A Geophysical Model for Earthquake Hazard Estimation
A method for site hazard estimation from subduction earthquake is developed by combining a time-dependent earthquake occurrence model and a ground motion model into a unified hazard model....
A Study of Seismic Reliability of Base Isolated Building Comparing with Non Base Isolated Building
An approach to discuss the difference between reliability of base-isolated buildings and that of non base-isolated buildings is presented. The fragility analysis method in PRA procedure...
Structural Failure Probabilities of the HDR-Containment Under Earthquake Loading
A computational procedure for the evaluation of structural failure probabilities due to earthquake loading is developed. Uncertainties in structural and material parameters are taken into...
Analysis of Nonstationary Random Vibrations
Nonstationary random vibrations occur in structural mechanics as well as in vehicle dynamics. Very often the nonstationary excitation process can be modelled as stationary white or colored...
Random Vibrations of Discrete and Continuous Inelastic Structures
Nonstationary random vibrations of elasto-plastic cantilever beams excited by earthquakes are studied, where a finite spread of inelastic zones is taken into account. Following a complete...
Response Variability of Isolated Structure Due to Randomness of Isolation Devices
Effect of randomness of restoring characteristics of an isolation device, which is considered to result from the randomness of material properties, configuration and setting error, on...
Statistical System Identification of Structures
A general unifying approach to system identification is presented within a Bayesian statistical framework to explicitly treat the inherent uncertainties. It is shown that selecting the...
Identification of Bilinear Severely Hysteretic Systems
An identification method is investigated on bilinear severely hysteretic systems subjected to a strong earthquake motion by means of the Extended Kalman Filter incorporated with a weighted...
Safety Evaluation of a Tall Building
This paper uses the extended Kalman filter to perform the system identification of a tall building with the aid of recorded accelerograms obtained from strong-motion seismographs. The...
Model Identification of an Arch Bridge for Dynamic Analysis
The dynamic responses of a steel deck tension-tied arch bridge subjected to earthquake excitations were investigated. The 189 m (620 ft) Birmingham Bridge located in Pittsburgh, PA was...
Diffusion Models of Fatigue Crack Growth with Sequence Effects Due to Stationary Random Loads
A new fatigue crack growth model that includes load sequence effects is formulated. This model includes a load history dependent parameter, the reset stress, which reflects the state of...
Fuzzy Random Dynamical Reliability Analysis of Aseismic Structures
In our previous papers, by taking account of the fuzziness in the earthquake excitation, a fuzzy random model of earthquake ground motion has been established and a method of fuzzy random...
Optimum Studies of Coefficient Variation of UBC Seismic Forces
This paper presents an optimization algorithm for finding optimal parameters of a nondeterministic structure subjected to UBC seismic load for both normal and lognormal distribution models....
Ultimate Limit State Design for Earthquake Resistant Steel Frames
This paper describes a basic methodology to assess the reliability of steel framed structures subjected to ultimate earthquakes. After a discussion on past damage criteria, a modified...
Parameter Identification and State Estimation of Structure Models in Shaking Table Test
In this paper physical parameters and inner states of structure can be estimated from the input and responses in shaking table test by means of Extended Kalman Filter (SIEKA). Comparing...
The Next Earthquake
The California's October 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake confirmed must of the current research and practice about structural engineering and seismic events. It also highlighted...
Incorporating Seismotectonic Data into Seismic Hazard Analyses
A wide range of seismotectonic data are now being incorporated into probabilistic seismic hazard analyses, supplementing the inadequately short historical seismicity record. This paper...
Estimating Earthquake Sizes in the Basin and Range Province, Western North America: Perspectives Gained from Historical Earthquakes
Thirty eight historical earthquake from the Basin and Range province were used to examine three aspects of earthquake size and behavior: 1) the maximum background earthquake, 2) earthquake...
Evaluation of Near-Field Thermal Environmental Conditions for a Spent Fuel Repository in Tuff
A repository heat transfer analysis is being performed by the Pacific Northwest Laboratory (PNL)a for the U.S. Department of Energy's...
Estimating Earthquake Hazard of Municipal Water Systems
This paper uses the City of Memphis as a case study to present the seismic hazard evaluation of a municipal water delivery system. The horizontal peak bedrock accelerations resulting from...
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