A state-of-knowledge review on the endurance time method

HE Estekanchi, M Mashayekhi, H Vafai, G Ahmadi… - Structures, 2020‏ - Elsevier
The endurance time method is a time history dynamic analysis in which structures are
subjected to predesigned intensifying excitations. This method provides a tool for response …

Life-cycle seismic fragility and resilience assessment of aging bridges using the endurance time method

J Ashrafifar, H Estekanchi - Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 2023‏ - Elsevier
This paper presents a framework based on the endurance time (ET) method to evaluate
bridge seismic fragility and resilience in the life-cycle context by considering corrosion …

Application of endurance time method to seismic fragility evaluation of highway bridges considering scour effect

H He, K Wei, J Zhang, S Qin - Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Earthquake and flood scour are two main causes of failures to highway bridges. This study
developed an alternative fragility analysis framework of bridges based on endurance time …

Predicting probabilistic distribution functions of response parameters using the endurance time method

MR Mashayekhi, SA Mirfarhadi… - … Structural Design of …, 2019‏ - Wiley Online Library
The main objective of this study is the development of endurance time (ET) excitations in
order to take structural response uncertainty into account for use in performance‐based …

Introducing a base-rocking dual-core braced-frame system equipped with vertical buckling-restrained fuses

MJ Ebrahimi Majumerd… - Bulletin of Earthquake …, 2023‏ - Springer
A base-rocking dual-core braced-frame (BRDC) system equipped with vertical buckling-
restrained fuses (BRF) was developed to prevent the soft-story failure mechanism. The …

Quantifying seismic response uncertainty of electrical substation structures using endurance time method

AG Baghmisheh, HE Estekanchi - Structures, 2021‏ - Elsevier
A new procedure is proposed to quantify uncertainties involved in the seismic response of
structures including ground motion and modeling variability. The advent of performance …

Sample geometric mean versus sample median in closed form framework of seismic reliability evaluation: a case study comparison

M Abyani, B Asgarian, M Zarrin - Earthquake Engineering and …, 2019‏ - Springer
Earthquake engineers have made a lot of efforts to derive a comprehensive set of closed
form expressions for performance evaluation of frames, which are already presented in …

Optimal Properties of Nonlinear Viscous Dampers in Steel Structures Considering the Life Cycle Cost

M Karami, HE Estekanchi, I Hajirasouliha… - Journal of Earthquake …, 2024‏ - Taylor & Francis
Recent studies demonstrated that high-frequency earthquakes have the most effect on the
economic losses during seismic events. However, code-based seismic design criteria …

Seismic reliability assessment of a steel moment-resisting frame with two different ductility levels using a cloud analysis approach

SBB Aval, AM Verki - Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Vibration, 2019‏ - Springer
A cloud method for generating percentile engineering demand parameter versus intensity
measure (EDP-IM) curves of a structure subjected to a set of synthetic ground motions is …

Myths and realities of endurance time analysis: Discussion/Comments Regarding “Seismic assessment of deep water bridges in reservoir considering hydrodynamic …

MA Hariri-Ardebili, S Sattar - Ocean Engineering, 2021‏ - Elsevier
This discussion is based on the paper by Pang et al.(2020)(hereafter identified as “the
original authors” and “the original paper” or “the reference paper”). The original authors …