Risk targeting in seismic design codes: the state of the art, outstanding issues and possible paths forward

J Douglas, A Gkimprixis - Seismic Hazard and Risk Assessment: Updated …, 2018 - Springer
Over the past decade there have been various studies on the development of seismic
design maps using the principle of “risk-targeting”. The basis of these studies is the …

Risk-targeted hazard maps for Spain

A Kharazian, S Molina, JJ Galiana-Merino… - Bulletin of Earthquake …, 2021 - Springer
Many studies have demonstrated that the design of structures in a region through the
uniform hazard principle does not guarantee a uniform collapse risk. Even in regions with …

Towards risk-targeted seismic hazard models for Europe

G Monti, C Demartino, P Gardoni - Scientific reports, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract Standards and Codes of Practice for designing new constructions and for assessing
and strengthening existing ones are usually based on uniform hazard maps, where different …

Risk-targeted seismic design maps for Iran

AR Taherian, A Kalantari - Journal of Seismology, 2019 - Springer
Iran is located in a very high seismic zone. The current national code of design of buildings
referred to as Standard No. 2800 (STD-2800) employs the design-basis earthquake (DBE) …

Towards an Iranian national risk-targeted model for seismic hazard mapping

A Zarrineghbal, H Zafarani, M Rahimian - Soil Dynamics and Earthquake …, 2021 - Elsevier
Ideally, hazard assessment for seismic design should quantitatively control the risk of
exceeding different limit states (LS) over the structure's lifetime. In fact, the geographical …

Exploring risk-targeted ground motions and seismic design spectra for mainland China

C Wang, DG Lu - Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
Seismic design under the paradigm of uniform hazard only considers the seismic hazard of
building sites, which will lead to inconsistent collapse risks of buildings in different areas. To …

Evaluation of typology‐specific fragility curves used for risk‐targeted seismic demand maps in regions of low seismicity: A German case‐study

N Clemett, C Rapps, M Gündel - Earthquake Engineering & …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Investigations of risk targeted peak ground acceleration (PGA) maps for European countries
typically adopt a single generic fragility curve definition. The aim of this study is to investigate …

Development of risk-targeted seismic hazard maps for the Iranian plateau

M Talebi, M Zare, EN Farsangi, MR Soghrat… - Soil Dynamics and …, 2021 - Elsevier
This study aims to provide the risk-targeted seismic design maps and corresponding
adjusting coefficients for different intensity measures on the Iranian plateau, using the …

Development of probabilistic seismic hazard microzonation maps at the surface level for central-east Iran (Kerman region), using a hybrid site condition model

M Talebi, A Sivandi-Pour, S Esmaeili… - Soil Dynamics and …, 2022 - Elsevier
This study presents the spatial distribution of a grid-based probabilistic seismic hazard
model at the surface level for the Kerman region in central-east Iran, using a hybrid site …

A universal approach for evaluating earthquake safety level based on societal fatality risk

HH Tsang, JE Daniell, F Wenzel, JL Wilson - Bulletin of earthquake …, 2020 - Springer
Residual risk exists in our buildings even if they were designed in conformance with modern
codes of practice. Various approaches have been implemented or proposed in the last …