With the development of performance based earthquake engineering, the recognition of
performance based seismic design (PBSD) is continuously growing in academia and …

Brought to light by the 1997 Umbria-Marche (Italy) earthquake for the first time, the theme of
damage patterns of masonry buildings with structural interventions became urgent again in …

The most relevant seismic vulnerability and risk analysis methods are discussed and
compared in this article using, as a pilot urban area, the city of Barcelona, Spain, where risk …

This article contributes to the development and application of two latest-generation methods
of seismic risk analysis in urban areas. The first method, namely vulnerability index method …

The vulnerability index method, in its version developed in the framework of the European
project Risk-UE, has been adapted and applied in this article, to evaluate the seismic risk for …

The vulnerability index and capacity spectrum-based methods used to assess the expected
physical damage in dwellings are revisited, and their main advantages and shortcomings …

This study analyzes the progression, utilization, and inherent challenges of traditional non-
linear static procedures (NSPs) such as the capacity spectrum method, the displacement …

The studies on the seismic fragility evaluation of semi-rigid (SR) steel moment frames are
meager in the existing literature. The purpose of the present numerical study is to investigate …

Abstract The town of Tlajomulco, Mexico is under high seismic hazard by its proximity to very
active seismic zones. The seismic risk is increased by the presence of vulnerable auto …

The seismic risk evaluation usually works with a fragmented concept of risk, which depends
on the scientific discipline in charge of the assessment. To achieve an effective performance …