First-passage probability estimation of high-dimensional nonlinear stochastic dynamic systems by a fractional moments-based mixture distribution approach

C Ding, C Dang, MA Valdebenito, MGR Faes… - … Systems and Signal …, 2023 - Elsevier
First-passage probability estimation of high-dimensional nonlinear stochastic dynamic
systems is a significant task to be solved in many science and engineering fields, but …

An approach to evaluation of EVD and small failure probabilities of uncertain nonlinear structures under stochastic seismic excitations

C Dang, P Wei, M Beer - Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 2021 - Elsevier
Efficient assessment of small first-passage failure probabilities of nonlinear structures with
uncertain parameters under stochastic seismic excitations is an important but still …

Seismic reliability evaluation of bridges under spatially varying ground motions using a four-parameter distribution

ZQ Chen, SX Zheng, ZH Ding, J Zhang, YJ Tai - Engineering Structures, 2021 - Elsevier
Large-span bridges are often subjected to spatially varying ground motion (SVGM)
excitations. Meanwhile, bridge structures and ground motion excitations generally present a …

Nonstationary elastoplastic response analysis of curved beam bridges under spatial variability of earthquake ground motion using absolute displacement method

TL Zhao, XM Li, YF Du - Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
Current studies indicate that curved beam bridges are more sensitive to the spatial variability
of earthquake ground motion (SVEGM) than straight bridges. However, research methods …

Life-Cycle Seismic Reliability Analysis of a Railway Cable-Stayed Bridge Considering Material Corrosion and Degradation

J Zhang, Y Hu, X Liu, M Peng - Buildings, 2023 - mdpi.com
To study the life-cycle seismic reliability analysis (SRA) of cable-stayed bridges (CSBs)
taking into account chloride-induced corrosion and degradation of components, an actual …

Global reliability evaluation of a high-pier long-span continuous RC rigid frame bridge subjected to multi-point and multi-component stochastic ground motions

Z Liu, Z Liu, Q Ai, X Ruan, C Tan - Soil Dynamics and Earthquake …, 2023 - Elsevier
High-pier long-span continuous RC rigid frame bridges would be more vulnerable to seismic
spatial variability and multi-component nature due to their large geometric dimension …

Dynamic reliability analysis of structures under nonstationary stochastic excitations using tail-modified extreme value distribution

YY Weng, ZH Lu, PP Li, YG Zhao - Mechanical Systems and Signal …, 2023 - Elsevier
In practical engineering, it is usually necessary to compute the small first-passage
probability of dynamic systems exposed to nonstationary stochastic excitations. However, it …

Seismic reliability analysis of cable-stayed bridges subjected to spatially varying ground motions

J Zhang, KJ Chen, YP Zeng, ZY Yang… - … Journal of Structural …, 2021 - World Scientific
To efficiently and accurately evaluate the seismic system reliability analysis (SSRA) of cable-
stayed bridges subjected to spatially varying ground motions, a direct probabilistic …

Seismic reliability analysis of high-pier railway bridges with correlated random parameters via an improved maximum entropy method

ZQ Chen, SX Zheng, J Zhang, H Jia - Structures, 2021 - Elsevier
Seismic reliability analysis is crucially important for the seismic performance evaluation and
probabilistic seismic risk assessment of bridges. However, the exact and efficient …

Seismic reliability analysis of base isolated building supplemented with shape memory alloy rubber bearing using support vector regression metamodel

S Baidya, BK Roy - Structures, 2024 - Elsevier
Shape memory alloy (SMA) supplemented with traditional base isolation devices are proven
to be beneficial in controlling the seismic vulnerability of isolated buildings (Gur et al., 2014; …