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Dr. John C. Wilson
 B. Eng., M.Eng. (McMaster),
Ph.D. (Caltech.), P.Eng.

Office JHE 224
Extension 24299
Email address jcwilson@mcmaster.ca

 Professor, Civil Engineering

Structures and Earthquake Engineering

Research Interests

  • Earthquake Engineering
  • Cable-Stayed Bridges

Specific Research Interests and Activities:

  • Structural dynamics and earthquake engineering
  • Dynamic and seismic behaviour of cable-stayed bridges
  • Use of shape-memory alloys in earthquake engineering
  • System identification in earthquake engineering and structural dynamics
  • Experimental structural dynamics of full-scale bridges
  • Seismic assessment and retrofit of existing bridges
  • Techniques for seismic analysis of bridge abutments
  • Analysis of strong-motion earthquake records

Publications

  • Bruneau, M., Wilson, J.C., and Tremblay, R., “Performance of steel bridges during the 1995 Hyogo-ken Nanbu (Kobe, Japan) earthquake”, Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, Vol. 23, No. 3, 1996, pp 678-713. (1996 PL Pratley Outstanding Paper of the Year Award from CSCE).
  • Wilson, J.C., "Collapse of a Viewing Platform", Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, Vol 27, June 2000, pp 421-432.
  • Wilson, J.C., and Justason, M., "A method for evaluating stiffness of bridge abutments for seismic analysis", Journal of European Earthquake Engineering, Vol 3, 2001, pp 22-28.
  • Pridham, B.A., and Wilson, J.C., "A study of damping errors in correlation-driven stochastic realizations using short data sets", Journal of Probabilistic Engineering Mechanics, Vol. 18, 2003, pp 61-77.
  • Wilson, J.C. "Repair of new long span bridges damaged by the 1995 Kobe earthquake", ASCE Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities, Vol. 17, No. 4, 2003, pp 196-205. (2003 Outstanding Paper of the Year Award from ASCE Technical Council on Forensic Engineering).
  • Wesolowsky, M.J., and Wilson, J.C., "Seismic isolation of cable-stayed bridges for near-field ground motion", Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, Vol. 32, No. 13, 2003, pp 2107-2126.
  • Pridham, B.A., and Wilson, J.C., "Identification of base excited structures using output-only parameter estimation", Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, Vol. 33, No. 1, 2004, pp 133-155.
  • Pridham, B.A., and Wilson, J.C., "A re-assessment of dynamic characteristics of the Quincy Bayview Bridge using output-only identification techniques", Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, Vol. 34, No. 7, 2005, pp 787-805.
  • Wilson, J.C., and Wesolowsky, M., "Shape memory alloys for seismic response modification: a state-of-the-art review", Earthquake Spectra, Vol. 21, No. 2, 2005, pp 569-601.