Integrating fire safety into bridge design is essential for resilient infrastructure

A Franchini, B Barake, C Galasso… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
The frequent occurrences of bridge fires and the substantial disruptions and direct/indirect
economic losses resulting from these events highlight the immediate need for effective fire …

[HTML][HTML] Multi-hazard life-cycle consequence analysis of deteriorating engineering systems

K Otárola, L Iannacone, R Gentile, C Galasso - Structural Safety, 2024 - Elsevier
Probabilistic life-cycle consequence (LCCon) analysis (eg, assessment of repair costs,
downtime, or casualties over an asset's service life) can enable optimal life-cycle …

[HTML][HTML] Simulation-based consequence analysis of reinforced-concrete buildings subjected to earthquake-and environment-induced damage accumulation

K Otárola, L Iannacone, R Gentile, C Galasso - Engineering Structures, 2024 - Elsevier
Structural systems in seismic-prone regions can experience sudden deterioration caused by
earthquake-induced ground-motion sequences. In addition, given the prevailing …

A methodology for assessing multiple hazards applied to Sweden

J Björck, M McNamee, J Wahlqvist, M Larson… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Despite extensive efforts through various international initiatives to reduce global warming, it
has been determined that human induced climate change is here, that the present scale of …