Vulnerability is a fundamental component of risk and its understanding is important for
characterising the reliability of infrastructure assets and systems and for mitigating risks. The …

Transportation infrastructure plays an important role in supporting the national economy and
social well-being. Extreme events have caused terrible physical damages to the …

Probabilistic seismic demand models are a common and often essential step in generating
analytical fragility curves for highway bridges. With these probabilistic models being …

This paper reviews alternative selection procedures based on established methods for
incorporating strong ground motion records within the framework of seismic design of …

Nowadays, reliable and accurate prediction of the seismic response of high-speed railway
bridges and then rapid assessment of their seismic fragility is crucial for the risk assessment …

Intercity networks constitute a highly important civil infrastructure in developed countries, as
they contribute to the prosperity and development of the connected communities. This was …

Recent efforts of regional risk assessment of structures often pose a challenge in dealing
with the potentially variable uncertain input parameters. The source of uncertainties can be …

Earthquake is a natural disaster that severely threatens the safety of people. In
consequence, increasing the seismic resistance and resilience of civil infrastructures and …

Over the last two decades, the probabilistic assessment of reinforced concrete (RC)
structures under seismic hazard has been developed rapidly. However, little attention has …

Nonlinear response history analysis (NLRHA) is generally considered to be a reliable and
robust method to assess the seismic performance of buildings under strong ground motions …