Publications

Lamadrid, L.F.G., Schwarz, J., Maiwald, H. (2025): The intrinsic problems in EQ damage prognosis: the experience from a systematic evaluation of L’Aquila databases and different levels of data availability. Bulletin of  Earthquake Engineering, 23, 411 - 451. doi.org/10.1007/s10518-024-02045-1

Schwarz, J., Beinersdorf, S., Maiwald, H., Abrahamczyk, L. (2025): Schadensanalyse der Türkei-Beben in Antakya: Vergleich der in 2012 prognostizierten Schadenspotenziale mit den Ereignisfolgen in 2023, Bauingenieur, 100, 04, 8 -17. doi.org/10.37544/0005-6650-2025-04-28

Hasan, P.L., Bapir, B.A., Hama Ali, B.S., Abrahamczyk, L., Khurshid, S. (2025): Vulnerability Assessment and Seismic Risk Analysis of Buildings in Iraq: Insights From Building Surveys and Damage Scenarios. Proceedings of the 3rd Croatian Conference on Earthquake Engineering – 3CroCEE, March. 19.-22., Split, Croatia. doi.org/10.5592/CO/3CroCEE.2025.89

Webber. K., Abrahamczyk. L., Legatiuk. D. (2024): Innovative optimization method for internally voided concrete building elements. Proceedings of the 26th Young Researchers Conference, May 2., Online.

Abrahamczyk, L., Schwarz, J., Genes. M.C., Gülkan. P., Langhammer, T., Kaufmann. Ch. (2024): EMS Application to the Hatay Region (SERAMAR Project) Mirroring the Recent Earthquake Sequence. 18th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, June. 30.- July 5., Milan, Italy.

Abrahamczyk, L., Schwarz, J. (2024): How to Link WHE Housing Reports with EMS-98 (IMS-24) Vulnerability Table. 18th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, June. 30.- July 5., Milan, Italy.

Uzair, A., Abrahamczyk, L., Bapir. B., Hasan. P.L. (2024): Investigating the Influence of Induced Seismicity on the Progressive Collapse of High-Rise Structures. 18th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, June. 30.- July 5., Milan, Italy.

Bapir, B., Abrahamczyk, L. (2024): Assessment of Simplified Soil-Structure Interaction Models for Seismic Analysis of RC Buildings. 18th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, June. 30.- July 5., Milan, Italy.

Haweyou, M., Schwarz, J., Abrahamczyk, L., Wenk, Thomas. (2024): Challenges in Damage Prognosis for Reinforced Concrete Structures Concerning the Level of Earthquake-Resistant Design. 18th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, June. 30.- July 5., Milan, Italy.

Lamadrid, L.F.G., Schwarz, J., Abrahamczyk, L. (2024): Methodological Requests for Transforming Building Stocks into an EMS-98 Consistent Typology. 18th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, June. 30.- July 5., Milan, Italy.

Penava. D., Abrahamczyk. L., Anić. F., Dokšanović. T., Piesker. C. Roik. M. (2024): Enhancing Earthquake Performance of Masonry Infilled Reinforced Concrete Frames by Wall Tie Anchors. 18th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, June. 30.- July 5., Milan, Italy.

Penava. D., Vrban. A., Valinčić. M., Abrahamczyk. L., Guljaš. I., Kraus. I. (2024): Insights from Rector's Palace in Dubrovnik's Old City Earthquake Performance Assessment w.r.t. Structural Evolution and Interventions. 18th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, June. 30.- July 5., Milan, Italy.

Hasan. P.L., Lamadrid, L.F.G., Abrahamczyk, L., Jamal. B., Saeed. N.M., Schwarz. J. (2024): Empirical Seismic Assessment of Urban Settlements in Developing Countries: Case Study Erbil (Iraq). 18th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, June. 30.- July 5., Milan, Italy.

Ibrahim, R., Hasan. P.L., Saeed. B.A., Hashim. H., Omar. L., Salih. B., Abrahamczyk, L. (2024): Site Response Investigation in Sulaymaniyah City, Kurdistan Iraq by Microtremor Measurements. 18th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, June. 30.- July 5., Milan, Italy.

Penava. D., Uzair. A., Arastooye. M., Beinersdorf. S., Abrahamczyk. L. (2024): Parametric Modelling of Building's Vulnerability Index for Urban Scale Risk Assessment in Dubrovnik's Old City Post-1979 Montenegro Earthquake. 2nd International Conference on Mathematical Modelling in Mechanics and Engineering, September. 12-14., Belgrade, Serbia. 

Bapir, B., Abrahamczyk, L. (2024): Comparative Study of Simplified Dynamic Soil-Structure Interaction Modelling Techniques. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 2647(8), 82009. https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/2647/8/082009

Bapir, B., Abrahamczyk, L., Afroz, A. (2024): Evaluation of Soil-Structure Interaction for Different RC Structural Systems and Foundation Sizes. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 2647(8), 82007. https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/2647/8/082007

Beinersdorf, S., Schwarz, J., Abrahamczyk, L. (2024): Erdbebengefährdung Thüringer Talsperren: Eine Bewertung im Kontext der deutschen und europäischen Normenentwicklung. WASSERWIRTSCHAFT 114, 7-8, S. 31-37. doi.org/10.1007/s35147-024-2376-y

Schwarz, A., Lamadrid, L. F. G., Schwarz, J. (2024): Description of a Building Stock following IMS Classification Scheme - the Case Study of Aigio, Greece, ESC 2024 - 39th Assembly of the European Seismological Commission, Korfu

Schwarz, J., Abrahamczyk, L., Haweyou, M., Hasan, P. L. (2024): Das 2024 M7,4 Hualien (Taiwan) Erdbeben: Fragen und erste Erkenntnisse, Bauingenieur, 99, 07/08, Aufsatz im D-A-CH- Fachteil, 19-25. doi.org/10.37544/0005-6650-2024-07-08-45

Schwarz, J., Maiwald, H., Abrahamczyk, L., Morgenthal, G., Hallermann, N. (2023): Methoden für digitale 3D-Lagebilder: Erfahrungen aus dem Hochwasser 2021, Bautechnik 100, https://doi.org/10.1002/bate.202300003

Abrahamczyk, L. and Uzair, A. (2023): On the use of climate models for estimating the non-stationary characteristic values of climatic actions in civil engineering practice. Front. Built Environ. 9:1108328. https://doi.org/10.3389/fbuil.2023.1108328

Bapir, B., Abrahamczyk, L., Wichtmann, T., Prada-Sarmiento LF. (2023): Soil-structure interaction: A state-of-the-art review of modeling techniques and studies on seismic response of building structures. Front. Built Environ. 9:1120351. https://doi.org/10.3389/fbuil.2023.1120351

Salzinger, J., Kurniawati, I., Abrahamczyk, L., Höffer, R. (2023): Thinking outside the box  Virtual labs in engineering education. 9th International Conference on Higher Education Advances (HEAd’23), June 19 – 22, Valencia, Spain.

Rinaudo, F., Abrahamczyk, L., Penava, D., Usmanov, S., Anvarova, G., Hidirov, M., Niyazov, J., Usmonov, Sh. (2023): Documentation for environmental risk assessment and mitigation of built Cultural Heritage in Central Asia: the ERAMCA project. CIPA2023 Symposium, June 25-30, Florence, Italy.

Anić, F., Penava, D., Sarhosis, V., Abrahamczyk, L. (2023): Study of simultaneous inter-storey drift IP and OoP loads on RC frames with and without infill walls and openings by a variating angle. 2nd Croatian Conference on Earthquake Engineering ‒ 2CroCEE (pp. 394-405). Zagreb, Croatia: Faculty of Civil Engineering, University of Zagreb. https://doi.org/10.5592/CO/2CroCEE.2023

Uzair, A., Abrahamczyk, L., Gómez, D., Elias, K., Vrban, A., Penava, D., Markušić S. (2023): Earthquake Performance of a Cultural Heritage Building: The Jesuit College in Dubrovnik, Croatia. 2nd Croatian Conference on Earthquake Engineering ‒ 2CroCEE (pp. 394-405). Zagreb, Croatia: Faculty of Civil Engineering, University of Zagreb. https://doi.org/10.5592/CO/2CroCEE.2023

Uzair, A., Abrahamczyk, L., Vrban, A., Penava, D. (2023): Seismic Performance Assessment of the 18th Century Jesuit College in Dubrovnik’s Old City. Buildings. 13(8):1904. https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings13081904

Uzair, A., Agudelo, D., Abrahamczyk, L. (2023): Quantifizierung des Einflusses der Öffnungsstruktur in Mauerwerksfassaden auf die Zuverlässigkeit der Equivalent Frame Methode. 18. D-A-CH Tagung Erdbebeningenieurwesen & Baudynamik, Sept. 14.-15., Kiel, Germany.

Haweyou, M., Abrahamczyk, L., Schwarz, J. (2023): Fragility functions of reinforced concrete structures with earthquake-resistant design – a challenge concerning the damage prognoses. 18. D-A-CH Tagung Erdbebeningenieurwesen & Baudynamik, Sept. 14.-15., Kiel, Germany.

Hasan, P. L., Beinersdorf, S., Schwarz, J. (2023): Reliability of SHAKEmaps for rapid response decisions – as a question of time and generation procedure. 18. D-A-CH Tagung Erdbebeningenieurwesen & Baudynamik, Sept. 14.-15., Kiel, Germany.

Lamadrid, L.F.G., Schwarz, J. (2023): Data evaluation for reliable earthquake damage prognosis models. 18. D-A-CH Tagung Erdbebeningenieurwesen & Baudynamik, Sept. 14.-15., Kiel, Germany.

Lamadrid, L.F.G., Schwarz, J., Maiwald, H. (2023): The impact of building location on seismic damage – an analysis of empirical data. 18. D-A-CH Tagung Erdbebeningenieurwesen & Baudynamik, Sept. 14.-15., Kiel, Germany.

Schwarz, J., Beinersdorf, S., Kaufmann, C., Langhammer, T., Golbs, C., Abrahamczyk, L., Alex, Jens. (2023): Hazard-consistent risk scenarios for buried infrastructure networks and components. 18. D-A-CH Tagung Erdbebeningenieurwesen & Baudynamik, Sept. 14.-15., Kiel, Germany.

Penava, D., Valinčić, M., Vrban, A., Abrahamczyk, L., Guljaš, I., Kraus, I. (2023): The Effects of Strong Earthquakes on Built Heritage: A Preliminary Case Study of Rector’s Palace in Dubrovnik’s Old City. Sustainability. 15(20):14926. https://doi.org/10.3390/su152014926

Abrahamczyk, L., Webber, K., Rinaudo, F., Penava, D., Usmanov, S., Anvarova, G., Hidirov, M., Niyazov, J., Usmonov, Sh. (2022): Cultural heritage assets in central Asia – Interdisciplinary approach to the complex problem of environmental risk assessment. Perspectives of Higher Education Development No.12, NEO Uzbekistan.

Maiwald, H., Schwarz, J., Kaufmann, Ch., Abrahamczyk, L. (2022): Das Hochwasser 2021 - Ingenieuranalyse der Bauwerksschäden. Bautechnik 99. 12. 878-890. doi.org/10.1002/bate.202200062

Abrahamczyk L., Penava D., Markušić S., Stanko D., Hasan P.L., Haweyou M., Schwarz J. (2022): Die Magnitude 6,4 – Erdbeben in Albanien und Kroatien – Ingenieuranalyse der Erdbebenschäden und Erfahrungswerte für die Baunormung. Mauerwerk 3/2022, H. 1, S. 18–30. doi.org/10.1002/dama.202210022

Abrahamczyk L., Penava D., Markušić S., Stanko D., Hasan P.L., Haweyou M., Schwarz J. (2022): Die Magnitude 6,4 – Erdbeben in Albanien und Kroatien – Ingenieuranalyse der Erdbebenschäden und Erfahrungswerte für die Baunormung. Bautechnik 99, H. 1, S. 18–30. doi.org/10.1002/bate.202100070

Abrahamczyk, L., Webber, K., Rinaudo, F., Penava, D., Usmanov, S., Anvarova, G., Hidirov, M., Niyazov, J., Usmonov, Sh. (2022): Environmental risk assessment and mitigation on Cultural Heritage assets in Central Asia [Extended Abstract]. 10thICCSM, Pula, Croatia.

Abrahamczyk, L., Mirboland, M., Koch, Ch., Penava, D., Höffer, R., Apostolska, R., Lopes, N., Kähler, U. (2022): Holographic/Virtual Experiments for Higher Education in Structural Engineering [Extended Abstract]. 10thICCSM, Pula, Croatia.

Abrahamczyk, L., Uzair, A., Agudelo, D. (2022): Quantification of Irregularity in Unreinforced Masonry Façades with respect to the Reliability of Equivalent Frame Method [Extended Abstract]. 10thICCSM, Pula, Croatia.

Anić, F., Penava, D., Sarhosis, V., Abrahamczyk, L. (2022): Study of Simultaneous Inter-Storey Drift IP and Oop Loads on RC Frames with and without Infill Walls and Openings by a Variating Angle [Extended Abstract]. 10thICCSM, Pula, Croatia.

Penava, D., Abrahamczyk, L., Sharma, S., Cavaleri, L., Mohebkhah, A., Sarhosis V. (2022): The effect of confinement of openings on shear resistance of RC frame with URM infill wall structure components [Extended Abstract]. 10thICCSM, Pula, Croatia.

Abrahamczyk, L., Uzair, A., Agudelo, D. (2022): Quantification of Irregularity for Unreinforced Masonry Walls in Association with the Reliability of the Equivalent Frame Method. Conference: 10th International Congress of Croatian Society of Mechanics, September, 28-30, Pula, Croatia.

Penava, D., Abrahamczyk, L., Ramadhan, F., Guljas, I. (2022): The “accidental” torsion effects w. r. t. strain measurements in a large-scale three-storey RC frame building with URM infill walls under shake- table tests. Conference: 3rd European Conference on Earthquake Engineering and Seismology, Bucharest, 4-9 September.

Mirboland, M., Tasliarmut, F., Abrahamczyk, L., Koch, Ch. (2022): A mixed reality application for holographic structural analysis experiments. Conference: 2022 European Conference on Computing in Construction, DOI: 10.35490/EC3.2022.206.

Schwarz, J., Beinersdorf, S., Hasan, P.L., Kaufmann, C., Golbs, C. (2022): Application of shakemap procedures for induced seismic events: Case study of Groningen. Proceedings of the 3rd European Conference on Earthquake Engineering & Seismology – 3ECEES, September. 04.-09., Bucharest, Romania.

Hanoun M.H., Abrahamczyk L., Schwarz J. (2019): Macro-modeling of in- and out-of-plane behavior of unreinforced masonry infill walls. Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, Vol. 17(1):519-535.

Anić F., Penava D., Abrahamczyk L., Sarhosis V. (2019): Computational evaluation of experimental methodologies of out-of-plane behavior of framed-walls with openings.Earthquakes and Structures, Vol. 16(3):pp.265-277.

Abrahamczyk, L., Al Hanoun, Mhd. H., Penava, D., Schwarz, J. (2019): Systematische Annäherung an das Verhalten von mauerwerksausgefachten Rahmentragwerken unter seismischen Einwirkungen, 16. D-A-CH Tagung Erdbebeningenieurwesen & Baudynamik (D-A-CH 2019), Sept. 26.-27., Innsbruck, Austria.

Abrahamczyk, L., Al Hanoun, Mhd. H., Penava, D., Schwarz, J. (2019): Model Quality Assessment for RC Frames with URM Infill walls subjected to horizontal cyclic Loading, 12th Canadian Conference on Earthquake Engineering (CCEE 2019), June 17‐20, 2019, Quebec City.

Al Hanoun Mhd. H., Abrahamczyk L., Penava, D., Schwarz J. (2019): Effect of masonry mechanical and geometrical properties on the out-of-plane response of URM infill walls. 7th ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Computational Methods in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering (COMPDYN 2019), abstract only.

Anić, F., Penava, D., Burilo, D., Abrahamczyk, L., Sarhosis, V. (2019): Comparison of experimental and analytically predicted out-of-plane behavior of framed-masonry walls containing openings. 7th ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Computational Methods in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering (COMPDYN 2019), M. Papadrakakis, M. Fragiadakis (eds.), 24–26 June 2019, Crete, Greece, pp. 2441.

Penava, D., Anić, F., Sarhosis, V., Abrahamczyk, L. (2019): Distribution of shear resistance among components of r. C. Frames with masonry infill walls containing confined door and window openings. 7th ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Computational Methods in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering (COMPDYN 2019), M. Papadrakakis, M. Fragiadakis (eds.), 24–26 June 2019, Crete, Greece, pp. 2418.

Abrahamczyk L., Jaouadi Z., Kähler U., Legatiuk D. (2018): Methoden zur Identifi­ka­tion von Zugvorbeifahrten aus kontinuierlichen Messdaten. Bautechnik 95 (7).

Anić, F., Penava, D., Guljaš, I., Sarhosis, V., Abrahamczyk, L., Butenweg, Ch. (2018): The effect of openings on out-of-plane capacity of masonry infilled reinforced concrete frames. 16th European Conference on Earthquake Engineering (ECEE), Thessaloniki, Greece, 18-21 June 2018, Paper-ID: 10168.

Anić, F., Penava, D., Legatiuk, Abrahamczyk, L., D., Kähler, U. (2018): The Characteristics of 2D and 3D Modelling Approach in Calibration of Reinforced Concrete Frames Cyclic Behaviour. 9th International Congress of Croatian Society of Mechanics, 18 - 22 Sept. 2018, Split, Croatia.

Anić, F., Penava, D., Lozančić, S., Sarhosis, V., Abrahamczyk, L. (2018): Computational Study on the Effects of Gravity Load on OoP Inter Storey Drift Approach of URM Infilled RC Frame. 9th International Congress of Croatian Society of Mechanics, 18 - 22 Sept. 2018, Split, Croatia.

Anić, F., Penava, D., Abrahamczyk, L., Sarhosis, V. (2018): Simplified metho­dolo­gies for out-of-plane resistance verification of framed-masonry walls. Young Scientist 2018, 10th International Scientific Conference of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Tatranská Lomnica - Hotel Sorea Urán, April 26 - 27, 2018.

Anić, F., Penava, D., Abrahamczyk, L., Sarhosis, V. (2018): Pre-design of Experiment on Out-of-Plane Behaviour of Framed-Masonry Walls with Openings. In: 36th General Assembly of the European Seismological Commission, 2nd – 7th Sept. 2018, Valletta-Malta.

Gantar, U., Habijanić, H.-E., Nashi, H., Jankovic, G., Jozinović, M., Mukthar, R., Qdeimat, M., Pereira Abrigo, D.G., Vilceanu, V., Abrahamczyk, L., Schwarz, J. (2018): Evaluation of Existing RC Structures under Multiple Extreme Impacts. In Proceedings: Forecast Engineering: From Past Design to Future Decision. Graduate Courses for Structural Engineering Application 2015 & 2016 Schriftenreihe des Instituts für Konstruktiven Ingenieurbau. Bauhaus Universitätsverlag, Vol. 32.

Göbel L., Mucha F., Kavrakov I., Abrahamczyk L., Kraus M. (2018): Einfluss realer Materialeigenschaften auf numerische Modellvorhersagen: Fallstudie Betonmast. Bautechnik 95 (2), 111-122.

Petrus, C., Maric, D., Thomaidis, I., Thomaidis, I.-P., Piombo, S., Scagliotti, G., Dimitrenko, E., Tirado, R.J., Kahsay Hagos, S., Abrahamczyk, L., Schwarz, J. (2018): Evaluation of Existing Masonry Structures under Multiple Extreme Impacts. In Proceedings: Forecast Engineering: From Past Design to Future Decision. Graduate Courses for Structural Engineering Application 2015 & 2016 Schriftenreihe des Instituts für Konstruktiven Ingenieurbau. Bauhaus Universitätsverlag, Vol. 32.

Abrahamczyk, L., Langhammer, T, Schwarz, J. (2017): Vulnerability assessment of large building stocks – Lessons from the SERAMAR project. In: 16th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering (WCEE), Santiago, Chile, 9-13 January 2017, Paper-No. 2046.

Abrahamczyk, L., Lang, D.H., Schwarz, J. (2017): WHE-Reports as a complemen­tary database towards the development of an International Macroseismic Scale. In: 16th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering (WCEE), Santiago, Chile, 9-13 January 2017, Paper-No. 3657.

Abrahamczyk, L., Hanoun M.H. Al, Penava, D., Schwarz, J. (2017): Vertrauens­würdigkeit nichtlinearer Analysen: Rahmentragwerke unter Erdbebeneinwirkungen. In: 13. Bau­statik-Baupraxis, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, 20-21 März 2017.

Abrahamczyk, L., Alkam, F., Al Hanoun, H., Göbel, L., Jaouadi, Z., Kraus, M. Kavrakov, I., Legatiuk, D., Mucha, F., Rau. S. (2017): GRK 1462 - Reference project “Poles”: monitoring system, lab experiments and long-term measurements. GRK International Workshop 2017, 26th-28th April, Weimar.

Hanoun, M.H., Abrahamczyk, L., Schwarz, J. (2017): Numerical simulation of RC frame structures with infill walls under consideration of out-of-plane behavior. In: 16th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering (WCEE), Santiago, Chile, 9-13 January 2017, Paper-No. 4917.

Mirboland, M., Abrahamczyk, L., Lahmer, T. (2017): Damage detection based on response measurements. D-A-CH Tagung 2017, Weimar

Abrahamczyk L., Schwarz J., Leipold M. (2016): Normenbezogene Schadens­erwartung von Stahlbetonrahmensystemen in Schwach- und Starkbebengebieten. Bautechnik 93 (4), 265-277.

Göbel, L., Mucha, F., Jaouadi, Z., Kavrakov, I., Legatiuk, D., Abrahamczyk, L., Kraus, M., Smarsly, K. (2016): Monitoring the structural response of reinforced concrete poles along high-speed railway tracks. In Proceedings: International RILEM Conference on Materials, Systems and Structures in Civil Engineering - Conference segment on Reliability, 22-24 August 2016, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark

Shetty, N., Abrahamczyk, L., Schwarz, J. (2016): Quality assessment of equivalent strut models for RC frames with URM infill walls. In Proceedings: Structural Analysis of Historical Constructions (SAHC) 2016, Leuven, Belgium, 13-15 September 2016.