The design optimization of structures under multi-hazard scenarios is challenging,
especially when different hazards have contradicting influences on the selection of design …

Base isolation (BI) is established as an effective control strategy for improving seismic
performance of structures. The studies on performance of BI system under stochastic …

Base isolation is a well-established passive strategy for seismic response control of
buildings. In this paper, an efficient framework is proposed for reliability-based design …

The stochastic response of multi-story buildings isolated by laminated rubber bearing (LRB),
lead-rubber bearing (NZ system), friction pendulum system (FPS), and resilient-friction base …

In this paper, a seismic reliability-based approach is proposed to design inelastic steel
moment frame structures isolated by lead-rubber bearing (LRB) systems. An equivalent two …

The reliability-based design optimization (RBDO) of base-isolated structures by means of
the state-of-the-art methods has been confronted with the high computational cost because …

The design of floor isolation systems (FISs) for the protection of acceleration sensitive
contents is examined considering multiple objectives, all quantified in terms of the …

A framework for optimal design of lead rubber bearing (LRB) system is introduced based on
the initial and life cycle cost of structures. The purpose of this framework is to minimize the …

Robustness is considered to be an important function of building structures, in addition to
satisfying safety, applicability, and durability, and has received increasing attention by …

For the purpose of reliability assessment of a structure subject to stochastic excitations, the
probability of the occurrence of at least one failure event over a time interval, ie the first …