The assessment of the seismic performance depends on the choice of the earthquake
Intensity Measure (IM). During the past years many IMs, which take into account not only …

The use of a seismic intensity measure (IM) is paramount in decoupling seismic hazard and
structural response estimation when assessing the performance of structures. For this to be …

The estimation of building fragility, ie, the probability function of seismic demand exceeding
a certain limit state capacity given the seismic intensity, is a common process inherent in any …

Current fully probabilistic approaches to performance-based earthquake engineering
describe structures' behavior under a wide range of seismic hazard levels. These …

This study investigates the effects of ground-motion sequences on fragility and vulnerability
of reinforced concrete (RC) moment-resisting frames (MRFs). Two four-storey, four-bay RC …

Pulse‐like records are well recognized for their potential to impose higher demands on
structures when compared with ordinary records. The increased severity of the structural …

Choosing friction pendulum isolators to avoid problems with device displacement capacity
or boundary wall collision is a critical part of the seismic design of base isolation systems …

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 …

A realistic assessment of building economic losses and collapse induced by earthquakes
requires the monitoring of several response measures, both story-specific and global. The …

This study proposes a practical fragility-oriented approach for the seismic retrofit design of
case-study structures. This approach relies on map** the increase of the global …