The recognition of fragility and vulnerability functions as a fundamental tool in seismic risk
assessment has led to the development of more and more complex and elaborate …

The seismic assessment of a road network depends largely on the characterization of the
fragility of its bridge components. The accuracy of bridge seismic demand estimates and the …

Abstract A new Displacement-Based Design (DBD) procedure to proportion hysteretic
damped braces (HYDBs) is proposed in order to take into account the effects of the seismic …

Traditional bilinear hysteretic dampers (BHDs) are installed in buildings to enhance their
seismic performance by increasing the effective stiffness and damping and are usually …

This paper presents an up-to-date state-of-the-art review on the behaviour of irregular
bridges under seismic excitation. Although several characteristics and definitions may be …

In macro-scale roadway networks, bridges are the main point-site components and tend to
be among the most vulnerable elements in case an earthquake occurs. Given this …

Hysteretic steel dampers have been effectively used to improve the seismic performance of
framed buildings by confining the dissipation of seismic energy into sacrifical, replaceable …

Nonlinear static procedures constitute an important tool in design office application of
performance-based earthquake engineering concepts, and for this reason, they have been …

The seismic response of RC structures is dictated by a number of aleatory and epistemic
uncertainties, related to material properties and seismic hazard. Typically, when following a …

This study develops tsunami evacuation plans in Padang, Indonesia, using a stochastic
tsunami simulation method. The stochastic results are based on multiple earthquake …