Regional seismic risk and resilience assessment: Methodological development, applicability, and future research needs–An earthquake engineering perspective

A Du, X Wang, Y Xie, Y Dong - Reliability Engineering & System Safety, 2023 - Elsevier
Given the devastating losses incurred by past major earthquake events together with the
ever-increasing global seismic exposures due to population growth and urbanization …

Consistent seismic hazard and fragility analysis considering combined capacity-demand uncertainties via probability density evolution method

XY Cao, DC Feng, M Beer - Structural Safety, 2023 - Elsevier
A consistent seismic hazard and fragility framework considering combined capacity-demand
uncertainties is proposed, in light of the probability density evolution method (PDEM). The …

Optimization-based stacked machine-learning method for seismic probability and risk assessment of reinforced concrete shear walls

F Kazemi, N Asgarkhani, R Jankowski - Expert Systems with Applications, 2024 - Elsevier
Efficient seismic risk assessment aids decision-makers in formulating citywide risk mitigation
plans, providing insights into building performance and retrofitting costs. The complexity of …

Assessment of various seismic fragility analysis approaches for structures excited by non-stationary stochastic ground motions

XY Cao, DC Feng, Y Li - Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 2023 - Elsevier
A probabilistic assessment is performed using different seismic fragility analysis approaches
for structures under non-stationary stochastic ground motions. Four commonly used …

Developing data-driven surrogate models for holistic performance-based assessment of mid-rise RC frame buildings at early design

MZ Esteghamati, MM Flint - Engineering Structures, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper presents a framework to develop generalizable surrogate models to predict
seismic vulnerability and environmental impacts of a class of buildings at a particular …

A KDE-based non-parametric cloud approach for efficient seismic fragility estimation of structures under non-stationary excitation

XY Cao, DC Feng, M Beer - Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 2023 - Elsevier
With the development of performance-based earthquake engineering, the risk-informed
assessment framework has received broad recognition over the world, of which the …

Evaluating the application of K-mean clustering in Earthquake vulnerability mapping of Istanbul, Turkey

M Shafapourtehrany, P Yariyan, H Özener… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Performing the most up-to-date and accurate vulnerability assessment is key to an effective
earthquake disaster management. In cities like Istanbul (Turkey) with a high rate of urban …

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 …

Surrogate probabilistic seismic demand modelling of inelastic single‐degree‐of‐freedom systems for efficient earthquake risk applications

R Gentile, C Galasso - Earthquake Engineering & Structural …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
This paper proposes surrogate models (or metamodels) mapping the parameters controlling
the dynamic behaviour of inelastic single‐degree‐of‐freedom (SDoF) systems (ie, force …

Cloud Capacity Spectrum Method: Accounting for record-to-record variability in fragility analysis using nonlinear static procedures

A Nettis, R Gentile, D Raffaele, G Uva… - Soil Dynamics and …, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper investigates a number of computational issues related to the use of nonlinear
static procedures in fragility analysis of structures. Such approaches can be used to …