Abstract: Damage reports from 11 different earthquakes are summarized in tabular format for typical oil refinery structures, such as cylindrical and spherical storage tanks, tall columns and chimneys, heat exchangers, pumps, and ...

Abstract: This paper presents a Bayesian statistical analysis method for updating earthquake ground motion versus damage relationships in the form of fragility curves and for estimating confidence bounds on these fragility curves. ...

Abstract: Simulation is a very powerful tool for the analysis and planning of seaport operations. A well-designed and calibrated simulation model can provide useful insights about complex port operations that analytical models cannot ...

Abstract: This paper presents a systematic approach for estimating fragility curves and damage probability matrices for different structural systems. Both fragility curves and damage probability matrices express the probabilities ...

Abstract: In this paper, a time series based detection algorithm is proposed utilizing the Gaussian Mixture Models. The two critical aspects of damage diagnosis that are investigated are detection and ...

Abstract: In this paper, a damage sensitive feature based on the wavelet transform of the vibration signal is derived. The theoretical aspects of wavelet decomposition of vibration signals are presented. ...

Abstract: The objective of this paper is to consider variations in the overall weight of structures and the resulting changes in fundamental periods, base shears, and spectral characteristics in seismic reliability analyses. A ...

Abstract: The reliability of tall cantilever structures subjected to earthquake loads is evaluated using a stochastic dynamic response model. Since tall columns are typically very slender, the model considers the effects of both ...

Abstract: A nonstationary stochastic model is used to determine the reliability of tall industrial columns. A typical distilling column from an oil refinery is defined for the analysis and a standard set of ground motion parameters ...