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Professor
Dr. Tony Yang
Bio

Dr. Yang received his B.Sc. (2001) and M.Sc. (2002) from the University at Buffalo, New York, and his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley in 2006.

His research focus on improving the structural performance through advanced analytical simulation and experimental testing. He has developed the next-generation performance-based design guidelines (adopted by the Applied Technology Council, the ATC-58 research team) in the United States; developed advanced experimental testing technologies, such as hybrid simulation and nonlinear control of shake table, to evaluate structural response under extreme loading conditions; developed risk-based simulation models for countries in the North and South America and the Global Earthquake Model (GEM) for the counties in the South East Asia.

Dr. Yang has been actively involved in using novel technologies, such as base isolation systems and dampers, to improve structural performance. He has working with leading structural engineering firms to peer-reviewed landmark buildings, including the tallest steel plate shear wall structure in the world. Dr. Yang is an active member of the Tall Buildings Initiative Project, funded by the Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center, to develop seismic design guidelines for tall buildings.

Dr. Yang co-developed 'OpenSees Navigator', a software program widely used by design engineers and researchers to design and analyze complex structural systems. He has also developed ‘PBEE’, a software program to quantify facility loss under extreme events.

Research Area / Group
Structural & Earthquake Engineering
Research Interests

Seismic behavior and design of steel, concrete and composite structures, seismic behavior and design of tall buildings, develop performance-based evaluation methodology and code design procedures for new and existing structures, using innovative structural component and systems to improve structural performance, including the use of innovative active, semi-active and passive energy dissipation systems, develop accurate and cost effective experimental methods to analyze structural response under extreme loading conditions.

Courses
CIVL 228

Introduction to Structural Engineering

Static determinacy, stability, superposition, analysis and design of trusses, deflection of trusses by principles of virtual work, statically indeterminate trusses, beams and frames, cables and arches, design objectives, loads and load combinations, structural safety, load paths, design of simple steel, timber, and reinforced concrete members.

CIVL 511

Advanced Topics in Steel Structures

Seismic design of steel buildings; composite design; welding of steel; corrosion protection; application of CAD in steel design.

CIVL 598A

Innovative Structural Systems

Latest Publications

In Press

K. J. Elwood, Baradaran-Shoraka, M., and Yang, T. Y., “Collapse probability of existing concrete buildings: the evolution of seismic rehabilitation”, in Performance Based Seismic Engineering - Vision for an Earthquake Resilient Society, Springer, In Press.
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2020

A. Arabzadeh, Hizaji, R., and Yang, T. Y., “Experimentally studying and development of curved STM to predict the load capacity and failure mode of fixed-ended RC deep beams”, Structures, vol. 23, pp. 289 - 303, 2020.
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T. Y. Yang, Li, T., Tobber, L., and Pan, X., “Experimental and numerical study of honeycomb structural fuses”, Engineering Structures, vol. 204, p. 109814, 2020.
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T. Y. Yang, Dashlejeh, A. Amani, Arabzadeh, A., and Hizaji, R., “New model for prediction of ultimate load of prestressed RC deep beams”, Structures, vol. 23, pp. 509 - 517, 2020.
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V. Reza Gharehbaghi, Nguyen, A., Farsangi, E. Noroozinej, and Yang, T. Y., “Supervised damage and deterioration detection in building structures using an enhanced autoregressive time-series approach”, Journal of Building Engineering, vol. 30, p. 101292, 2020.
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M. Amin Sadeghi, Yang, T. Y., ço, ício, and Pan, S., “Seismic design and performance evaluation of controlled rocking dual-fused bridge system”, Engineering Structures, vol. 212, p. 110467, 2020.
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X. Pan and Yang, T. Y., “Postdisaster image‐based damage detection and repair cost estimation of reinforced concrete buildings using dual convolutional neural networks”, Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, vol. 3530, no. 52, pp. 495 - 510, 2020.
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X. Xie and Yang, T. Y., “Performance Evaluation of Chinese High-Speed Railway Bridges Under Seismic Loads”, International Journal of Structural Stability and Dynamics, vol. 2032341112959246520082, no. 05, p. 2050066, 2020.
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T. Y. Yang, Atkinson, J., Tobber, L., Tung, D. P., and Neville, B., “Seismic design of outrigger systems using equivalent energy design procedure”, The Structural Design of Tall and Special Buildings, vol. 29, no. 10, 2020.
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H. Amini Tehrani, Bakhshi, A., and Yang, T. Y., “Online jointly estimation of hysteretic structures using the combination of central difference Kalman filter and Robbins–Monro technique”, Journal of Vibration and Control, vol. 17, no. 4, p. 107754632092560, 2020.
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Contact
yang@civil.ubc.ca
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604.822.3864
Personal Website:
http://smartstructures.civil.ubc.ca/
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Department of Civil Engineering
Faculty of Applied Science
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Tel 604 822 2637
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