Felipe Kuncar, PhD

Felipe Kuncar, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow

Publications

Journal Articles

  1. Kuncar F, Bradley BA, de la Torre CA (2026). Validating VS30-based site amplification factors in hybrid broadband ground-motion simulation of small-magnitude earthquakes in New Zealand. Earthquake Spectra, 42(1). [PDF] [Link] [ESupplement]
  2. Kuncar F, Bradley BA, de la Torre CA, Rodriguez-Marek A, Zhu C, Lee RL (2025). Validating alternative methods to account for shallow site effects in hybrid broadband ground-motion simulation of small-magnitude earthquakes in New Zealand. Earthquake Spectra, 41(5), 3914–3948. [PDF] [Link] [ESupplement]
  3. Kuncar F, Bradley BA, de la Torre CA, Rodriguez-Marek A, Zhu C, Lee RL (2025). Methods to account for shallow site effects in hybrid broadband ground-motion simulations. Earthquake Spectra, 41(2), 1272–1313. [PDF] [Link] [ESupplement]
  4. de la Torre CA, Bradley BA., Kuncar F, Lee RL, Wotherspoon LM, Kaiser AE (2024). Combining observed linear basin amplification factors with 1D nonlinear site-response analyses to predict site response for strong ground motions: Application to Wellington, New Zealand. Earthquake Spectra, 40(1), 143-173. [PDF] [Link] [ESupplement]
  5. Guerrero N, Kuncar F, Mancilla C, Taiba O (2022). Analysis of the variability in the assessment of the liquefaction potential due to the use of different in situ tests, versions of the simplified procedure and input parameters. Obras y Proyectos, 31, 35-44. [PDF] [Link] [In Spanish]

Other Publications and Conference Presentations

  1. Kuncar F, Bradley BA, Lee RL, Pajaro C., Dupuis M., Faulker J., Bae Sung (2025). Toward a unified database of hybrid broadband ground-motion simulations for historical Mw 3.5-7.8 crustal and subduction earthquakes in New Zealand. Statewide California Earthquake Center (SCEC) Annual Meeting, Palm Springs, California, United States. [PDF] [Conference Poster][Also presented at the 2025 QuakeCoRE Annual Meeting]
  2. Sepúlveda JJ, Bradley BA, Kuncar F, Lee RL (2025). Progress toward a regionally-varying model for the site attenuation parameter kappa0 in New Zealand for ground-motion simulations. QuakeCoRE: New Zealand Centre for Earthquake Resilience Annual Meeting, Duniden, New Zealand. [PDF] [Conference Poster]
  3. Kuncar F (2025). Modelling site effects in hybrid broadband ground-motion simulation. University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand [PhD Thesis]
  4. Sepúlveda JJ, Bradley BA, Kuncar F, Lee RL (2025). Assessing the importance and variability of kappa0 in ground-motion simulations: A work in progress. New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering Annual Conference, Auckland, New Zealand. 8 pp. [PDF] [Conference Paper]
  5. Kuncar F, Bradley BA, de la Torre CA, Rodriguez-Marek A, Zhu C, Lee RL (2024). Evaluating alternative site adjustment methods in hybrid broadband ground-motion simulations of small-magnitude earthquakes in New Zealand. QuakeCoRE: New Zealand Centre for Earthquake Resilience Annual Meeting, Napier, New Zealand. [PDF] [Conference Poster]
  6. Kuncar F, Bradley BA, de la Torre CA, Rodriguez-Marek A, Zhu C, Lee RL (2024). Comparing and evaluating alternative methods to account for shallow site effects in hybrid broadband ground-motion simulations. 8th International Conference on Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering, Osaka, Japan. 6 pp. [PDF] [Link] [Conference Paper]
  7. de la Torre CA, Bradley BA, Stolte A, Kuncar F, Tiwari A, Wotherspoon L, Zhu C, Bae S (2024). Application and development of ambient noise methods for direct prediction of site amplification at high spatial resolutions in New Zealand sedimentary basins. 8th International Conference on Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering, Osaka, Japan. 6 pp. [PDF] [Link] [Conference Paper]
  8. Zhu C, Bradley BA, de la Torre CA, Kuncar F (2024). Global variations in Fourier site response from instrumental observations. 8th International Conference on Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering, Osaka, Japan. 6 pp. [PDF] [Link] [Conference Paper]
  9. Kuncar F, Bradley BA, de la Torre CA, Rodriguez-Marek A, Zhu C, Lee RL (2024). Comparing alternative methods to account for shallow site effects in hybrid broadband ground-motion simulations. New Zealand Society of Earthquake Engineering Annual Conference, Wellington, New Zealand. 7 pp. [PDF] [Link] [Conference Paper]
  10. Kuncar F, Bradley BA, de la Torre CA, Rodriguez-Marek A., Zhu C, Lee RL (2023). Frequency-domain methods to account for shallow site effects in hybrid broadband ground-motion simulations. QuakeCoRE: the New Zealand Centre for Earthquake Resilience Annual Meeting, Napier, New Zealand. [PDF] [Conference Poster]
  11. Tiwari A, de la Torre CA, Bradley BA, Lee RL, Kuncar F (2023). Trends in systematic site residuals with geomorphic categories for New Zealand ground-motion instrument sites. New Zealand Society of Earthquake Engineering Annual Conference, Auckland, New Zealand. 6 pp. [PDF] [Link] [Conference Paper]
  12. Kuncar F, de la Torre CA, Bradley BA, Lee RL (2023). Evaluating alternative approaches to model local site effects in physics-based ground-motion simulations: Insights from small-magnitude earthquakes recorded in Canterbury, New Zealand. Seismological Society of America Annual Meeting, San Juan, Puerto Rico. [Link] [Conference Abstract]
  13. de la Torre CA, Bradley BA, Lee RL, Kuncar F, Hill M, Wotherspoon LM, Kaiser A, Hallal M, Cox BR (2023). Quantifying the influence of multi-dimensional site effects in site response analyses using 2D and 3D simulations in sedimentary basins of Wellington, New Zealand. Seismological Society of America Annual Meeting, San Juan, Puerto Rico. [Link] [Conference Abstract]
  14. de la Torre CA, Bradley BA, Kuncar F, Lee RL, Wotherspoon L, Kaiser A (2022). Combining observed linear basin amplification factors with 1D nonlinear site-response analyses to predict site response for strong ground motions: application to Wellington, New Zealand. GNS Science. 27pp. [GNS Science report; 2022/37] [Link] [Technical Report]
  15. Kuncar F, de la Torre CA, Bradley BA, Lee RL (2022). Evaluating the performance of 1D site-response analysis in physics-based earthquake ground-motion simulations: Insights from small-magnitude events. QuakeCoRE: the New Zealand Centre for Earthquake Resilience Annual Meeting, Napier, New Zealand. [PDF] [Conference Poster]
  16. Guerrero N, Kuncar F, Mancilla C, Taiba O (2021). Analysis of the variability in the assessment of the liquefaction potential due to the use of different in situ tests, versions of the simplified procedure and input parameters. XI Chilean Congress of Geotechnical Engineering, Chile. 11 pp. [PDF] [Conference Paper][In Spanish]
  17. Kuncar F, Mancilla C, Taiba O (2018). Experimental study of the interaction between the anchor bond length and the soil in post-tensioned anchors grouted in the Reñaca-Concón eolian sand. X Chilean Congress of Geotechnical Engineering, Chile. 12 pp. [PDF] [Conference Paper][In Spanish]
  18. Kuncar F (2016). Development of a finite element code for modeling the seismic response of soils. Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Valparaíso, Chile. [Link] [Master Thesis][In Spanish]
  19. Kuncar F, Gaxiola R, Haldar A (2015). Seismic performance of steel moment-resisting frames considering partially retrained connections. Winter Research Program Colloquium, University of Arizona, Tucson, United States. [PDF]