Thomas D. O’Rourke

10.2k citations
142 papers · 7.7k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 35
Topics
Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures (102 papers)Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Mechanics (38 papers)Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization (31 papers)

In The Last Decade

Thomas D. O’Rourke

137 papers receiving 7.2k citations

Hit Papers

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Thomas D. O’Rourke
Comparison fields: 5 of 148
  • Civil and Structural Engineering 6.2k
  • Sociology and Political Science 1.3k
  • Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 1.1k
  • Ocean Engineering 1.0k
  • Mechanical Engineering 710
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All Works

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An Overview of Geotechnical and Lifeline Earthquake Engineering
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Centrifuge and numerical modeling of soil-pile interaction during earthquake induced soil liquefaction and lateral spreading
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Pile response to lateral spread: A benchmark case
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Seismic Behavior and Vulnerability of Pipelines
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FACTORS AFFECTING THE PERFORMANCE OF CAST IRON PIPELINES: A REVIEW OF US OBSERVATION AND RESEARCH INVESTIGATIONS
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Effects of lateral spreading on buried pipelines during the 1971 San Fernando earthquake.
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About Thomas D. O’Rourke

Thomas D. O’Rourke is a scholar working on Civil and Structural Engineering, Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality and Ocean Engineering, having authored 142 papers that have together received 7.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures (102 papers), Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Mechanics (38 papers) and Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization (31 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Civil and Structural Engineering (6.2k citations), Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality (1.1k citations) and Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty (661 citations). Thomas D. O’Rourke has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Japan and New Zealand. Frequent co-authors include Stephanie E. Chang, Michel Bruneau, Kathleen J. Tierney, Masanobu Shinozuka, Detlof von Winterfeldt, Ronald T. Eguchi, George C. Lee, A. M. Reinhorn, William A. Wallace and Tarek Abdoun. Their work appears in journals such as Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Géotechnique and Composite Structures.

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