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The engineers and scientists at MMI Engineering are continually involved in shaping the state-of-the-practice in their respective fields. The following are recent publications available for download from this site.

Summers, P.B. "Design of Modular Blast-Resistant Steel-Framed Buildings in Petrochemical Facilities", ASCE Structures Congress, Vancouver, Canada, April 23-26, 2008. (PDF, 237K)
Nisar A., Dollar D., Jacob P., Chu D., Logie C. and Li G. “Nonlinear Incremental Thermal Stress Strain Analysis for Portugues Dam; An RCC Gravity Arch Dam”, 28th United States Society of Dams Annual Meeting and Conference, Portland, Oregon, April 2008. (PDF, 534K)
Nisar A. “Seismic Design Criteria for the Maleo Producer, Madura Straits”, Paper 19583, Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, May 2008. (PDF, 1,195K)
Stewart W. and Jacob P. “Seismic Time History Response of the Maleo Producer”, Paper 19480, Offshore Technology Conference, 2008. (PDF, 346K)
Clukey E., Jacob P. and Sharma P., “Investigation of Riser Seafloor Interaction Using Explicit Finite Element Methods”, Paper 19432, Offshore Technology Conference, 2008. (PDF, 482K)
Summers, P.B., and Soules, J.G. ‘Recommendations for the Seismic Design of Storage Tanks’, ASCE Structures Congress, Long Beach, California, May 16-19, 2007.
Rakesh K. Saigal, Dan Dolan,, Armen Der Kiureghian, Tim Camp, Charles E. Smith, "Comparison of Design Guidelines for Offshore Wind Energy Systems," presented at the 2007 Offshore Technology Conference held in Houston, Texas, U.S.A., 30 April-3 May 2007. (PDF, 118 KB)
Rakesh K. Saigal, Dan Dolan,, Armen Der Kiureghian, Tim Camp, Charles E. Smith, "An Assessment of Structural Design Guidelines for Offshore Wind Turbines," Proceedings of ASME OMAE 2007 The 26th International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering 10 - 15 June 2007, San Diego, California, USA. (PDF, 100KB)
A. Nisar, C. Scawthorn, C. Stillman, J. Jasperse, T. Gur, W. Villet "Multi-Hazard Reliability for A Major Water Utility Agency in the San Francisco Bay Area," presented at the 8th National Conference on Earthquake Engineering held in San Francisco to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the 1906 earthquake. (PDF, 896 KB)
H. A. Seligson, K. I. Shoaf and M. Kano, “Development of Casualty Models for Non-Ductile Concrete Frame Structures for Use in PEER’S Performance-Based Earthquake Engineering Framework”, presented at the 8th National Conference on Earthquake Engineering held in San Francisco to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the 1906 earthquake. (PDF, 101KB)
C.A. Kircher, H.A. Seligson, J. Bouabid and G.C. Morrow (2006), “When the Big One Strikes Again – Estimated Losses due to a Repeat of the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake”, Earthquake Spectra, Vol. 22, Special Issue II, April.
Bergamo, G, Castellano, M.G., Gatti, F., Poggianti, A., and Summers, P.B. "Seismic Isolation of Spheres at Petrochemical Facilities", First European Conference on Earthquake Engineering and Seismology, Geneva, Switzerland, September 3-8, 2006 (PDF, 432K)
Castellano, M.G., Poggianti, A., and Summers, P.B. "Seismic Retrofit of Spheres Using Energy-Dissipating Braces", First European Conference on Earthquake Engineering and Seismology, Geneva, Switzerland, September 3-8, 2006 (PDF, 281K)
Nisar, A. and Summers, P.B. "Practical Guidance for Seismic Evaluation and Retrofit of Petrochemical Facilities", First International Conference on Disaster Reduction, Davos, Switzerland, August 27 - September 1, 2006.
Mason Wu, Paul Jacob, Jean-Francois Saint-Marcoux, Victor Birch, "The Dynamics of Flexible Jumpers Connecting a Turret Moored FPSO to a Hybrid Riser Tower," Proceedings of D.O.T XVIII Conference, Unlocking Deepwater Assets Through Technology, Houston, Texas, November 28 - 30, 2006 (PDF, 420 KB).
Robert D. Blevins, Paul Jacob, and Jean- Francois Saint-Marcoux and Mason Wu, "Assessment of Flow-Induced Jumper Interference for Hybrid Riser Tower," Proceedings of the Sixteenth (2006) International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference, San Francisco, California, USA, May 28-June 2, 2006. (PDF, 0.5 MB)
D. J. Burt, BEng, MSc, CEng, MIMechE, J. Ganeshlingam, BSc, MSc, PhD, AMIChemE, "Design and Optimisation of Final Clarifier Performance with CFD Modelling," presented at the CIWEM / Aqua Enviro joint conference, Design and Operation of Activated Sludge Plants, April 2005. (PDF, 205 K)
H.A. Seligson, and R.T. Eguchi, “The True Cost Of Earthquake Disasters: An Updated Tabulation Of Losses For The 1994 Northridge Earthquake”, presented at the International Symposium on Earthquake Engineering, Awaji, Japan, January 13 – 16, 2005. (PDF, 43KB)
E.H. Field, H.A. Seligson, N. Gupta, V. Gupta, T.H. Jordan, and K.W. Campbell (2005), “Loss Estimates for a Puente Hills Blind-Thrust Earthquake in Los Angeles, California”, Earthquake Spectra, Volume 21, No. 2, pp. 329-338, May.
G. Gehring, MB Industries, Rayne, Louisiana, and P. Summers, "Constructing and Designing Blast-Resistant Buildings: New Technology Improves Safety and Reliability for this Critical Plant Structure." HYDROCARBON PROCESSING, November 2005. (PDF, 1.6 MB)
Ahmed Nisar, Douglas Honegger, Alex Ameri, Paul Summers, Christopher Hitchcock, Anna Liu, Henry Louie and Jeffrey Bachhuber, "Mitigation of Fault Rupture Hazard to Water Mains of a Major Metropolitan in The San Francisco Bay Area," presented at the 13th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Vancouver, B.C., Canada, August, 2004. (PDF, 1.2 MB)
D.J. Sanderson, A. Price, A. Nelson, and S. Killbourn, "The Applicability of Online Monitoring for the Assurance of Fixed Jacket Structures' Structural Integrity, Proceedings of ASME OMAE 2002 The 21st International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering 23 - 28 June 2002, Oslo, Norway. (PDF, 520K)
Ballantyne, Donald and William Heubach (2003), "Comparison of Mitigation Alternatives for Water Distribution Pipelines Installed in Liquefiable Soils", Advancing Mitigation Technologies and Disaster Response for Lifeline Systems, Proceedings of the Sixth US Conference and Workshop on Lifeline Earthquake Engineering, James Beavers, Editor, August. (PDF, 170K)
Ballantyne, Donald (2003), "Multi-Hazard Risk Assessments of Water Systems, Elements in Common with Seismic, Security, and Other Risk Studies" Proceedings of the third US-Japan Workshop on Water Systems Seismic Practices, Organized by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, supported by the AwwaRF, August 6-8. (PDF, 580K)
Ballantyne, Donald, Mark Pierepiekarz, Stephanie Chang (2002) "Seismic Vulnerability Assessment of the Seattle-Tacoma Highway Corridor Using HAZUS", Proceedings of the Third National Seismic Conference & Workshop On Bridges & Highways, Federal Highway Administration, Oregon Department of Transportation, Washington State Department of Transportation, April 28-May 1. (PDF, 86K)