Jean-Paul
Pinelli, Ph.D., P.E.Jean-Paul
Pinelli, Ph.D., P.E.
Associate Professor,
Civil Engineering Department
Registered Professional Engineer
Ph.D. Civil Engineering, Georgia Tech, 1992
MSCE Civil Engineering, Georgia Tech, 1984
Civil Engineer, University of Buenos Aires, 1982
Email Address: pinelli@fit.edu
Office Location (Building): Olin Engineering Complex
Office Loation (Room): 203
Office Phone: (321) 674-8085
During the 1980s he worked as a practicing civil engineer with TECHINT in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was involved in project management of large industrial projects and the design of steel structures. He also participated in the development of an Engineering Integrated System. During the early 1990s while at Georgia Tech he studied the utilization of nonstructural elements like precast facade cladding for the passive control of seismic response of buildings. This research resulted in the formulation of an energy-based design criterion, expressed as an optimization procedure for the use of energy dissipating facade cladding. Before joining Florida Tech, Dr. Pinelli worked in California in seismic risk evaluation. Since joining Florida Tech in 1995, he has been involved in research related to the strength of anchors in high-strength concrete, the study of break-away connections of highway signs under the action of wind and traffic, tornado damage to low rise building, and the effect of wind on structures. He is also the founder and director of the Wind and Hurricane Impact Laboratory - WHIRL.
Struct Ana And Design (CVE3015)
Engr Econ And Planning (CVE4000)
Steel Structures (CVE4013)
Reinforced Conc Structure (CVE4016)
Timber Structures (CVE4019)
Advanced Steel Design (CVE5014)
Structural Systems Design (CVE5015)
1. Journal Articles
Pinelli, J-P., Simiu, E., Gurley, K. , Subramanian, C., Zhang, L., Cope, A., and Filliben, J., "Hurricane Damage Prediction Model for Residential Structures", to be published in the Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE,2003
Pinelli, J.-P., Subramanian, C. S, and Tabora, I., "Experimental Study of break-Away Sign Conections", Journal of Transportation Engineering, ASCE, January 2002, pp 17-20.
Pinelli, J.-P., and O'Neill, S., "Effect of tornadoes on residential masonry structures." Wind and Structures Journal, Vol. 3, No 1, March 2000.
Primavera, E.J., J.-P. Pinelli and E.H. Kalajian. 1997. "Tensile Behavior of Embedment Anchors in High Strength Concrete," accepted for publication in the ACI Structures Journal
Pinelli, J.-P., C. Moor, J.I. Craig and B.J. Goodno. February 1996. "Testing of Energy Dissipating Advanced Cladding Connections," Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, Vol. 25, 129-147.
Pinelli, J.-P., Craig, J. I., and Goodno, B. J., "Energy-Based Seismic Design of Ductile Cladding Systems," Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE, Vol 121, No. 3, March 1995, pp. 567-578.
Pinelli, J.-P., Craig, J. I., Goodno, B. J., and C. C. Hsu, "Passive Control of Building Response Using Energy Dissipating Cladding Connections," Earthquake Spectra Journal, edited by E.E.R.I., Berkeley, California, Vol. 9, No. 3, August 1993, pp. 529-546.
Pinelli, J.-P., Moor, C., Craig, J. I., and Goodno, B. J., "Experimental Testing of Ductile Cladding Connections for Building Facades," International Journal of the Structural Design of Tall Buildings, John Wiley and Sons, Inc., Vol. 1, No. 1, October 1992, pp. 57-72.
2. Conference Papers
Pinelli, J.-P., Gutierrez, H., Hu, S., and Casier, F., "Multiple Distributed Tuned Mass Dampers: an Exploratory Study," Proceedings, Extreme Loading 2003, Toronto, Canada, August 2003
Casier, F., Pinelli, J.-P., and Gutierrez, H., "Batteries d'Amortisseurs de Masses Sismiques," Proceedings, 6eme Colloque National de Génie Parasismique, Paris, France, July 2003.
A.D. Cope, K. Gurley, J.J. Filliben, E. Simiu, J-P. Pinelli, C. Subramanian, L. Zhang, and S. Hamid, "A hurricane damage prediction model for residential structures, "Proceedings, 9th International Conference on Applications of Statistics and Probability in Civil Engineering, San Francisco, CA, July 6-9 2003.
Pinelli, J-P., Subramanian, C., and Chakravarthi, V., "Study of Wind Effects on Fire and Rescue Vehicles," Proceedings, 11th International Conference in Wind Engineering, Lubbock, Texas, June 2003.
Pinelli, J-P., Zhang, L., Subramanian, C., Cope, A., Gurley, K., and Gulati, S., "Classification of Structural Models for Wind Damage Predictions in Florida," Proceedings, 11th International Conference in Wind Engineering, Lubbock, Texas, June 2003
Simiu, E., Pinelli, J-P., Subramanian, C., Zhang, L., Gurley, K. , Cope, A., Filliben, J., and Diniz, S., "A Model to Predict Hurricane Damage for Residential Structures," Proceedings, 11th International Conference in Wind Engineering, Lubbock, Texas, June 2003
Gurley, K. , Cope, A., and Pinelli, J-P., "A Simulation Model For Wind Damage Predictions in Florida," Proceedings, 11th International Conference in Wind Engineering, Lubbock, Texas, June 2003.
Pinelli, J-P., Subramanian, C., Zhang, L., Gurley, K. , Cope, A., Simiu, E., Filliben, J., and Diniz, S., "A Model to Predict Hurricanes Induced Losses for Residential Structure," Proceedings, European Safety and Reliability Conference, Maastricht, The Netherlands, June 2003.
Gutierrez, H., and Pinelli, J.-P., "Design And Construction Of A Computer-Controlled Shake Table For Earthquake Simulation," Proceedings, 7th National Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Boston, July 2002.
Pinelli, J.-P., and Gutierrez, H., "Experimental Study Of Tuned Mass Dampers," Proceedings, 7th National Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Boston, July 2002.
Filliben, J., Gurley, K. , Pinelli, J-P., Simiu, E., and Subramanian, C., "Fragility Curves, Damage matrices, and Wind Induced Loss Estimation," Proceedings of Risk Analysis III, Sintra, Portugal, June 2002, pp 119-127.
Subramanian, C. S., Pinelli, J.-P., L. Buist, T. Reinhold, "A Wireless Data Acquisition System for Coastal Wind Monitoring," Proceedings, Americas Conference on Wind Engineering, Clemson, June 2001.
Pinelli, J.-P., Subramanian, C. S., T. Prem Kumar, T. Reinhold, K Gurley, "A Data Visualization and Analysis Program for an Instrumented Coastal House," Proceedings, Americas Conference on Wind Engineering, Clemson, June 2001.
Pinelli, J.-P., O'Neill, S., Subramanian, C. S., and Leonard, M., "Effect of Tornadoes on Commercial Structures." Proceedings, Tenth International Conference in Wind Engineering. Copenhagen, Denmark, June 21 - 24, 1999, pp. 1451-1456.
Goodno, B. J., Pinelli, J.-P., Craig, J. I., "An Optimal Design Approach for Passive Damping of Building Structures Using Architectural Cladding,", Proceedings, 11th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Acapulco, Mexico, June 23-28, 1996, paper 1453, pub. by Pergamon on CD-ROM.
Brown, H., and Pinelli, J.-P, "Earthquake Hazard Mitigation Modular Architecture." Proceedings, 11th European Conference on Earthquake Engineering, September 6-11, 1998, Paris, France, pub. by Balkema on CD-ROM..
Subramanian, C. S., Pinelli, J.-P., Dumortier, A., Leonard, M., and Puvvala, J., "A Wind Tunnel Study of Forces on Highway Signs," Proceedings, 12th Engineering Mechanics Conference, May 17-10, 1998, La Jolla, California, pp. 382-385.
Pinelli, J.-P., O'Neill, S., Subramanian, C. S., and Leonard, M., "Effect of Tornadoes on Commercial Structures." Proceedings, Tenth International Conference in Wind Engineering. Copenhagen, Denmark, June 21 - 24, 1999, pp. 1451-1456.
Subramanian, C. S., Pinelli, J.-P., and Beheregaray, B., "Behavior of low-aspect ratio rectangular panel in a normal flow". Proceedings, 4th International Colloquium on Bluff Body Aerodynamics &Applications, Ruhr-University of Bochum, Germany, Sept. 11-14, 2000.
Pinelli, J.-P., and Subramanian, C. S., "Break-Away Highway Sign Base Connections", Proceedings, Structures Design Conference, FDOT, Orlando, June 1996
Pinelli, J.-P., J.I. Craig and B.J. Goodno. July 1994. "Design Criterion for Energy Dissipative Cladding Connections," Proceedings, 5th. U.S. National Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Chicago, Ill.
Pinelli, J.-P., J.I. CrJ. I., anaig and B.J. Goodno. March 1993. "Controle Passif de la Response Sismique d'un Edifice Grace a des Attaches Amortissantes des Panneaux de Facade," Proceedings, 3rd. French National Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Paris, France, Vol. 2, pp. TA30-39.
Craig, J. I., Goodno, B. J., Pinelli, J.-P., and Moor, C., "Modeling and evaluation of ductile cladding connection systems for seismic response attenuation in buildings", Proceedings, 10th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Madrid, Spain, July 20-24,1992, vol 7, pp.4183-4188.
Pinelli, J.-P., Craig, d Goodno, B. J., "Hysteretic Connection Models for Load Resisting Precast Cladding Panels in Seismic Zones", Proceedings, International Conference on Buildings with Load Bearing Walls in Seismic Zones, Paris, France, June 13-14, 1991, pp. 98-109.
American Association for Wind Engineering
American Concrete Institute
American Society of Civil Engineers
American Society of Engineering Education
Earthquake Engineering
Research Institute French Society of Seismic Engineering, France