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Response Modification Factors for Buildings and Bridges
Response Modification Factors (RMF) are often used for the seismic design and the safety evaluation of buildings and bridges. The advantage of using RMF is to account for the nonlinear...

Wind Vs. Seismic Design
This paper is concerned with the reliability analysis of building structures subjected to multiple natural hazards (seismic and wind in this case) within the framework of contemporary...

Multi-Hazard Risk Assessment of an Offshore Structure
This paper develops and illustrates a methodology for multi-hazard modal risk assessment. The case study involves assessing risk to an offshore structure in a load environment consisting...

Iterative Subsystem Analysis for Seismic Monte Carlo Studies
Three iterative subsystem analysis techniques for Monte Carlo simulation of response time histories are examined. The three subsystems are designated primary, secondary, and interface,...

Identification of Seismic Waves for a Nonstationary Load Model from Strong Motion Records
Strong motion records of 5 moderate to strong earthquakes with different source mechanisms are investigated by Evolutionary Spectra Analysis. Only earthquakes with strong motion stations...

The Application of Reliability Based Design for Earthquake Resistant Communications Structures
Current earthquake design criteria consists of applying equivalent lateral static forces embodied in design codes. The structures designed in conformance with such provisions and principles...

Safety Improvement of Earthquake Loaded Structures Application of Semi-Active Control in Multi-Storey Buildings
This paper presents the studies for development of a new concept of aseismic design of structures. Basis of that engineering will be a structural optimization including elastic supported...

A Continuous Damage Index for Seismic Reliability Assessment of Structural Steel Elements
Based on experimental investigations using steel plate elements subjected to cyclic axial loading, a continuous damage and/or deteriorating process is examined. In order to describe intermediate...

Damage Evolution in Reinforced Concrete Members Under Cyclic Loading
The paper presents a new damage indicator D, valid for reinforced concrete sections under cyclic loading. D_Q, based on sectionally absorbed energies,...

On the Failure Probabilities of R/C Chimneys
A procedure to estimate failure probabilities of structural systems such as reinforced concrete (R/C) chimneys under severe wind loading which allows for considering realistic correlation...

Load Path Dependence of Structural Systems
This paper presents the results of an investigation into the sensitivity of the behavior of framed structures to load path. Simple but realistic structural steel frames have been designed...

Design of Aircraft Wings Subjected to Gust Loads: A System Reliability Approach
A method for system reliability based design of aircraft wings is presented. A wing of a light commuter aircraft designed according to the FAA regulations is compared with one designed...

A New Formulation for Structural Reliability of Parallel Systems
Presented is a realistic method to calculate the reliability of a parallel structural system. The present theory considers that each element of a parallel system may have different reliability...

Random Instability of Elastic-Plastic Frames
A concept of joint probability of elastic and plastic instability modes was formerly given for single columns and now it is extended for framed systems. A critical load is defined for...

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...

Spectral Distribution Free Bounds on the Response Variability of Stochastic Systems
A methodology to analytically and numerically evaluate the spectral distribution-free upper bounds of the response variability of stochastic systems is developed. The structural systems...

Finite Element Reliability of Two Dimensional Continua with Geometrical Nonlinearity
First and second-order reliability methods and the finite-element method are combined into a general methodology for reliability analysis of complex structures with uncertain characteristics...

Reduction of First Excursion Probability of Nonlinear Secondary System
This paper deals with reduction of first excursion probability of nonlinear secondary system subjected to seismic excitations. Especially, gap and friction characteristics are considered...

Dynamic Load Computation for Flexible Guideways Under Moving Vehicles Within a Multibody Approach
This paper addresses the problem of the dynamic interaction of vehicles with their supporting guideway. Because of topographical and environmental reasons, modern railways and magnetically...

Dynamic Reliability of Multi-Degrees-of-Freedom Structures with Hysteretic Characteristics Under Combined Random Loads
A method to estimate the dynamic reliability of hysteretic structures under combined loads is investigated. The response statistical moments of structures, with hysteretic characteristics...

 

 

 

 

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