Refereed Journal Publications

Ritter S, DeJong MJ, Giardina G, Mair RJ (2017). Centrifuge modelling of building response to tunnel excavation, International Journal of Physical Modelling in Geotechnics (ICE).

Acikgoz S, DeJong MJ (2016). Experimental identification of the dynamic characteristics of a flexible rocking structure, Journal of Earthquake Engineering. (doi: 10.1080/13632469.2016.1138169)

Tallett-Williams S., et al. (2016). Site Amplification in the Kathmandu Valley during the 2015 M7.6 Gorkha, Nepal Earthquake, Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering.

Cocking SH, Price S, DeJong MJ (2016). The effects of wind on the loading and vibration of stone pinnacles, Masonry International. 

Riveiro B, DeJong MJ, Conde B (2016). Automated processing of large point clouds for structural health monitoring of masonry arch bridges, Automation in Construction. (doi:10.1016/j.autcon.2016.02.009)

Tondelli M, Beyer K, DeJong MJ (2016). Influence of boundary conditions on the out-of-plane response of brick masonry walls in buildings with RC slabs, Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics , 45(8), 1337–1356. 

Giardina G, DeJong MJ, Mair RJ (2015). Interaction between surface structures and tunnelling in sand: centrifuge and computational modelling. Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology, 50, 465-478.

McInerney J, DeJong MJ (2015). Discrete Element Modelling of Groin Vault Displacement Capacity, International Journal of Architectural Heritage, 9(8): 1037-1049.

Mauro A, de Felice G, DeJong MJ, (2015). The relative dynamic resilience of masonry collapse mechanisms, Engineering Structures, 85, 182-194 (doi: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2014.11.021).

DeJong MJ, Dimitrakopoulos EG (2014). Dynamically equivalent rocking structures, Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, 43(10), 1543-1564 (doi: 10.1002/eqe.2410).

Acikgoz MS, DeJong MJ (2014). The rocking response of large flexible structures to earthquakes, Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, 12(2), 875-908 (doi: 10.1007/s10518-013-9538-0).

Dimitrakopoulos EG, DeJong MJ (2012). Revisiting the rocking block: Closed form solutions and similarity laws, Proceedings of the Royal Society A, 468(2144), 2294-2318 (doi:10.1098/rspa.2012.0026).

Acikgoz MS, DeJong MJ (2012). The interaction of elasticity and rocking in flexible structures allowed to uplift, Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics, 41(15), 2177-2194 (doi: 10.1002/eqe.2181).

DeJong MJ (2012). Seismic response of stone masonry spires: Analytical Modeling, Engineering Structures, 40, 556-565 (doi: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2012.03.010).

DeJong MJ, Vibert C (2012). Seismic response of stone masonry spires: Computational and Experimental Modeling, Engineering Structures, 40, 566-574 (doi: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2012.03.001).

Dimitrakopoulos EG, DeJong MJ (2012). Overturning of retrofitted rocking structures under pulse-type excitations, ASCE Journal of Engineering Mechanics, 138(8), 963–972. (doi: 10.1061/(ASCE)EM.1943-7889.0000410).

DeJong MJ (2012). Amplification of rocking due to horizontal ground motion, Earthquake Spectra, 28(4), 1405-1421 (doi: 10.1193/1.4000085).

DeJong MJ, Ochsendorf JA (2010). Dynamics of in-plane arch rocking: An energy approach, Proceedings of the ICE - Engineering and Computational Mechanics, 163(3), 179-186.

Block P, DeJong MJ, Davis L, Ochsendorf JA (2010). Tile vaulted systems for low-cost construction in Africa, ATDF Journal, 7, 4-13.

DeJong MJ, Belletti B, Hendriks MAN, Rots JG (2009). Shell elements for sequentially linear analysis: Failure of masonry structures under lateral loading, Engineering Structures, 31(7), 1382-1392.

DeJong MJ, Hendriks MAN, Rots JG (2008). Sequentially linear analysis of fracture under non-proportional loading, Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 75(18), 5042-5056.

DeJong MJ, De Lorenzis L, Adams S, Ochsendorf JA (2008). Rocking stability of masonry arches in seismic regions, Earthquake Spectra, 24(4), 847-865.

De Lorenzis L, DeJong MJ, Ochsendorf JA (2007). Failure of masonry arches under impulse base motion, Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, 36(14), 2119-2136.

DeJong MJ, Ulm F-J (2007). The nanogranular behavior of C-S-H at elevated temperatures (up to 700° C), Cement and Concrete Research, 37(1), 1-12.

Block P, DeJong MJ, Ochsendorf JA (2006). As hangs the flexible line: Equilibrium of masonry arches, The Nexus Network Journal, 8(2), 9-19.

Conference Publications

DeJong MJ (2016). Settlement damage to masonry structures, keynote paper, 10th Int Conf on Structural Analysis of Historical Constructions (SAHC), Leuven, Belgium.

Giardina G, Ritter S, DeJong MJ, Mair RJ (2016). Modelling the 3D brittle response of masonry buildings to tunnelling, 10th Int Conf on Structural Analysis of Historical Constructions (SAHC), Leuven, Belgium.

Mehrotra A, DeJong MJ (2016). Analysis of historical monuments damaged by the 2015 Nepal earthquake, 10th Int Conf on Structural Analysis of Historical Constructions (SAHC), Leuven, Belgium.

Tarrio I, DeJong MJ (2016). Two approaches to modelling the stability of the basilica of Vézelay, 10th Int Conf on Structural Analysis of Historical Constructions (SAHC), Leuven, Belgium.

Riveiro B, DeJong MJ, Conde B (2016) An automatic method for geometric segmentation of masonry arch bridges for structural engineering purposes, ISPRS, Prague, Czechoslovakia.

Ritter S, Giardina G, DeJong MJ, Mair RJ (2016). Experimental challenges of modelling structure response to tunnelling, 3rd European Conference on Physical Modelling in Geotechnics, Nantes, France.

Ritter S, Giardina G, DeJong MJ, Mair RJ (2016). Centrifuge modelling of tunneling-induced settlement damage to 3d-printed surface structures, World Tunnelling Conference, San Francisco, CA, USA.

Wilkinson S, et al (2015). Earthquake Impacts on Mountain Communities – Observations and Lessons from the Mw 7.8 Gorkha Earthquake of 25 April, 2015. 10th Pacific Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Sydney, Australia.

Mehrotra A, Arede A, DeJong MJ, (2015). Discrete element modelling of a post-tensioned masonry arch, 15th Int Conf on Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering Computing, Prague, Czechoslovakia.

DeJong MJ, Giardina G, Plunkett W, Ochsendorf JA (2015). Seismic design of a stone vault, Society for Earthquake and Civil Engineering Dynamics Conference 2015, Cambridge, UK.

Acikgoz MS, Argyle A, DeJong MJ (2014). The role of supplemental damping in limiting forces and displacements in a rocking structure, 2nd European Conf on Earthquake Engineering and Seismology (2ECEES), Istanbul, Turkey.

Giardina G, DeJong MJ, Mair R (2014). Important aspects when modelling the interaction between surface structures and tunnelling in sand, 8th Int Symp on Geotechnical Aspects of Underground Construction in Soft Ground, Seoul, Korea.

Giardina G, DeJong MJ, Mair R (2014). Masonry response to tunnelling: A sensitivity study on the effect of cracking and building weight, 9th Intl Masonry Conference, Guimarães, Portugal.

Dimitrakopoulos EG, DeJong MJ, Giouvanidis AI (2013) Seismic Assessment of Rocking Bridge Bents Using an Equivalent Rocking Block, World Congress on Advances in Structural Engineering and Mechanics, Jeju, South Korea.

Acikgoz MS, DeJong MJ (2013). Analytical and experimental observations of vibration modes of flexible rocking structures, SECED Conference, Newcastle, UK.

DeJong MJ, Dimitrakopoulos EG (2013). Towards a Unified Description of Rocking Structures, Comp Methods in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering (COMPDYN2013), Kos, Greece.

Acikgoz MS, DeJong MJ (2013). Linearization and Modal Analysis of Flexible Rocking Structures, NZSEE Conference, Wellington, New Zealand

McInerney J, Trzcinski I, DeJong MJ (2012). Discrete element modelling of masonry using laser scanning data, 8th Int Conf on Structural Analysis of Historical Constructions (SAHC), Wroclaw, Poland.

Van Mele T, McInerney J, DeJong MJ, Block P (2012). Physical and computational modelling of masonry vault collapse, 8th Int Conf on Structural Analysis of Historical Constructions (SAHC), Wroclaw, Poland.

DeJong MJ, Dimitrakopoulos EG (2012). Equivalent rocking systems: Fundamental rocking parameters, 15th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Lisbon, Portugal.

Acikgoz MS, DeJong MJ (2012). Characterizing the vulnerability of flexible rocking structures to strong ground motions, 15th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Lisbon, Portugal.

DeJong MJ, Ramage MH, Travers B, Terry S (2011). Testing and analysis of geogrid-reinforced thin-shell masonry, IABSE-IASS Symposium, London, England.

Ramage MH, DeJong MJ (2011). Design and construction of geogrid-reinforced thin-shell masonry, IABSE-IASS Symposium, London, England.

Bernardi D, Mortensen B, DeJong JT, DeJong MJ (2011). Bio-cemented sandstone bricks, IABSE-IASS Symposium, London, England.

Acikgoz MS, DeJong MJ (2011). The interaction of elasticity and rocking in flexible structures allowed to uplift, Turkish Earthquake Engineering and Seismology Conference, Ankara, Turkey.

Dimitrakopoulos EG, DeJong MJ (2011). Seismic overturning of damped rocking structures, M. Papadrakakis et al. (Eds.), Comp Methods in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering (COMPDYN2011), Corfu, Greece.

DeJong MJ, Vibert C (2011). Seismic response of a stone masonry spire, M. Papadrakakis et al. (Eds.), Comp Methods in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering (COMPDYN2011), Corfu, Greece.

DeJong MJ (2010). Predicting rocking failure under seismic loading, 14th European Conf on Earthquake Engineering, Ohrid, Macedonia.

DeJong MJ, Harrison S (2010). A biaxial failure criterion for sequentially linear analysis, 8th Intl Masonry Conference, Dresden, Germany.

DeJong, MJ, Hendriks, MAN, and Rots, JG (2009). Shear retention and mesh alignment during fracture using sequentially linear analysis, 12th Intl. Conf. on Fracture, Ottawa, Canada.

Rots JG, Hendriks MAN, Belleti B, and DeJong MJ (2009). Sequentially linear analysis as a pushover analysis tool for masonry structures, M. Papadrakakis et al. (Eds.), Comp Methods in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering (COMPDYN2009), Rhodes, Greece.

Hendriks MAN, DeJong MJ, van de Graaf AV, Belletti B, and Rots JG (2009). Sequentially linear analysis for concrete structures, in C-K Choi, C Meyer, N Bicanic (Eds.), Int Conf on Computational Technologies in Concrete Structures (CTCS09), Jeju, Korea, pp 580-590.

DeJong MJ (2009). Redefining the vulnerability of rocking structures to horizontal ground motion, Proc of 2009 Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah.

DeJong MJ (2008). Rocking block amplification through energy maximization, Dynamics Days Europe, Delft, The Netherlands.

Rots JG, Hendriks MAN, DeJong MJ, and Belletti B (2008). Stepwise softening for concrete and masonry structures, in JF Abel, JR Cooke (Eds.), Proc of Int Conf on Computation of Shell and Spatial Structures (IASS-IACM), Ithaca, New York.

DeJong MJ, De Lorenzis L, and Ochsendorf J (2007). Numerical modeling of masonry arch stability under impulse base motion, in M. Papadrakakis et al. (Eds.),Comp Methods in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering (COMPDYN2007), Crete, Greece.

DeJong MJ and Ochsendorf J (2006). Analysis of vaulted masonry structures subjected to horizontal ground motion, in PB Lourenco, P Roca, C Modena, S Agrawal (Eds.), Proc of the 5th Int Conf on Structural Analysis of Historical Constructions, New Delhi, India, Vol. 2, pp 973-980.

Book Chapters

DeJong MJ, Penna A. (2016) Design of masonry structures, In: Seismic design of buildings to Eurocode 8, AY Elghazouli (ed), Spon Press, London.

Ochsendorf JA, DeJong MJ. (2014) Structure and Construction of King’s College Chapel, In: King’s College Chapel 1515-2015, JM Massing, N Zeeman (eds.), London/Turnhout: Harvey Miller.

Dimitrakopoulos EG, DeJong MJ (2013). Seismic Overturning of Rocking Structures with External Viscous Dampers, In: Computational Methods in Earthquake Engineering, Vol. 2, M. Papadrakakis, M. Fragiadakis, V. Plevris (eds.), Springer.   

Theses

DeJong MJ (2009). Seismic Assessment Strategies for Masonry Structures, Ph.D. Dissertation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA.

DeJong MJ (2005). Sources of high temperature degradation of cement-based materials: Nanoindentation and microporoelastic analysis, S.M. Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA.