Franklin Olaya

Geotechnical Engineer, Ph.D., M.Sc.

PUBLICATIONS


Journal Publications

Technical Reports

  1. Olaya F.R. & Bray J.D. 2022. “CPT case histories of post-liquefaction free-field ground settlement.” Geosystems Engineering Report UCB/GT 2022-02, Univ. of California, Berkeley Geosystems Engineering Report UCB/GT 2022-02, Univ. of California, Berkeley (2022)
  2. Bray J.D. & Olaya F.R. 2022. “Liquefaction effects and a probabilistic CPT-based liquefaction ground settlement procedure.” Geosystems Engineering Report UCB/GT 2022-04, Univ. of California, Berkeley

Web Applications

  1. Olaya F.R. 2023. “Machine Learning Based Tool for Assessment of Free-field Liquefaction- induced Ground Settlement.” Available at http://app.folaya.me/

Conference Contributions

  1. Olaya F.R. & Bray J.D. 2024. “Performance-based Assessment of Liquefaction-induced Free-field Ground Settlement.” 8th international conference on earthquake geotechnical engineering (8ICEGE) (2024) May 7-10, Osaka, Japan. (Abstract accepted, manuscript in review)
  2. Meza O. H., Olaya F.R. & Parra D. 2022. “Crushed Leached Ore Characterization, Response and Liquefaction Potential.” Heap Leach Solutions 2022 (2022) October 16-18, Nevada, USA.
  3. Olaya F.R. & Canabi L. 2022. “Seismic Assessment of a Dam on a Clayey Foundation.” 4th Interna- tional Conference on Performance-based Design in Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering PBD-IV (2022) July 15-17, Beijing, China.
  4. Bray J.D. & Olaya F.R. 2022. “Examination of the Volumetric Strain Potential of Liquefied Soil with a Database of Laboratory Tests.” GeoCongress 2022 (2022) March 20-23, North Carolina, USA.
  5. Olaya F.R. & Macedo J. 2022. “Development of an Earthquake Catalog for Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Studies in Peru.” 17th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering (17WCEE) (2021) September 27 - October 2, Sendai, Japan.
  6. Olaya F.R. & Pinilla C. 2020. “Amplification of Ground Motion due to Topography and its Effects on the Soil-structure Response of high-rise Buildings.” UC Berkeley Geotechnical Engineering Research Symposium (2020) November 19, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
  7. Olaya F.R., Pretell, A. R., & Luna, R. S. 2016. “Liquefaction and Stability Assessment of a Thickened Tailings Slope based on Field and Laboratory Testing.” 19th International Congress on Paste and Thickened Tailings, Australian Centre for Geomechanics (2016) July.
  8. Olaya F.R., Ch´avez J., & Lara J.L. 2015. “Post Liquefaction Stability of Thickened Tailings – A Critical State Approach.” 3rd International Seminar in Tailings Management (2015) August, Santiago, Chile.
  9. Olaya F.R., Ch´avez J., & Lara J.L. 2015. “Geotechnical Design of Thickened Tailings Deposits.” 3rd International Seminar in Tailings Management (2015) August, Santiago, Chile.
  10. Olaya F.R. & Lara J.L. 2015. “Laboratory and Numerical Yield stress Evaluation to Estimate the Beach Slope of Thickened Tailings.” 3rd International Seminar in Tailings management (2015) August, Santiago, Chile.
  11. Olaya F.R. 2015. “Geotechnical Aspects in the Design of Tailings Storage Facilities.” Revista Mineria (2015) November, Lima, Peru. (in Spanish)

Presentations and Seminars

  1. Olaya F.R. “Static instability of sands, experimental and numerical investigation.” Seminar to the Geogroup of the National University of Engineering of Peru (2023) July 01, Lima
  2. Olaya F.R. “Free-field ground settlement and static instability of liquefiable soil.” UC Berkeley Geosystems Seminar (2023) April 05, University of California Berkeley, CA
  3. Olaya F.R. “Free-field ground settlement and static instability of liquefiable soil.” UC Davis GGSS Geotechnical Seminar (2023) March 09, University of California Davis, CA
  4. Olaya F.R. & Bray J.D. “Liquefaction-induced ground settlement procedure.” 2022 PEER Researchers’ Workshop (2022) Septmeber 19, PEER Headquarters, CA
  5. Olaya F.R. & Bray J.D. “Strain Potential Relationships for Liquefied Soil Using a Laboratory Test Database.” UC Berkeley Geotechnical Engineering Research Symposium (2021) November 16, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
  6. Olaya F.R. “Stochastic Methods in the Use of Seismic Records.” Seminar to the Geogroup National University of Engineering of Peru (2021) May 04.
  7. Olaya F.R. “The Finite Element Method in Geotechnical Engineering, Fundamentals and Ap- plications.” Seminar for the 2021 Graduate Class at the National University of Engineering of Peru (2021) June 23.