAKHSHAN H, JAFARZADEH R, GRIFFITH M, MASIA MJ ‘Securing of unreinforced masonry parapets and facades - from fundamental research to national policy’. Proceedings of the 10th Australasian Masonry Conference. 1-14. 12-14 Feb

(2018) BOTHARA J, DIZHUR D, INGHAM JM. ‘Masonry building design for earthquake-affected remote areas of Nepal’. Proceedings of the 10th Australasian Masonry Conference. 48-62. 12-14 Feb

(2018) IP K, DIZHUR D, SORRENTINO L, MASIA M, GRIFFITH M, INGHAM JM. ‘Critical review of numerical modelling techniques for seismic response of complex URM buildings’. Proceedings of the 10th Australasian Masonry Conference. 136-149. 12-14 Feb

2017

(2017) GALVEZ, F., IP, K., VACULIK, J., GRIFFITH, M. C., SORRENTINO, L., DIZHUR, D., INGHAM, J. M. ‘Discrete element modelling to predict failure strength of unreinforced masonry walls’, Australian Earthquake Engineering Society 2017 Conference, Canberra, Australia, 24-26 Nov.

(2017) GRIFFITH, M., DERAKHSHAN, H., VACULIK, J., GIARETTON, M.  DIZHUR, D., INGHAM J. ‘Seismic Performance Expectations for Australian Unreinforced Masonry Buildings’ Australian Earthquake Engineering Society 2017 Conference, 24-26 November 2017. Canberra, Australia.

(2017) BOTHARA, J., DIZHUR, D., DHAKAL, R., INGHAM, J. M. ‘Context and Issues during Post-Earthquake Rapid Evaluation of Buildings after the 2015 Nepal (Gorkha) Earthquake’, SESOC NZ Conference, Wellington, 2-3 November.

(2017) DIZHUR, D., INGHAM, J. M., GIARETTON, M. Damage observations following the Mw 7.8 2016 Kaikoura earthquake. International Conference on Earthquake engineering and Structural Dynamics. 12-14 June. Reykjavik, Iceland.

(2017) INGHAM, J. M., DIZHUR, D., GIARETTON, M. ‘The intractable problem of earthquake prone buildings’, Proceedings of the CSCEHKB Conference 2017 ‘Seismic effects on buildings and infrastructure’, 9-10 June, pp. 41-48, Hong Kong,

(2017) WALSH, K., DIZHUR, D., GIONGO, I., DERAKHSHAN, H., INGHAM, J.  Comparison between predicted URM wall out-of-plane strength-based capacity and in situ proof test results. 13th Canadian Masonry Symposium - CMS June 4-7 Halifax, Canada.

(2017) FIKRI, R., DIZHUR, D., & INGHAM, J. Empirical vulnerability assessment of reinforced concrete frame with masonry infill buildings in the Canterbury earthquake sequence. 13th Canadian Masonry Symposium - CMS June 4-7 Halifax, Canada.

(2017) DIZHUR, D., GIARETTON, M., CROWE, K., CLEAVER, T., & INGHAM, J. Securing solutions for face-loaded clay brick URM walls. 13th Canadian Masonry Symposium – CMS June 4-7 Halifax, Canada.

(2017) MCCAULEY, J., INGHAM, J., and DIZHUR, D., ‘In-Situ Testing of a Post Tensioned Seismically Retrofitted Full Scale Unreinforced Masonry Chimney’. New Zealand Society of Earthquake Engineering Conference, April 27-29, Wellington, New Zealand.

(2017) GIARETTON, M., INGHAM, J., and DIZHUR, D., ‘Timber strong-backs as cost-effective seismic retrofit method for URM buildings’. New Zealand Society of Earthquake Engineering Conference, April 27-29, Wellington, New Zealand.

(2017) PARTINGTON, M., DIZHUR, D., INGHAM, J., AND EGBELAKIN, T. ‘Evaluating designs on existing buildings using Heritage Evaluation Framework’. New Zealand Society of Earthquake Engineering Conference, April 27-29, Wellington, New Zealand.

(2017) ABELING, S.R., MISNON, A.N., DIZHUR, D., and INGHAM, J. ‘Exemplar seismic retrofits of Christchurch URM buildings’. New Zealand Society of Earthquake Engineering Conference, April 27-29, Wellington, New Zealand.

(2017) DIZHUR, D., GIARETTON, M., AND INGHAM, J. “Seismic restraints for clay brick URM parapets validated using shake-table testing.” 16th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering - WCEE, (Santiago, January 9th-13th) Chile.

2016

(2016) MISNON, N.A., DIZHUR, D., MACKENZIE, J., INGHAM J. ‘Evaluation of seismically retrofitted masonry substation buildings’, Australian Earthquake Engineering Society Conference, 25-27 November, Melbourne, Australia

(2016) ABELING, S.,· DIZHUR, D. , INGHAM J. ‘A multidisciplinary evaluation of URM buildings successfully retrofitted prior to the 2010/11 Canterbury earthquake sequence’, Australian Earthquake Engineering Society Conference, 25-27 November, Melbourne, Australia

(2016) LIM, J., KIM, J., del REY CASTILLO, E., GRIFFITH, M., DIZHUR, D., INGHAM, J. ‘Characterisation of fibre rupture failure mode of bent fibre reinforced polymer (FRP) anchors’, The 2016 New Zealand Concrete Industries Conference, Auckland, 6-8 October.

(2016) DIZHUR, D., GRIFFITH, M., BIGGS, D., SHCULTZ. A., INGHAM J. ‘Performance of unreinforced masonry and infilled RC buildings during the 2015 Gorkha, Nepal earthquake sequence’. 16th International Brick and Block Masonry Conference, 27-29 June, Padova, Italy

(2016) DIZHUR, D., GIARETTON, M., INGHAM J. ‘Shake table testing of retrofitted clay brick masonry chimneys’. 16th International Brick and Block Masonry Conference, 27-29 June, Padova, Italy

(2016) GIARETTON, M., DIZHUR, D., DE PORTO, F., INGHAM, J. ‘Retrofitting URM cavity walls for out-of-plane composite behaviour’. 16th International Brick and Block Masonry Conference, 27-29 June, Padova, Italy. 

(2016) FOWLIE, B., LIN, Y., and DIZHUR, D., ‘Detailing and on-site construction issues encountered during seismic retrofit of URM buildings’. New Zealand Society of Earthquake Engineering Conference, April 1-3, Christchurch, New Zealand.

(2016) QIU, H., CHIN, J., INGHAM, J.M. and DIZHUR, D., ‘Experimental shear testing of unreinforced masonry wall panels’. New Zealand Society of Earthquake Engineering Conference, April 1-3, Christchurch, New Zealand.

(2016) MARINO, S., CATTARI, S., LAGOMARSINO, S., INGHAM, J.M. and DIZHUR, D., ‘Modelling of two damaged unreinforced masonry buildings following the Canterbury earthquakes’. New Zealand Society of Earthquake Engineering Conference, April 1-3, Christchurch, New Zealand.

2015

(2015) GIONGO, I., DIZHUR, D., TOMASI, R., and INGHAM, J. M. ‘Seismic assessment procedures for flexible timber diaphragms’. The 2nd International Conference on Historic Earthquake-Resistant Timber Frames in the Mediterranean Area (H.Ea.R.T). 2-4 December 2015, Lisbon, Portugal.

(2015) DIZHUR, D., GIARETTON, M., BRISACQUE.M, and INGHAM J.M. ‘Performance of as-built and retrofitted URM parapets during the 2010/2011 Canterbury earthquakes’. Tenth Pacific Conference on Earthquake Engineering Building an Earthquake-Resilient Pacific 6-8 November 2015, Sydney, Australia.

(2015) GIARETTON, M., DIZHUR, D., QIAN, F., and INGHAM J.M. ‘Dynamic behaviour of seismically retrofitted clay brick masonry cavity walls’. Tenth Pacific Conference on Earthquake Engineering Building an Earthquake-Resilient Pacific 6-8 November 2015, Sydney, Australia.

(2015) HOGAN, L.S., WALSH K., INGHAM J.M and DIZHUR, D. ‘Experimental pushover testing of a full-scale unreinforced clay brick masonry building’. Tenth Pacific Conference on Earthquake Engineering Building an Earthquake-Resilient Pacific 6-8 November 2015, Sydney, Australia.

(2015) DEL REY CASTELLO, E., DIZHUR, D., LOURENCO, P., and INGHAM J.M. ‘Seismic Assessment of a URM Building and Effect of Floor Diaphragm Stiffness’. Tenth Pacific Conference on Earthquake Engineering Building an Earthquake-Resilient Pacific 6-8 November 2015, Sydney, Australia.

(2015) PIR, A., HOGAN, L.S., DIZHUR, D., WALSH K., and INGHAM J.M. ‘A comparison of numerically and experimentally obtained in-plane responses of a full-scale unreinforced masonry building frame’. Tenth Pacific Conference on Earthquake Engineering Building an Earthquake-Resilient Pacific 6-8 November 2015, Sydney, Australia.

(2015) WALSH, K., DIZHUR, D., DERAKHSHAN, H., GRIFFITH, M., and INGHAM, J. ‘Out-of-plane seismic assessment of clay brick masonry cavity walls considering different boundary conditions’. 12th North American Masonry Conference, May 17 – 20, Denver, Colorado 

(2015) CATTARI S., GIONGO I., MARINO S., LIN Y., SCHIRO G., INGHAM J.M. and DIZHUR D. ‘Numerical simulation of the seismic response of an earthquake damaged URM building’. New Zealand Society of Earthquake Engineering Conference, April 10-12, Rotorua, New Zealand.

(2015) HOGAN, L. S. WALSH, K.Q., BESKHYROUN, S., INGHAM, J.M. AND DIZHUR D. ‘Contribution of timber-framed partition walls to the dynamic characteristics of an unreinforced masonry building’. New Zealand Society of Earthquake Engineering Conference, April 10-12, Rotorua, New Zealand.

2014

(2014) SCHULTZ, A.E., DIZHUR, D., AND INGHAM, J.M. ‘Deformation response of adhesive anchors in retrofitted masonry structures during the 2010/2011 Canterbury, New Zealand earthquakes’ Proceedings, Structural Faults & Repair 2014, London, England, July 8-10.  

(2014) WALSH, K., DIZHUR, D., SHAFAEI J., DERAKHSHAN, H., and INGHAM, J. M. ‘Out-of-Plane In-Situ Testing of Masonry Cavity Walls in As-Built and Improved Conditions’. Australian Earthquake Engineering Society 2014 Conference, Nov 21-23, Lorne, Victoria.

(2014) GIONGO, I., DIZHUR, D., TOMASI, R., and INGHAM, J. M. ‘In-situ testing of wall-to-diaphragm shear transferring connections in an existing clay brick URM building’. 9th International Masonry Conference, July 7-9, 2014, Guimarães, Portugal.

(2014) WALSH, K., CUMMUSKEY, P., DIZHUR, D., and INGHAM, J. M. ‘Seismic Characterisation of Unreinforced Masonry Buildings in Auckland, New Zealand’. 9th International Masonry Conference, July 7-9, 2014, Guimarães, Portugal.

(2014) GIARETTON, M., DIZHUR, D., PORTO, F., and INGHAM, J. M. ‘Unreinforced stone masonry buildings in New Zealand: Inventory and material characterisation’. 9th International Masonry Conference, July 7-9, 2014, Guimarães, Portugal.

(2014) DIZHUR, D., GRIFFITH, M., and INGHAM J. M. ‘Improvement of unreinforced masonry wall panels shear strength using NSM CFRP strips’. 9th International Masonry Conference, July 7-9, 2014, Guimarães, Portugal.

2013

(2013) DIZHUR, D., BAILEY, S., TROWSDALE, J, GRIFFITH, M. and INGHAM, J. M. ‘Performance of posttensioned seismic retrofit of two stone masonry buildings during the Canterbury earthquakes’ Australian Earthquake Engineering Society  Conference, Nov 15-17, Hobart, Tasmania.

(2013) WALSH, K., LIU, P., DIZHUR, D., and INGHAM, J. ‘Detailed seismic assessment of a Hawke’s Bay Art Deco case study building’, NZ Concrete Industry Conference, 3-5 October, Queenstown, New Zealand.

(2013) GIONGO, I., DIZHUR, D., TOMASI, R., and INGHAM, J. M. ‘In-Plane assessment of existing timber diaphragms in URM buildings via quasi-static and dynamic in situ tests’, 2nd International Conference on Structural Health Assessment of Timber Structures, September 4-6, Trento, Italy.

(2013) DIZHUR, D., SCHULTZ, A., and INGHAM, J. M. Performance of adhesive wall-to-diaphragm connections in the Canterbury Earthquakes and the subsequent experimental pull-out test program, 12th Canadian Masonry Symposium Vancouver, British Columbia, June 2-5, 2013

(2013) ALLEN, C., MASIA, M., DERAKHSHAN, H., GRIFFITH, M., DIZHUR, D., AND INGHAM, J. What ductility value should be used when assessing unreinforced masonry buildings?, New Zealand Society of Earthquake Engineering Conference, April 26-28, Wellington, New Zealand.

(2013) DIZHUR, D., CAMPBELL, J., SCHULTZ, A., INGHAM, J. M. ‘Experimental Pull-Out Test Program of Wall-to-Diaphragm Adhesive Connections and Observations from 2010/2011 Canterbury Earthquakes’, New Zealand Society of Earthquake Engineering Conference, April 26-28, Wellington, New Zealand.

2012

(2012) MOON, L. M., DIZHUR, D., INGHAM, J. M., GRIFFITH, M. C., ‘Seismic Performance of Masonry Buildings in the Christchurch Earthquakes 2010-2011: A Progress Report’, Australian Earthquake Engineering Society 2012 Conference, Gold Coast, Qld, Australia, 7-9 Dec.

(2012) DIZHUR, D., INGHAM, J. M. ‘Report on the ‘Project Masonry’ recovery project’, SESOC NZ Conference, Auckland, 2-3 November.

(2012) INGHAM, J. M., DIZHUR, D., MOON, L. M., GRFFITH, M. C. ‘Performance of earthquake strengthened URM buildings in the 2010/2011 Christchurch earthquake sequence’, 15th International Brick and Block Masonry Conference (15IB2Mac), Florianópolis, Brazil, June 3-6.

(2012) DIZHUR, D., MOON, L. INGHAM, J.M. ‘Observed performance of residential masonry veneer construction in the 2010/2011 Canterbury earthquake sequence’, 15th International Brick and Block Masonry Conference. Florianópolis, Brazil. June 03 -06, 2012

(2012) MOON, L., INGHAM, J. M., DIZHUR, D., GRIFFITH, M. ‘Performance of unreinforced masonry buildings in the Christchurch earthquakes of 2010 and 2011’, 15th International Brick and Block Masonry Conference. Florianópolis, Brazil. June 03 -06, 2012

2011

(2011) LUMANTARNA, R., DIZHUR, D. LIU, P., INGHAM, J. M. ‘Studies on the material properties of the Aurora Tavern, Auckland’, Proceedings of the Ninth Pacific Conference on Earthquake Engineering: Building an earthquake resilient society, 14-16 April, Auckland, Paper No. 235.

(2011) INGHAM, J. M., MOON, L., DICKIE, J., DIZHUR, D. ‘Performance of masonry buildings in the Christchurch earthquakes’, Proceedings of the Ninth Pacific Conference on Earthquake Engineering: Building an earthquake resilient society, 14-16 April, Auckland, Presentation No. 163.

2010

(2010) DIZHUR, D., LUMANTARNA, R., DERAKHSHAN, H., INGHAM, J. M. ‘Testing of an earthquake-damaged unreinforced masonry building’, Joint conference proceedings, 7th International Conference on Urban Earthquake Engineering (7CUEE) &, 5th International Conference on Earthquake Engineering (5ICEE), Tokyo, Japan, March 03-05, 2010.

(2010) DIZHUR, D., DERAKHSHAN, H., LUMANTARNA, R., INGHAM, J. M. ‘In-situ out-of-plane testing of unreinforced masonry wall segment in Wintec Block F Building’, Proc. 2010 NZSEE Conference, Wellington, New Zealand, March 26-28, 2010.

(2010) DIZHUR, D., LUMANTARNA, R., DERAKHSHAN, H., INGHAM, J. M. ‘In-situ testing of a residential unreinforced masonry building in Wellington, New Zealand’, 8th International masonry conference (8IMC), Dresden, Germany, July 04-07, 2010.

(2010) LUMANTARNA, R., DIZHUR, D., DERAKHSHAN, H., INGHAM, J. M. ‘Strength and stiffness of URM: comparison between laboratory and field tests’, 8th International masonry conference (8IMC), Dresden, Germany, July 04-07, 2010.

(2010) DERAKHSHAN, H., LUMANTARNA, R., DIZHUR, D., INGHAM, J. M. ‘In-situ airbag testing of unreinforced masonry walls’, 8th International masonry conference (8IMC), Dresden, Germany, July 04-07, 2010.

2009

(2009) DIZHUR, D., DERAKHSHAN, H., CUTHBERT, J., INGHAM, J. M. ‘In-situ out-of-plane testing of unreinforced masonry partition walls’ Proc. 2009 NZSEE Conference, Christchurch, New Zealand, April 3-5, 2009.

(2009) DIZHUR, D., DERAKHSHAN, H., INGHAM, J. M., GRIFFITH, M.C. ‘In-situ out-of-plane testing of unreinforced masonry partition walls’, 11th Canadian Masonry Symposium, Toronto, Canada, May 31-June 3, 2009.

(2009) DIZHUR, D., RUSSELL, A. P., INGHAM, J. M., LAUSEN, P. T. ‘Experience from California, USA on Seismic Retrofit of Unreinforced Masonry Buildings’, 2009 NZSEE Conference: ’Why do we still tolerate buildings that are unsafe in earthquakes?’, New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering, Paper No. 12 (oral presentation only), Christchurch, April 3-5.