In view of the large damage suffered in recent earthquakes and hurricanes, building design
criteria are developed to protect life and reduce damage and loss to an acceptable level …

As early as 1971 Rosenblueth and Mendoza (Rosenblueth E, Mendoza E. Reliability
optimization in isostatic structures. J Eng Mech Div, ASCE 1971; 97 (EM6): 1625–42) …

Infrastructure management plays an important role in sustainable development and is
essential for the evaluation of the socioeconomic feasibility of existing projects and the …

The design criteria for a nine-story office building, subject to earthquakes and winds, are
developed based on the method in the companion paper. The seismic and wind hazards …

Optimization techniques are essential ingredients of reliability-oriented optimal designs of
technical facilities. Suitable objective functions are presented for different replacement …

Structural failures in recent earthquakes and hurricanes have exposed the weakness of
current design procedures and shown the need for new concepts and methodologies for …

This paper studies structural deterioration as a result of the combined action of progressive
degradation (eg, corrosion, fatigue) and sudden events (eg, earthquakes). The structural …

Civil infrastructure during its service life is subject to progressive deterioration due to
aggressive environments and sudden deterioration due to natural and/or manmade …

Sustainability is an important requirement for civil engineering infrastructures, technically
and financially. The financial aspects are discussed. It is proposed to select a design and …

Stochastic characterization and decision bases under time-dependent aftershock risk in
performance-based earthquake engineering Stochastic characterization and decision bases …