Gaussian process regression for seismic fragility assessment of building portfolios

R Gentile, C Galasso - Structural Safety, 2020 - Elsevier
Seismic fragility assessment of building portfolios is often based on the analysis of “average”
building models representative of structural types (or building classes), thus neglecting …

From rapid visual survey to multi-hazard risk prioritisation and numerical fragility of school buildings

R Gentile, C Galasso, Y Idris, I Rusydy… - Natural Hazards and …, 2019 - nhess.copernicus.org
Regional seismic risk assessment is paramount in earthquake-prone areas, for instance, to
define and implement prioritisation schemes for earthquake risk reduction. As part of the …

Simplified seismic loss assessment for optimal structural retrofit of RC buildings

R Gentile, C Galasso - Earthquake Spectra, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
This study deals with selecting optimal seismic retrofit solutions for reinforced concrete (RC)
buildings. To this aim, multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) is implemented explicitly …

Hysteretic energy‐based state‐dependent fragility for ground‐motion sequences

R Gentile, C Galasso - Earthquake Engineering & Structural …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
A framework to derive state‐dependent fragility relationships of structures subjected to
ground‐motion sequences (eg mainshock‐aftershock (MS‐AS) or triggered earthquakes) is …

Simplicity versus accuracy trade-off in estimating seismic fragility of existing reinforced concrete buildings

R Gentile, C Galasso - Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper investigates the trade-off between simplicity (modelling effort and computational
time) and result accuracy in seismic fragility analysis of reinforced concrete (RC) frames. For …

Comparing pushover methods for irregular high-rise structures, partially infilled with masonry panels

A Rooshenas - Structures, 2020 - Elsevier
Dynamic analysis is the best and most accurate type of analysis for accurate evaluation of
structures. However, being time consuming and the need for experience in reviewing the …

A computational framework for selecting the optimal combination of seismic retrofit and insurance coverage

R Gentile, S Pampanin… - Computer‐Aided Civil and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Economic earthquake losses can be mitigated through either building retrofit strategies
and/or, to some extent, risk‐transfer to the (re) insurance market. This paper proposes a …

[HTML][HTML] A new combined approach to prioritise seismic retrofit interventions on stocks of rc school buildings

E Saler, N Gattesco, F Da Porto - International Journal of Disaster Risk …, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper presents a prioritisation procedure to rank reinforced concrete (rc) buildings that
are part of a stock according to their seismic vulnerability, and to plan further verifications …

Non-linear analysis of RC masonry-infilled frames using the SLaMA method: part 1—mechanical interpretation of the infill/frame interaction and formulation of the …

R Gentile, S Pampanin, D Raffaele, G Uva - Bulletin of Earthquake …, 2019 - Springer
The simple lateral mechanism analysis (SLaMA) is an analytical method to assess the force–
displacement capacity curve of Reinforced Concrete (RC) structures composed of frames …

Effectiveness of the displacement-based seismic performance assessment for continuous RC bridges and proposed extensions

R Gentile, A Nettis, D Raffaele - Engineering Structures, 2020 - Elsevier
Seismic performance assessment of existing bridges, especially those designed without
seismic criteria, is paramount in earthquake-prone countries. To perform this task, the …