Immediate damage to electricity transmission systems after strong earthquakes can
significantly cause widespread power outages and impede maintenance activities. Whereas …

A new and efficient framework for analyzing the stochastic dynamic response and reliability
of the rock slope was constructed based on the generalized probability density evolution …

This study proposes a strategy of utilizing novel lead viscoelastic damper (LVD) to improve
the seismic performance of the weakened reinforced concrete (RC) frame under mainshock …

Numerous existing structures exposed to an aggressive environment would also face to a
threat from potential strong earthquakes. The coupling effect of environmental aggression …

This study proposes a framework for the seismic fragility assessment of steel moment-
resisting frames exposed to different rates of corrosion and subjected to real mainshock …

In order to solve the shortcomings of fragility analysis by finite element method, this paper
proposes a method for calculating the structural fragility of nuclear containment under the …

This study aims to assess the seismic fragility of the aqueduct bent structure subjected to
mainshock-aftershock (MS-AS) ground motion sequences by double incremental dynamic …

Due to the mounting of ongoing anti-social activities of explosions and inaccuracy of codes
(UFC 3-340-02, Eurocode 1, IS 4991) current study has developed performance-based …

This study analytically explored a parameterized set of 20 reinforced concrete bridge piers
which share several geometrical and material properties commonly found in Canadian …

Seismic fragility represents conditional probabilities of exceeding various limit states of an
engineering system under a range of seismic hazard levels, which is a prerequisite …