The design objectives in current building codes address life safety, control damage in minor
and moderate earthquakes, and prevent collapse in a major earthquake. However, the …

This paper reviews the contributions of research towards the development of the
methodologies associated with Performance-Based Seismic Engineering (PBSE). Research …

This multi-contributor book provides comprehensive coverage of earthquake engineering
problems, an overview of traditional methods, and the scientific background on recent …

The recent drive for use of performance-based methodologies in design and assessment of
structures in seismic areas has significantly increased the demand for the development of …

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

Whereas the potential of static inelastic analysis methods isrecognised in earthquake design
and assessment, especially in contrast with elastic analysis under scaled forces, they have …

The seismic behaviour factor (R) is evaluated for steel X-braced and knee-braced RC
buildings. The R factor components including ductility reduction factor and overstrength …

This paper addresses the issue of horizontal overstrength in modern code‐designed
reinforced‐concrete (RC) buildings. The relationship between the lateral capacity, the …

Fragility curves are constructed to assess the seismic vulnerability of a hypothetical two-story
reinforced concrete frame building designed only for gravity loads. Fragility curves are also …

In this paper, the seismic performance of existing masonry arch bridges is evaluated by
using nonlinear static analysis, as suggested by several modern standards such as UNI …