Methods to assess the seismic collapse capacity of building structures: State of the art

R Villaverde - Journal of Structural Engineering, 2007 - ascelibrary.org
The collapses of building structures during recent earthquakes have raised many questions
regarding the adequacy of current seismic provisions to prevent a partial or total collapse …

Seismic reliability of structures equipped with LIR‐DCFP bearings in terms of superstructure ductility and isolator displacement

G Auad, P Castaldo, JL Almazán - Earthquake Engineering & …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
This research deals with the seismic reliability of non‐linear base‐isolated structures
equipped with Lateral Impact Resilient Double Concave Friction Pendulum (LIR‐DCFP) …

Earthquake‐induced loss assessment of steel frame buildings with special moment frames designed in highly seismic regions

SH Hwang, DG Lignos - Earthquake Engineering & Structural …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
This paper discusses an analytical study that quantifies the expected earthquake‐induced
losses in typical office steel frame buildings designed with perimeter special moment frames …

Seismic reliability-based design of hardening and softening structures isolated by double concave sliding devices

P Castaldo, G Alfano - Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 2020 - Elsevier
This study proposes seismic reliability-based design relationships in terms of behavior
factors and displacement demands for softening and hardening structures equipped with …

Seismic reliability‐based ductility demand for hardening and softening structures isolated by friction pendulum bearings

P Castaldo, B Palazzo, G Alfano… - Structural Control and …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
This study aims at proposing seismic reliability‐based relationships between the behavior
factors and the displacement demand for nonlinear hardening and softening structures …

Basic concepts and performance measures in prediction of collapse of buildings under earthquake ground motions

F Zareian, H Krawinkler, L Ibarra… - The Structural Design of …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
This paper summarizes collapse performance measures and the probabilistic basis for their
development to assist in understanding of collapse behaviour of buildings and …

A simplified method for collapse capacity assessment of moment-resisting frame and shear wall structural systems

B Shafei, F Zareian, DG Lignos - Engineering Structures, 2011 - Elsevier
A simplified methodology for predicting the median and dispersion of collapse capacity of
moment-resisting frame and shear wall structural systems subjected to seismic excitations is …

Seismic collapse capacity of basic inelastic structures vulnerable to the P‐delta effect

C Adam, C Jäger - Earthquake Engineering & Structural …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
The collapse capacity of earthquake‐excited inelastic nondeteriorating SDOF systems,
which are vulnerable to the destabilizing effect of gravity loads (P‐delta effect), is evaluated …

Variance of collapse capacity of SDOF systems under earthquake excitations

L Ibarra, H Krawinkler - Earthquake engineering & structural …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
The variance of collapse capacity is an important constituent of probabilistic methodologies
used to evaluate the probability of collapse of structures subjected to earthquake ground …

Probabilistic Assessment of Seismic Collapse Capacity of 3D Steel Moment-Resisting Frame Structures

A Sadeghi, SV Hashemi, K Mehdizadeh - Journal of Structural and …, 2021 - jsce.ir
Accurate determination of the collapse moment of structures by nonlinear analyses is one of
the major challenges for engineers in the seismic design of buildings. Although, structural …