Publications of G. Wu

• Guoxi Wu 1992. Seismic induced flow deformation and remediation study of Sardis dam. M.A. Sc. Thesis, Department of Civil Engineering, the University of British Columbia, Vancouver.
• Guoxi Wu 1994. Dynamic soil-structure interaction: Pile foundations and retaining structures. Ph.D. thesis, Department of Civil Engineering, the University of British Columbia, Vancouver. Download Now
• Finn, W.D.L., Wu, G., and Yoshida, N. 1992. Seismic response of sheet pile walls. Proceedings of the 10th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Madrid, pp. 1689-1694. Download Now
• Finn, W.D.L., Wu, G., and Yoshida, N. 1992. Seismic lateral pressures on sheet pile walls from saturated backfills under strong shaking. Proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on Numerical Models in Geomechanics, Swansea, UK, pp. 393-402.
• Finn, W.D.L., and Wu, G. 1993. Seismic response of pile reinforced sections of Sardis dam. Report to US Army Corps of Engineers, Waterways Experimental Station, Vicksburg, Mississippi.
• Finn, W.D.L., Wu, G., and Ledbetter, R.H. 1993. Seismic response of pile reinforced section of Sardis dam. Proceedings of the Seminar on Impact of Computational Mechanics on Engineering Problems, Sydney, Australia, pp. 183-188.
• Finn, W.D.L., Wu, G., and Ventura, C.E. 1993. Preliminary studies of ground motions at Treasure Island and Yerba Buena sites during the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake. Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering, St. Louis, Missouri, pp. 1781-1788.
• Finn, W.D.L., Ventura, C.E., and Wu, G. 1993. Analysis of ground motions at Treasure Island site during the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, No. 12, pp. 383 390.
• Finn, W.D.L., Wu, G., and Ledbetter, R.H. 1994. Recent developments in the static and dynamic analysis of pile groups. Proceedings of the 8th Vancouver Geotechnical Society Symposium - Deep Foundations, Vancouver, pp. 1-24.
• Finn, W.D.L., Wu, G., and Ledbetter, R.H. 1994. Problems in seismic soil-structure interaction. Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics, Morgantown, West Virginia, pp. 139-152.
• Finn, W.D.L., Ledbetter, R.H., and Wu, G. 1994. Liquefaction in silty soils: Design and analysis. Ground Failures under Seismic Conditions, ASCE Geotechnical Special Publication No. 44, pp. 51-76.
• Finn,W.D.L., and Wu, G. 1994. Recent developments in dynamic analysis of piles. Proceedings of the 9th Japan Symposium on Earthquake Engineering, Tokyo, 6 pages.
• Wu, G., and Finn, W.D.L. 1994. PILE-3D: A computer program for 3D non-linear dynamic analysis of single piles and pile groups in layered soils. Department of Civil Engineering, the University of British Columbia, Vancouver.
• Wu, G., and Finn, W.D.L. 1994. SPAW: A computer program for non-linear analysis of seismic pressures against rigid walls. Department of Civil Engineering, the University of British Columbia, Vancouver

  1995:

• Finn, W.D.L., Wu, G., and Thavaraj, T. 1995. Seismic response of pile foundations for bridges. Proceedings of the 7th Canadian Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Montréal, June, pp. 779 786.
• Finn, W.D.L., Wu, G., and Thavaraj, T. 1995. Seismic response analysis of pile foundations. Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, Crete, Greece, pp. 459-466.
• Wu, G., and Finn, W.D.L. 1995. A new method of dynamic analysis of pile groups. Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, Crete, Greece, pp. 467 474.
• Wu, G. 1995. Dynamic response analysis of saturated granular soils to blast loads using a single phase model. A research report submitted to the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, AGRA Earth Environmental Ltd., Burnaby Download Now

  1996:

• Finn, W.D.L., and Wu, G. 1996. Nonlinear seismic analysis of pile foundations. Proceedings of the 11th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Paper No. 1414, Acapulco, Mexico.
• Finn, W.D.L., Thavaraj, T., and Wu, G. 1996. Seismic analysis of pile foundations: State-of-art. Proceedings of the 11th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Paper No. 2073, Acapulco, Mexico.
• Wu, G., and Gohl, W.B. 1996. Improvement of saturated sand using blasting technique. Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Soft Soil Engineering, Nanjing, China, pp. 315-320.
• Wu, G., and Finn, W.D.L. 1996. Seismic pressures against rigid walls. ASCE National Convention for "Analysis and Design of Retaining Structures against Earthquakes", Washington, DC, ASCE Geotechnical Special Publication: GSP 60, pp. 1-18.
• Wu, G. 1996. Seismic soil pressures against vertical rigid walls. Proceedings of the 10th Vancouver Geotechnical Society Symposium - Earth Retention Systems, Vancouver.
• Wu, G. 1996. Volume change and residual pore water pressure of saturated granular soils to blast loads. A research report submitted to the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. AGRA Earth & Environmental Ltd., Burnaby Download Now
• Wu, G. 1996. BLAST: A computer program for non-linear dynamic response analysis of granular soil to blast loads.

  1997:

• Finn, W.D.L., Sasaki, Y., and Wu, G. 1997. Simulation of response of the Kushiro River Dike to the 1993 Kushiro-oki and 1994 Hokkaido Toho-oki earthquakes. Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, Hamburg, Germany, pp. 99-102.
• Finn, W.D.L., Wu, G., and Thavaraj, T. 1997. Soil-pile-structure interactions. Seismic Analysis and Design for Soil-Pile-Structure Interactions. ASCE National Convention, Minneapolis, pp. 1-22.
• Finn, W.D.L., Wu, G., and Thavaraj, T. 1997. Nonlinear seismic response of pile foundations during strong earthquake shaking. Seismic Behaviour of Ground and Geotechnical Structures, Séco e Pinto (editor), ©1997, Balkema, Rotterdam, pp.195-204.
• Gohl, B., Sorensen, E., Wu, G., and Pennells, E. 1997. Nonlinear soil-structure interaction analyses of a 2-span bridge on soft silt foundations. US National Seismic Conference on Bridges and Highways, Sacramento, California, pp. 177-191.
• Finn, W.D.L., Ledbetter, R.H., and Wu, G. 1997. The stabilization of the upstream slope of Sardis Dam using driven prestressed concrete piles: Methods of analysis. Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics, Wuhan, China, pp. 141-150.
• Wu, G., and Finn, W.D.L. 1997a. Dynamic elastic analysis of pile foundations using finite element method in the frequency domain. Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 34: 34-43. Download Now
• Wu, G., and Finn, W.D.L. 1997b. Dynamic nonlinear analysis of pile foundations using finite element method in the time domain. Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 34: 44-52. Download Now
• Wu, G. 1997. CABLE-1D: A computer program for nonlinear seismic analysis of pipes/cables on slopes.

1998:

• Gohl, W.B., Tsujino, S., Wu, G., Yoshida, N., Howie, J.A., and Everard, J. 1998. Field applications of explosive compaction in silty soils and numerical analysis. Proceedings of 1998 Specialty Conference on Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics III, Seattle, ASCE Geotechnical Special Publication No. 75, pp. 654-665.
• Wu, G. 1998. VERSAT-S2D: A computer program for static 2-dimensional finite element analysis of continua, Version 98. Wutec Geotechnical International, Vancouver, Canada.
• Wu, G. 1998. VERSAT-D2D: A computer program for dynamic 2-dimensional finite element analysis of continua, Version 98. Wutec Geotechnical International, Vancouver, Canada.

1999:

• Finn, W.D.L, Sasaki, Y., Wu, G., and Thavaraj, T. 1999. Stability of flood protection dikes with potentially liquefiable foundations: analysis and screening criterion. Proceedings of the 13th Vancouver Geotechnical Society Symposium - Slope Stability & Landslides, Vancouver, pp. 47-54.
• Wu, G., and Finn, W.D.L. 1999. Seismic lateral pressures for design of rigid walls. Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 36: 509-522. Download Now

2001:

• Wu, G. 2001. Earthquake induced deformation analyses of the Upper San Fernando dam under the 1971 San Fernando earthquake. Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 38: 1-15. Download Now

2002:

• Wu, G., and Chan, S. 2002. Design of the Russ Baker Way Overpass on liquefiable sand - Vancouver Airport Connector - Sea Island, Richmond, BC. Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Short and Medium Span Bridges, Vancouver, pp. 579-586.

2004:

• Wu, G. 2004. VERSAT-P3D: A computer program for dynamic 3-dimensional finite element analysis of single piles and pile groups, Version 2004. Wutec Geotechnical International, Vancouver, Canada.

2005:

• Wu, G. 2005. VERSAT-S2D 2005:  A computer program for static 2-dimensional finite element analysis of continua. Wutec Geotechnical International, Vancouver, Canada.
• Wu, G. 2005. VERSAT-D2D 2005:  A computer program for dynamic 2-dimensional finite element analysis of continua. Wutec Geotechnical International, Vancouver, Canada.

2006:

• Wu, G., Fitzell, T., and Lister, D. 2006. Impacts of deep soft soils and lightweight fill approach embankments on the seismic design of the Hwy. 15 North Serpentine River Bridges, Surrey, B.C. Proceedings of the 59th Canadian Geotechnical Conference, Vancouver, pp. 596-601. Download Now.
• Wu, G. 2006. Drilled-shaft accelerations compared to free-field seismic response determined using the national building code of Canada 2005, Proceedings of the 7th Chinese National Conference on Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, Beijing, China.
• Wu, G. 2006. Seismic analyses of piles in soft soils for a single span bridge near Vancouver Canada, Proceedings of the 7th Chinese National Conference on Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, Beijing, China.
• Wu, G. 2006. VERSAT-P3D: A computer program for dynamic 3-dimensional finite element analysis of single piles and pile groups. Wutec Geotechnical International, Vancouver, Canada

  2007:

• Maiorano, R.M.S., Aversa, S., and Wu, G. 2007. Effects of soil non-linearity on bending moments in piles due to seismic kinematic interaction. Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering, Paper No. 1574, Thessaloniki, Greece. Download Now.
• Wu, G. 2007.  A study of laterally loaded pile groups using the quasi-3D finite element method.  Proceedings of the 60th Canadian Geotechnical Conference (the Diamond Jubilee), Ottawa. Download Now

2009:

• Guoxi Wu 2009. VERSAT-S2D v.2009: A computer program for static 2-dimensional finite element analysis of continua. Wutec Geotechnical International, Vancouver, Canada.
• Guoxi Wu 2009. VERSAT-D2D v.2009: A computer program for dynamic 2-dimensional finite element analysis of continua. Wutec Geotechnical International, Vancouver, Canada.

2010:

• Wu, G. 2010. Seismic soil pressures on rigid walls with sloped backfills. Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics, San Diego, California, US, May 24-29. Download Now
• T. Thavaraj, W. D. Liam Finn and G. Wu, 2010. Seismic Response Analysis of Pile Foundations, International Journal of Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, Volume 28, Number 3, 275-286
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2012:

• Guoxi Wu 2012. VERSAT-S2D v.2012: A computer program for static 2-dimensional finite element analysis of continua. Wutec Geotechnical International, Vancouver, Canada.
• Guoxi Wu 2012. VERSAT-D2D v.2012: A computer program for dynamic 2-dimensional finite element analysis of continua. Wutec Geotechnical International, Vancouver, Canada.
 

2013:

• Finn W.D.Liam and Wu, Guoxi, 2013. Dynamic Analyses of an Earthfill Dam on Over-Consolidated Silt with Cyclic Strain Softening. Keynote Lecture, Seventh International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering, Chicago, US, April 29 - May 4. Download Now

2015:

• Guoxi Wu 2015. Seismic Design of Dams, Encyclopedia of Earthquake Engineering published by Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2015 Download Now
• G. Wu, W.D.L. Finn and J. Dowling, 2015. Quasi-3D analysis: Validation by full 3D analysis and field tests on single piles and pile groups. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering Vol. 78 pp. 61–70 Download Now

2016:

Guoxi Wu 2016. VERSAT-S2D v.2016: A computer program for static 2-dimensional finite element analysis of continua. Wutec Geotechnical International, Vancouver, Canada.
• Guoxi Wu 2016. VERSAT-D2D v.2016: A computer program for dynamic 2-dimensional finite element analysis of continua. Wutec Geotechnical International, Vancouver, Canada.
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2017:

• 2017.11 Lecture for Vancouver Geotechnical Society: PROBABILITY APPROACH FOR GROUND AND STRUCTURE RESPONSE TO GSC 2015 SEISMIC HAZARD INCLUDING CRUSTAL AND SUBDUCTION EARTHQUAKE SOURCES
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2018:

• Guoxi Wu 2018 June. Probabilistic Approach to Design of Seismic Upgrade to Withstand both Crustal and Subduction Earthquake Sources, 25th Vancouver Geotechnical Society (VGS) Symposium, Canada
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2021:

• Wu, G. 2021. Reliability-based dynamic analyses for seismic design optimization in British Columbia, Proceedings of the 27th Vancouver Geotechnical Society (VGS) Symposium, Canada
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2022:

• Wu, G. 2022. Case Study of the Austrian Dam under the 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake and its Implication to Seismic Analysis in BC, Presentation on 28th Vancouver Geotechnical Society (VGS) Symposium, Canada
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2023:

• Wu, G. 2023. Case History Studies of Lenihan and Austrian Dams under the 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake. Geo-congress 2023, Los Angeles, USA, March. ASCE Geotechnical Special Publication GSP-338, p.308-323 Download NOW