Civil Structural & Environ Eng: Recent submissions
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Comparison of methods for model uncertainty quantification
(2023)Model uncertainties are included in reliability assessments to account for the uncertainty introduced by the use of computational models to obtain e.g. resistances and load effects. Often, the model uncertainty is modeled ... -
Optimal risk-based design of a RC frame under column loss scenario
(2023)Structural systems may be subject to abnormal loads with small probability of occurrence but great intensity, which may lead to local damage, and even loss of loadbearing elements. In this context, it is important to design ... -
Evaluating the exact value of failure probability based on conditional outcrossing rate
(2023)By taking the advantage of Poisson events, outcrossing method has been widely applied for time-dependent reliability analysis considering continuous processes. Generally, the outcrossing method can only obtain an upper ... -
Reliability Analysis of Corroded RC Structures Integrating Hybrid Bayesian Network
(2023)The performance of RC structures might deteriorate with time due to environmental stressors (e.g., chloride ingress and concrete carbonation), compromising structural safety and social sustainability. Many studies have ... -
Displacement-based risk-targeted design of base-isolated structures
(2023)This paper discusses a risk-targeted displacement-based method to design and evaluate friction pendulum bearing (FPB) devices in base isolation systems. It is based on a simplified approach to quantify the mean annual ... -
Fitting improved hazard models for SAC/FEMA-compatible seismic analysis
(2023)An improved method of fitting second-order analytical functional forms of seismic hazard compatible with SAC/FEMA-style analysis is presented for use in performance-based earthquake engineering. A novel set of expressions ... -
A simple formula for time-dependent seismic reliability assessment of aging structures
(2023)The capacity deterioration of structures over time may impair their seismic structural reliability significantly, and thus should be taken into account when assessing their seismic performance. In this paper, a simple ... -
Towards the assessment and risk classification of existing building typologies using storey-loss functions
(2023)Loss assessment due to earthquake events is becoming a common instrument in the seismic performance assessment of existing structures. For this purpose, different approaches exist with varying degrees of complexity and ... -
A code calibration for heavy special transports on railway bridges
(2023)The current paper summarizes a code calibration project for heavy special transports on railway bridges. The basis is the Swedish code for assessing existing bridges, which has a safety format based on partial factors. ... -
Time-dependent resilience as a generalization of time-dependent reliability
(2023)Civil structures and infrastructures are often subjected by design to the impacts of natural and human-caused hazardous events, and accordingly may suffer from damages, functionality loss, and failure. In order to ... -
Duration-dependent Fragility Functions for Seismic Damage and Loss Assessment of High-rise Buildings
(2023)The availability of large repositories of recorded and synthetic ground motions coupled with structural response simulation data in recent years has led to the increased popularity of data-driven models for seismic damage ... -
Influence of Community Characterization on the Output Uncertainty of the Florida Public Hurricane Loss Model
(2023)The Florida Public Hurricane Loss Model projects insured hurricane losses for residential buildings. It is a comprehensive multi-disciplinary probabilistic model that computes building and contents losses, as well as ... -
Determination of Dynamic Progressive Collapse Resistances for Deteriorating Multi-story RC Frames Subjected to Column Removal Scenarios via the Energy-based Method
(2023)The alternate path method is widely employed to perform progressive collapse analyses of reinforced concrete (RC) structures subjected to sudden column removal scenarios. To avoid cumbersome direct dynamic analyses, the ... -
Development and assessment of pro-poor financial soft policies for expanding earthquake-prone urban communities
(2023)Recent major earthquake disasters have highlighted the effectiveness of regional financial soft policies (e.g., earthquake insurance) in transferring seismic risk away from those directly impacted and complementing 'hard' ... -
Physical modeling of turbulence wind field for wind turbines
(2023)Wind load is one of the most important dynamic excitations of wind turbine systems, reasonable description and simulation of turbulence wind field lays a significant foundation for the elaborative dynamic response analysis ... -
Physically-driven GE-GDEE and its application to stochastic seismic response and dynamic reliability analyses of practical engineering structures
(2023)Stochastic seismic response and dynamic reliability analyses of large-scale high-rise building structures under earthquake actions is one of the most challenging problems in engineering field. Both the randomness from ... -
Evaluation of test loads by means of Bayes' theorem.
(2023)For existing structures, load tests are often carried out to demonstrate the load-bearing capacity. Reasons for this can be found in a number of unknowns regarding the design loads, the materials used and their current ... -
Polynomial Chaos Surrogate Construction for Stochastic Models with Parametric Uncertainty
(2023)Mesoscopic modeling of surface chemistry bridges atomistic and continuum modeling of surface kinetics. Studying these models, typically simulated via kinetic Monte-Carlo (KMC) methods, is crucial for understanding events ... -
Stochastic approximation of fatigue damage for in-service monitoring of structures
(2023)Fatigue is a phenomenon of local degradation resulting from the repetition of low amplitude loads such as wind or waves. It plays a predominant role in the lifetime of aircraft, ships, and o?shore platforms. However, due ... -
Multi-Disciplinary Resilience Modeling for Developing Mitigation Policies in Seismic-prone Communities: Application to Salt Lake City, Utah
(2023)This paper presents a multi-disciplinary resilience modeling methodology to assess the vulnerability of the built environment and economic systems. This methodology can assist decision-makers with developing effective ...
