A KDE-based non-parametric cloud approach for efficient seismic fragility estimation of structures under non-stationary excitation

XY Cao, DC Feng, M Beer - Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 2023 - Elsevier
With the development of performance-based earthquake engineering, the risk-informed
assessment framework has received broad recognition over the world, of which the …

Evaluating the application of K-mean clustering in Earthquake vulnerability map** of Istanbul, Turkey

M Shafapourtehrany, P Yariyan, H Özener… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Performing the most up-to-date and accurate vulnerability assessment is key to an effective
earthquake disaster management. In cities like Istanbul (Turkey) with a high rate of urban …

Direct loss‐based seismic design of reinforced concrete frame and wall structures

R Gentile, GM Calvi - Earthquake Engineering & Structural …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
This paper presents a procedure to design reinforced concrete (RC) buildings to achieve an
acceptable target level of earthquake‐induced loss (eg, deaths, dollars, downtime) under a …

Simplified seismic loss assessment for optimal structural retrofit of RC buildings

R Gentile, C Galasso - Earthquake Spectra, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
This study deals with selecting optimal seismic retrofit solutions for reinforced concrete (RC)
buildings. To this aim, multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) is implemented explicitly …

Conditioned simulation of ground‐motion time series at uninstrumented sites using Gaussian process regression

A Tamhidi, N Kuehn, SF Ghahari… - Bulletin of the …, 2022 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Ground‐motion time series are essential input data in seismic analysis and performance
assessment of the built environment. Because instruments to record free‐field ground …