Continuously growing number and span length of long-span bridges in coastal region of
China require a robust aeroelastic design to against the tropical-cyclone (TC)-induced flutter …

The target reliability is a design constraint that assures the required safety level for
structures. Derivation of the target reliability is a complicated and challenging task. To …

Damage to reinforced concrete (RC) bridges due to accidental overloading is inevitable,
especially for those that deteriorate over time due to various environmental and operational …

A reliability analysis was conducted based on the flexural strength recommendations
provided by the ACI 440.1 R-15 guide concerning the glass fiber-reinforced polymer …

Target reliability is an essential design constrain for probabilistic-based design approaches.
The target reliability analysis requires a double optimization process concerning the trade …

Reinforced concrete column specimens with the same parameters often show differences in
bearing capacity and deformation under the same loading path. Most of the existing studies …

Concrete elements reinforced with fibre reinforced polymers (FRPs) have been increasingly
applied in civil engineering structures. However, these structural elements are usually …

Parameterized fragility functions are developed for a controlled rocking steel braced frame
(CRSBF) system, which link the probability of exceeding system-level limit states to ground …

This study presents a sampling-based reliability sensitivity analysis to identify the random
variables that are most influential on the seismic reliability of a corroded reinforced concrete …

The application of reliability-based code calibration procedures in the design of reinforced
concrete (RC) structures has enjoyed increasing attention in the past three decades. All of …