Project Manager - Seismic Devices, mageba SA, Switzerland.

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CARLOS MENDEZ GALINDO, PhD

 

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Thesis

PhD thesis: Seismic Response of Curved Highway Viaducts with Isolation Bearings and Cable Restrainers. January 2010.


Master thesis: Curvature Effect on Seismic Behavior of Curved Highway Viaducts with Cable Restrainers, submitted to Hokkaido University. September 2007.


Bachelor thesis: Study of bridge design criteria under American and Japanese standards, submitted to Michoacana University. April 2004. (In Spanish)

Mendez Galindo Carlos, Gil Belda J. and Hayashikawa T.: Nonlinear Seismic Dynamic Response of Curved Steel Bridges Equipped with LRB Supports, Steel Structures: Design and Research, Wiley, pp. 34-41, No. 1, March 2010. [Read]


Mendez Galindo Carlos, Hayashikawa T. and Ruiz Julian F. D.: Seismic performance of isolated curved steel viaducts under level II earthquakes, Journal of Structural Engineering, JSCE. Vol.55A, pp. 699-708, March 2009. [Read]


Mendez Galindo Carlos, Hayashikawa T. and Ruiz Julian F. D.: Curvature effect on seismic response of curved highway viaducts equipped with unseating cable restrainers, Journal of Structural Engineering, JSCE, Vol.54A, pp. 315-323, March 2008. [Read]


Mendez Galindo Carlos, Hayashikawa T. and Ruiz Julian F. D.: Pounding and Deck Unseating Damage of Curved Highway Viaducts with Piers of Unequal Heights, Journal of Constructional Steel, JSSC, Vol. 15, pp. 285-292, 2007. [Read]


Mendez Galindo Carlos, Hayashikawa T. and Ruiz Julian F. D.: Effects of curvature radius on nonlinear seismic response of curved highway viaducts equipped with unseating prevention cable restrainers, Journal of Constructional Steel, JSSC, Vol. 14, pp. 91-98, 2006. [Read]

a) As First Author


Mendez Galindo Carlos, Spuler T., Moor G., Berger R.: Development and type testing of full scale elastomeric isolators according to EN 15129, 5th International Conference SCHMII 2011, Cancun, Mexico, December 11-15, 2011. (Submitted)

Mendez Galindo Carlos, Spuler T., Moor G., Berger R.: Development and full scale testing of pendulum isolators according to EN 15129, 5th International Conference SCHMII 2011, Cancun, Mexico, December 11-15, 2011. (Submitted)

Mendez Galindo Carlos, Spuler T., Moor G., Berger R.: Design and testing of seismic protection devices for bridges according to EN 15129, 6th Conference IABMAS 2012, Como, Italy, July 8-12, 2012. (Submitted)

Mendez Galindo Carlos, Hayashikawa T., Moor G., Berger R.: Seismic upgrade of curved highway viaducts with isolation bearings and cable restrainers, 6th Conference IABMAS 2012, Como, Italy, July 8-12, 2012. (Submitted)

Mendez Galindo Carlos, Hayashikawa T.: Energetic seismic dynamic response of isolated  steel curved viaducts, Proceedings of the 34rd IABSE Symposium, Venice, Italy, September 22-24, 2010.

Mendez Galindo Carlos, Hayashikawa T., Belda Gil J.: Damage evaluation of curved steel bridges upgraded with isolation bearings and unseating prevention cable restrainers, Proceedings of the International Conference on Earthquake and Structural Engineering, Bali, Indonesia, November 27-29, 2009.

Mendez Galindo Carlos, Hayashikawa T.: Earthquake damage mitigation of curved highway viaducts by seismic isolation and unseating prevention cable restrainers, Proceedings of the 33rd IABSE Symposium, Bangkok, Thailand, September 9-11, 2009.

Mendez Galindo Carlos: Earthquake engineering education: the Mexico-Japan experience, Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Inovation and Practices in Engineering Design and Engineering Education, Hamilton, Canada, July 27-29, 2009.

Mendez Galindo Carlos, Hayashikawa T. and Ruiz Julian F. D.: Nonlinear seismic dynamic analysis of expansion joint damage on curved highway bridges, Proceedings of the 11th Asia-Pacific Conference on Structural Engineering and Construction, EASEC, Taipei, Taiwan, November 19-21, 2008.

Mendez Galindo Carlos, Hayashikawa T. and Ruiz Julian F. D.: Seismic damage due to curvature effect on curved highway viaducts, Proceedings of the 14th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, IAEE, Beijing, China, October 12-18, 2008.

Mendez Galindo Carlos, Hayashikawa T.: Deck unseating damage of curved highway viaducts under level II earthquakes, Proceedings of the IABSE Conference, Helsinki, Finland, June 4-6, 2008.

b) As Coauthor


Tanaka Rinna, Hayashikawa T., Mendez Galindo Carlos: Nonlinear seismic dynamic response of continuous curved highway viaducts with different bearing supports, Proceedings of the  International Conference on Earthquake and Structural Engineering, Bali, Indonesia, November 25-29, 2009. 

Gil Belda Javier, Mendez Galindo Carlos, Hayashikawa T.: Effectiveness of seismic isolation on steel curved highway bridges, Proceedings of the 8th Japanese-German Bridge Symposium, Munich, Germany, August 3-5, 2009.

Ruiz Julian F. D., Hayashikawa T. and Mendez Galindo Carlos: Effectiveness of unseating prevention cable restrainers for isolated curved bridges under near-fault earthquakes, Proceedings of the 14th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, IAEE, Beijing, China, October 12-18, 2008.

Lopez Jimenez J., Hayashikawa T., Matsumoto T., Xingwen H., and Mendez Galindo Carlos: Effect of different base isolation bearings on nonlinear seismic response of curved viaducts, Proceedings of Hokkaido Chapter of the Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. 67, CD ROM, A-30, 2010.

Hayashikawa T., Javier Gil Belda, Mendez Galindo Carlos, Takashi Matsumoto and Xingwen He: Effect of pier height on seismic response of isolated curved highway bridges, Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. Fokuoka, Japan, 2009.

Rinna T., Hayashikawa T., Mendez Galindo Carlos and Gil Belda J.: Dynamic response analysis  of curved highway viaducts under Level II Earthquake Ground Motions, Proceedings of the Annual Conference of  the Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Fokuoka, Japan, 2009. (In Japanese)

Mendez Galindo Carlos, Hayashikawa T. and Takashi Matsumoto: Expansion Joint Damage on Curved Highway Viaducts Equipped with LRB Supports and Unseating Cable Restrainers, Proceedings of Hokkaido Chapter of the Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. 65, CD ROM, A-1, 2009.

Hayashikawa T., Javier Gil Belda, Mendez Galindo Carlos and Takashi Matsumoto: Non-linear Seismic Dynamic Response of Isolated Highway Viaducts under Level II Earthquake Ground Motions, Proceedings of Hokkaido Chapter of the Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. 65, CD ROM, A-29, 2009.

Hayashikawa T., Rinna Tanaka, Mendez Galindo Carlos, Takashi Matsumoto and Xingwen He: Behavior Model of Curved Highway Viaducts under Level II Earthquake Ground Motions, Proceedings of Hokkaido Chapter of the Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. 65, CD ROM, A-42, 2009.

Hayashikawa T., Yoshitsugu Nakagawa, Mendez Galindo Carlos, Xingwen He and Takashi Matsumoto: Seismic Behavior of Curved Highway Viaducts with Unseating Prevention Cable Restrainers, Proceedings of Hokkaido Chapter of the Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. 65, CD ROM, A-41, 2009. (In Japanese)

Hayashikawa T., Mendez Galindo Carlos, Ruiz Julian F. D. and Takashi Matsumoto: Deck unseating damage of curved highway viaducts under level II earthquake ground motion, Proceedings of Hokkaido Chapter of the Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. 64, CD ROM, A-29, 2008.

Hayashikawa T., Zifeng Liang, Matsumoto Takashi and Mendez Galindo Carlos: Seismic behavior of skew grillage girder viaducts with unseating prevention cable restrainers, Proceedings of Hokkaido Chapter of the Japan Society of Civil Engineers, JSCE, Vol. 64, CD ROM, A-22, 2008. (In Japanese)

Hayashikawa T., Mendez Galindo Carlos: Effects of curvature radius on nonlinear seismic response of curved highway viaducts with piers of unequal heights equipped with cable restrainers, Proceedings of Hokkaido Chapter of the Japan Society of Civil Engineers, JSCE, Vol. 63, CD ROM, A-56, 2007.


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Hayashikawa T., Ruiz Julian F. D., and Mendez Galindo Carlos: Critical performance of unseating prevention cable restrainers under Level II earthquakes, Proceedings of Hokkaido Chapter of the Japan Society of Civil Engineers, JSCE, Vol. 62, CD ROM, I-6, 2006.


Hayashikawa T., Abe K., Ruiz D., and Mendez Galindo Carlos: Seismic response analysis of curved grillage girder viaduct with base isolation system, Proceedings of Hokkaido Chapter of the Japan Society of Civil Engineers, JSCE, Vol. 62, CD ROM, I-14, 2006.

Mendez Galindo Carlos: Mexico-Japan Cooperation in Earthquake Resistant Structures after the Mexico City Earthquake, BASAAR Special Session at the 34rd IABSE Symposium, Venice, Italy, September 22-24, 2010.


Mendez Galindo Carlos: Challenges in the Construction of Mega-Bridges: Equipment and Seismic Protection, Invited Keynote Lecture at the XII International Symposium of Civil Engineering, ITESO, Guadalajara, Mexico, April 15-18, 2010.


Mendez Galindo Carlos: Earthquake Damage Mitigation of Seismically Isolated Curved Viaducts, Invited Keynote Lecture at the Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Civil Engineers in Hokkaido, JSCE, Sapporo, Japan, October 28, 2010.


Mendez Galindo Carlos: Mexico-Japan Cooperation in Earthquake Disaster Prevention, Invited presentation for the Young Research Forum of the 14th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, IAEE, Beijing, China, October 12-18, 2008.