A stochastic CSM-based displacement-oriented design strategy for the novel precast SRC-UHPC composite braced-frame in the externally attached seismic retrofitting

XY Cao, DC Feng, CL Wang, D Shen, G Wu - Composite Structures, 2023 - Elsevier
With the development of performance based earthquake engineering, the recognition of
performance based seismic design (PBSD) is continuously growing in academia and …

Analysis of masonry structures without box behavior

PB Lourenço, N Mendes, LF Ramos… - International Journal of …, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Assessment of the seismic performance of structures is still a challenge. Historic masonry
structures exhibit peculiar properties (low tensile strength and lack of box behavior) that …

Adaptive ensemble biomolecular applications at scale

V Balasubramanian, T Jensen, M Turilli, P Kasson… - SN Computer …, 2020 - Springer
Recent advances in both theory and methods have created opportunities to simulate
biomolecular processes more efficiently using adaptive ensemble simulations. Ensemble …

Evaluation of analytical methodologies used to derive vulnerability functions

V Silva, H Crowley, H Varum, R Pinho… - … & Structural Dynamics, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The recognition of fragility and vulnerability functions as a fundamental tool in seismic risk
assessment has led to the development of more and more complex and elaborate …

Investigation of the characteristics of Portuguese regular moment-frame RC buildings and development of a vulnerability model

V Silva, H Crowley, H Varum, R Pinho… - Bulletin of Earthquake …, 2015 - Springer
A vulnerability model capable of providing the probabilistic distribution of loss ratio for a set
of intensity measure levels is a fundamental tool to perform earthquake loss estimation and …

Cloud Capacity Spectrum Method: Accounting for record-to-record variability in fragility analysis using nonlinear static procedures

A Nettis, R Gentile, D Raffaele, G Uva… - Soil Dynamics and …, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper investigates a number of computational issues related to the use of nonlinear
static procedures in fragility analysis of structures. Such approaches can be used to …

[PDF][PDF] The effect of material strength and discontinuity in RC structures according to different site-specific design spectra

E Işık, E Harirchian, H Bilgin, K Jadhav - Res. Eng. Struct. Mater, 2021 - jresm.org
In recent years, destructive earthquakes have caused large-scale losses for lives and
properties, bringing forward the importance of seismic studies, research, and scientific …

A story shear-based adaptive pushover procedure for estimating seismic demands of buildings

K Shakeri, MA Shayanfar, T Kabeyasawa - Engineering structures, 2010 - Elsevier
In recent years some adaptive pushover methods have been proposed to include the effects
of the higher modes and the changes in the vibration characteristics during the inelastic …

Seismic assessment of masonry “Gaioleiro” buildings in Lisbon, Portugal

N Mendes, PB Lourenço - Journal of Earthquake Engineering, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
This article presents a numerical study for the seismic assessment of a Portuguese building
masonry typology-“Gaioleiro.” Numerical analysis was performed using a finite element …

Framework for developing fragility and consequence models for local personal risk

H Crowley, B Polidoro, R Pinho… - Earthquake …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
For the estimation of “local personal risk,” ie, the annual probability of fatality for a
hypothetical person continuously present in or near a building, an analytical methodology …