Jampole, E. and McDonald, B. Fragility curves for quantifying physical climate risk in the electric power sector. Electric Power Research Institute Climate READi Technical Report. April 2025. https://www.epri.com/research/sectors/readi/research-results/3002031792
McDonald, B., Griffith, M., Bhattacharjee, G. and Jampole, E., 2025. A quantitative risk-based framework for asset health assessment of overhead lines. Chapter 3 of The Sustainable Power Grid (pp. 59-83). Elsevier.
Kytömaa, H., Jampole, E., & McDonald, B. (2024). Proactive risk-informed hardening for cold weather grid reliability. WE Magazine of the Western Energy Institute, 20 — 23.
Jampole E, Amoroso, S, Morgan, T, and McDonald, B. Themes in design/build disputes, from a technical expert witness perspective. Construction Law International, Volume 17 Issue 1, March 2022.
Bliss, R., DeQuoy, B., McDonald, B., & Birch, J. (2022). Does compliance with minimum regulatory standards adequately mitigate wildfire risk? Electrical Transmission and Substation Structures 2022: Innovating for Critical Global Infrastructure.
McDonald, B. (2018). Revisiting earthquake lessons — Masonry chimneys and fireplace surrounds. Structural Engineers Association of California Newsletter, December 20.
Maison, B., & McDonald, B. (2018). Fragility curves for residential masonry chimneys. Earthquake Spectra, 34(3), 1001 — 1023.
Example application guide for ASCE/SEI 41-13 seismic evaluation and retrofit of existing buildings; with additional commentary for ASCE/SEI 41-17 (Chapter 7). FEMA P-2006.
Vulnerability-based seismic assessment and retrofit of one- and two-family dwellings (Chapter 7). FEMA P-1100.
Blaney, C., McDonald, B., et al. (2018). Prestandard for seismic assessment and retrofit of one- and two-family dwellings (FEMA P-1100, ATC-110 Project). Structural Engineers Association of California 2018 Convention Proceedings.
Lizundia, B., McDonald, B., et al. (2018). Example application guide for ASCE/SEI 41-13: Selected design examples. Structural Engineers Association of California 2018 Convention Proceedings.
Haselton, C., McDonald, B., et al. (2015). U.S. Resiliency Council® — FEMA P58 evaluation methodology. Proceedings of the 2015 ATC&SEI Conference on Improving the Seismic Performance of Existing Buildings and Other Structures, San Francisco, December.
McDonald, B., Morgan, T., & Swensen, S. (2016). Use of Bayesian updating to improve fragility estimates for single-family houses in San Francisco. Structural Engineers Association of California 2016 Convention, Maui, HI, October 12 — 15.
Bishop, C. D., Griffith, M., & McDonald, B. (2016). Instability of solar power tower structures during construction. Proceedings, Annual Stability Conference, Structural Stability Research Council, Orlando, FL, April 12 — 15.
Bishop, C. D., Uriz, P., & McDonald, B. (2015). Stability of column rebar cages for buildings under construction. Proceedings, Annual Stability Conference, Structural Stability Research Council, Nashville, TN, March 24 — 27.
Maison, B., McDonald, B., McCormick, D., Schotanus, M., & Buckalew, J. (2015). Discussion of FEMA P-807 for the retrofit of soft-story buildings. Proceedings of the 2015 ATC&SEI Conference on Improving the Seismic Performance of Existing Buildings and Other Structures, December, 497 — 508.
Schotanus, M., Maison, B., & McDonald, B. (2015). Pounding of San Francisco-type "soft story" midblock buildings. Proceedings of the 2015 ATC&SEI Conference on Improving the Seismic Performance of Existing Buildings and Other Structures, December, 535 — 547.
Buckalew, J., McDonald, B., McCormick, D., Schotanus, M., & Maison, B. (2015). Example case studies of soft-story retrofits using the San Francisco ordinance. Improving the Seismic Performance of Existing Buildings and Other Structures, December, 548 — 559.
Whittaker, A., Goen, L., Kennedy, R., McDonald, B., Morgan, T., & Wyllie, L. (2015). Independent review of seismic performance assessments for the plutonium facility PF-4. Los Alamos National Laboratory Report Number: LA-UR-15-29138, November.
Lizundia, B., McDonald, B., et al. (2015). Development of design guidance and example applications for ASCE/SEI 41-13, seismic evaluation and retrofit of existing buildings, the ATC-124 Project. Structural Engineers Association of California 2015 Convention, Bellevue, WA, September 9 — 12.
Maison, B., McDonald, B., McCormick, D., Schotanus, M., & Buckalew, J. (2014). Commentary on FEMA P-807 for retrofit of wood-frame soft-story buildings. Earthquake Spectra, 30(4), 1359 — 1380.
Maison, B., McDonald, B., McCormick, D., Schotanus, M., & Buckalew, J. (2014). Commentary on FEMA P-807: Seismic evaluation and retrofit of multi-unit wood-frame buildings with weak first stories. Structural Engineers Association of Northern California Existing Buildings Committee Report, January.
Maison, B., McDonald, B., & Schotanus, M. (2013). Pounding of San Francisco-type soft-story midblock buildings. Earthquake Spectra, 29(3), 1069 — 1089.
Morgan, T. A., & McDonald, B. (2013). Design for uniform risk to standardized nuclear power plants using seismic isolation. Transactions, Structural Mechanics in Reactor Technology (SMiRT-22), San Francisco, CA.
Morgan, T. A., & McDonald, B. (2013). Design for uniform risk to standardized nuclear power plants using seismic isolation. Proceedings, 10th CUEE Conference, Tokyo, Japan.
McDonald, B., & Hunt, J. (2012). Thermal load-induced failure of steel space frame structure. Proceedings, 6th Congress on Forensic Engineering, San Francisco, CA, October 31 — November 3.
Uriz, P., Osteraas, J., & McDonald, B. (2012). Using ASTM E1155 to determine finished floor quality: Background and areas for consideration. Proceedings, 6th Congress on Forensic Engineering, San Francisco, CA, October 31.
Krawinkler, H., Osteraas, J., McDonald, B., & Hunt, J. (2012). Development of damage fragility functions for URM chimneys and parapets. Proceedings, 15th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Lisbon, Portugal, September 23 — 28.
Maison, B., McDonald, B., & Schotanus, M. (2012). Pounding of San Francisco-type soft-story midblock buildings. Structural Engineers Association of Northern California Existing Buildings Committee Report, September.
Osteraas, J., Krawinkler, H., McDonald, B., & Hunt, J. (2011). ATC-58 fragility of masonry chimneys. Applied Technology Council, Redwood City, CA, March.
McDonald, B., Hunt, J., Krawinkler, H., & Osteraas, J. (2011). ATC-58 fragility of masonry parapets. Applied Technology Council, Redwood City, CA, March.
McDonald, B., Ross, B., & Carnahan, R. A. (2011). The Bellevue crane disaster. Engineering Failure Analysis, 18(7), 1621 — 1636.
McCann, D. J., Corr, D., & McDonald, B. (2009). Lessons learned from Marcy Bridge collapse. ASCE 5th Congress on Forensic Engineering, Washington, DC, November 11 — 14.
McDonald, B. (2009). The art and science of designing structures to resist earthquakes. Silicon Valley Engineering Council Journal, 1.
Gupta, A., & McDonald, B. (2008). Performance of building structures during the October 15, 2006 Hawaii earthquake. 14th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Beijing, China, October 12 — 17.
Luth, G., Supriya, S., Krawinkler, H., & McDonald, B. (2008). USC School of Cinema: An example of reparable performance-based design. Proceedings, 77th SEAOC Convention, Hawaii.
Osteraas, J., Gupta, A., Griffith, M., & McDonald, B. (2008). Woodframe seismic response analysis — Benchmarking with buildings damaged during the Northridge Earthquake. ASCE Structures Conference, Vancouver, BC, April 24 — 26.
Ross, B., McDonald, B., & Saraf, V. (2007). Big blue goes down: The Miller Park crane accident. Engineering Failure Analysis, 14(6), 942 — 961.
McDonald, B., Gupta, A., Alavi, B., & Osteraas, J. (2006). Rational seismic evaluation and retrofit of a multistory RC shear wall structure. 100th Anniversary Earthquake Conference, San Francisco, CA, April 18 — 22.
Gupta, A., McDonald, B., Griffith, M., & Osteraas, J. (2006). Displacement coefficients for conventional residential wood-frame structures. 100th Anniversary Earthquake Conference, San Francisco, CA, April 18 — 22.
Meldrum, J., Gupta, A., & McDonald, B. (2004). Investigation of structural damage in a corrosive environment. 5th International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering, New York, NY, April.
McDonald, B., Luth, G., & Osteraas, J. (2004). Review of safety factors for assessing column stability in existing braced frame buildings. 2004 Structures Congress, ASCE, Nashville, TN, May 22 — 26.
Osteraas, J., Bonowitz, D., Gupta, A., & McDonald, B. (2004). Development of guidelines for assessment and repair of earthquake damage in woodframe construction. 13th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Vancouver, BC, August 1 — 6.
Ross, B., McDonald, B., & Saraf, V. (2004). Big Blue goes down: The Miller Park crane accident. 6th International Symposium on Risk, Economy and Safety, Cape Town, South Africa, March 8 — 12.
McDonald, B., Saraf, V., & Ross, B. (2003). A spectacular collapse: The Koror-Babeldaob (Palau) balanced cantilever prestressed post-tensioned bridge. Indian Concrete Journal, 77(3). Also in Proceedings, 27th Conference on Our World in Concrete and Structures, August 29 — 30.
Osteraas, J., Shusto, L., & McDonald, B. (2000). Forensic aspects of earthquake engineering: Protocols for earthquake damage assessment and repair. 2nd Forensic Engineering Congress, ASCE, San Juan, Puerto Rico, May 19 — 23.
Rau, G., Meldrum, J., Medley, E., & McDonald, B. (2000). Forensic investigations of the soil-structure kind (wind & settlement failures). 2nd Forensic Engineering Congress, ASCE, San Juan, Puerto Rico, May 19 — 23.
McDonald, B., Bozorgnia, Y., & Osteraas, J. (2000). Structural damage claims attributed to aftershocks. 2nd Forensic Engineering Congress, ASCE, San Juan, Puerto Rico, May 19 — 23.
Osteraas, J., Shusto, L., & McDonald, B. (2000). Engineering involvement in post-Northridge damage assessment and repair of wood-frame dwellings. 12th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Auckland, New Zealand, February.
Moncarz, P. D., McDonald, B., & Caligiuri, R. D. (1999). Earthquake failures of welded building connections. 6th Pan American Congress of Applied Mechanics, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, January 4 — 8.
Moncarz, P. D., Caligiuri, R. D., McDonald, B., Sire, R. A., & Borduin, W. P. (1998). Ultimate moment capacity of many steel connections: Failure in design, materials or workmanship? EUROMAT '98 Conference, Lisbon, Portugal, July 22 — 24.
McDonald, B., Sire, R. A., & Caligiuri, R. D. (1998). Ductile initiation of cleavage fractures in welded moment frame connections. 12th Engineering Mechanics Conference, ASCE, La Jolla, CA, May 17 — 20.
Moncarz, P. D., Caligiuri, R. D., McDonald, B., & Sire, R. A. (1998). Failures in steel frame building connections — A multi-billion dollar example of professional wishful thinking. 8th IFIP Working Conference, Krakow, Poland, May 11 — 13.
Johnston, P., Shusto, L., & McDonald, B. (1993). Correlating torsional response to engine performance parameters. International Off-Highway and Power Plant Congress, SAE, Milwaukee, WI, September.
Luth, G. P., McDonald, B., & Jain, D. (1993). Qualitative formulation of load paths through a functional description of structures. 5th International Conference on Computing in Civil and Building Engineering, Anaheim, CA.
McDonald, B., Burke, M., & Moncarz, P. D. (1991). The effects of natural aging on a polymer modified glass fiber reinforced concrete. 8th Biennial Congress of the Glassfibre Reinforced Cement Association, Maastricht, Netherlands, October.
McDonald, B., & Peyrot, A. (1990). Generalized sag-tension calculations valid for any line geometry. Journal of Structural Division, ASCE, 116(9).
McDonald, B., & Peyrot, A. (1988). Analysis of cable suspended in sheaves. Journal of Structural Division, ASCE, 114(3).
McDonald, B. (1988). Analysis of cables suspended by sheaves (Doctoral dissertation). University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI.
Peyrot, A. H., Dagher, H. J., & McDonald, B. (1986). Reliability based design of transmission line structures — Theoretical user's manual for DESCAL. EPRI Report for Project 1352-2, January.
Saul, W., & McDonald, B. (1985). Microcomputer-aided structural analysis. In G. Beakley & C. Haden (Eds.), Computer-Aided Processes in Instruction and Research. Academic Press Inc., Orlando, FL.
Saul, W., Tuan, C. Y.-B., & McDonald, B. (1985). Loads due to human movement. In J. T. P. Yao, R. Corotis, C. B. Brown, & F. Moses (Eds.), Structural Safety Studies. ASCE, New York, NY.
McDonald, B. (1984). The dynamic loading due to stadium crowds: A statistical measure of the coherency of crowd movements (Master's thesis). University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI.