… the disturbance parameters; it extends his results to introduce the design recurrence
period; and it formulates a method leading to the optimum structural design under renewal-process …

… , are large and infrequent disturbances. We consider the same class of large and infrequent
disturbances addressed in [11]. We define these disturbances by discussing them in contrast …

… Attention is given to optimum repair and reconstruction policies; this problem is formally …
Under some conditions design live loads under earthquake exceed that under gravity alone…

… Optimum design for infrequent disturbances. J Struct Div, ASCE 1976;102(ST9):1807–25)
particularly in the context of earthquake resistant design. In … framework for optimal design and …

… η where β 0 is the reliability index for a construction near the optimal design with the optimum
reliability index β m , and η is a measure of the … Optimum design for infrequent disturbances …

… period of accidental disturbances, which "are optimum in structural design depend on a great
… safety, the nature and frequency of the disturbances, the type of limit state in question, the …

… It can be traced back to the work by Rosenblueth [14] for optimal design for infrequent
earthquake disturbances. The design optimization was basically formulated as the following …

… To fill these gaps, we distinguish different types of disturbances and use different ways to …
for large yet infrequent disturbances and feedback control for small yet frequent disturbances. …

… , which relates the steady state response to the disturbance input. Derivation of the required
FRF … Mutation is a sudden and infrequent alternation in chromosomal makeup, which causes …

… or optimal designs rather than a single optimal design. The criteria will be used to examine
whether the optimal design … sustain environmental disturbances including infrequent seismic …