Risk-informed digital twin of buildings and infrastructures for sustainable and resilient urban communities

U Alibrandi - ASCE-ASME Journal of Risk and Uncertainty in …, 2022 - ascelibrary.org
The digital twin (DT) is a virtual replica of real-world buildings, processes, structures, people,
and systems created and maintained to answer questions about its physical part, the …

Performance-based engineering and multi-criteria decision analysis for sustainable and resilient building design

KM Mosalam, U Alibrandi, H Lee, J Armengou - Structural Safety, 2018 - Elsevier
In this paper, an integrated approach for a holistic (involving notions of resiliency and
sustainability) building design is presented to select the optimal design alternative based on …

Graph-theoretic-approach-assisted Gaussian process for nonlinear stochastic dynamic analysis under generalized loading

S Chakraborty, R Chowdhury - Journal of Engineering Mechanics, 2019 - ascelibrary.org
We present a novel framework for nonlinear stochastic dynamic analysis under generalized
(Gaussian and non-Gaussian) loading. First, the actual system involving high-dimensional …

A decision support tool for sustainable and resilient building design

U Alibrandi, KM Mosalam - Risk and Reliability Analysis: Theory and …, 2017 - Springer
In this chapter, an integrated approach for a holistic (involving notions of safety, resiliency
and sustainability) building design is presented to select the optimal design alternative …

Gaussian mixture–based equivalent linearization method (GM‐ELM) for fragility analysis of structures under nonstationary excitations

S Yi, Z Wang, J Song - Earthquake Engineering & Structural …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Gaussian mixture–based equivalent linearization method (GM‐ELM) is a recently developed
stochastic dynamic analysis approach which approximates the random response of a …

The tail equivalent linearization method for nonlinear stochastic processes, genesis and developments

M Broccardo, U Alibrandi, Z Wang, L Garrè - … : In honor of Prof. Armen Der …, 2017 - Springer
This chapter aims to provide a general prospective of the Tail Equivalent Linearization
Method, TELM, by offering a review that starts with the original idea and covers a broad …

Stochastic dynamic analysis of floating production systems using the first order reliability method and the secant hyperplane method

U Alibrandi, CG Koh - Ocean Engineering, 2017 - Elsevier
The dynamic analysis of a deepwater floating production systems has many complexities,
such as the dynamic coupling between the vessel and the riser, the coupling between the …

Bayesian Uncertainty Identification of Model Parameters for the Jointed Structures with Nonlinearity

Z Shen, X Liu, C Zang, S Hu - Shock and Vibration, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Jointed structures in engineering naturally perform with some of nonlinearity and
uncertainty, which significantly affect the dynamic characteristics of the structural system. In …

[PDF][PDF] Reliability-based fragility analysis of nonlinear structures under the actions of random earthquake loads

MR Salimi, A Yazdani - Structural Engineering and Mechanics, 2018 - researchgate.net
This study presents the reliability-based analysis of nonlinear structures using the analytical
fragility curves excited by random earthquake loads. The stochastic method of ground …

Response spectrum code-conforming PEER PBEE using stochastic dynamic analysis and information theory

U Alibrandi, KM Mosalam - KSCE Journal of Civil Engineering, 2018 - Springer
In this paper, the tools of the stochastic dynamic analysis are adopted for Performance-
Based Earthquake Engineering (PBEE). The seismic excitation is defined through a …