Severe requirements for the safety of industrial equipment are necessary when large
amount of toxic and flammable materials are handled. Among others, structural reliability of …

The structural integrity of pipelines undergone seismic waves is crucial for industrial
installation and for the distributed transportation networks of gaseous and liquid fluids …

Lifelines play a crucial and essential role in human life and in economic development. The
resilience of those systems under extreme events as earthquakes is a primary requirement …

The prediction and prevention of possible accidental scenarios triggered by the interaction
of natural disaster with industrial equipment depend upon the reliability of available tools for …

Industrial plants and lifelines play a crucial and essential role in the human life and in the
economic development of a country: for this reason, their structural safety under extreme …

Industrial plants are complex systems that need stringent requirement for structural safety, as
large amount of toxic and flammable materials are often handled and consequences of …

One of the most appropriate methods to assess seismic vulnerability, is reviewing damages
occurred during past earthquakes, especially for industrial plants, such as oil and …

The socio-economic and environmental impact, in case of severe damage on Natural Gas
(NG) pipeline networks, highlights the importance of a rational assessment of the structural …

In the context of seismic risk analysis of chemical plants, pressure vessels are one of the
most sensitive equipment to be considered because of the quantity of hazardous products …

During a seismic event, underground pipelines can undergo to significant damages with
severe implications in terms of life safety and economic impact. This type of scenarios falls …