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RISResilience-Based Design of Natural Gas Distribution Networks
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: The concept of disaster resilience has received considerable attention in recent years and is increasingly used as an approach for understanding the dynamic response to natural disasters. In this paper, a new performance ...
Multidimensional Performance Limit State for Hazard Fragility Functions
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: This paper addresses an alternative methodology to calculate fragility functions that considers multiple limit states parameters, such as combinations of response variables of accelerations and interstory drifts. Limit ...
Closure to “New Resilience Index for Urban Water Distribution Networks” by G. P. Cimellaro, A. Tinebra, C. Renschler, and M. Fragiadakis
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Noniterative Optimization Procedure for Seismic Weakening and Damping of Inelastic Structures
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: Previous research has shown that weakening of inelastic structures can limit the maximum response accelerations they experience during ground motions, but may lead to an increase in the displacements (or interstory drifts). ...
Bidirectional Pushover Analysis of Irregular Structures
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: Pushover analysis is one of the most-used nonlinear static procedures for the seismic assessment of structures; therefore, nowadays it is extensively used by practicing engineers for the seismic analysis of virtually every ...
New Resilience Index for Urban Water Distribution Networks
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: The increased frequency of natural disasters and man-made catastrophes has caused major disruptions to critical infrastructures (CI) such as water distribution networks (WDNs). Therefore, reducing the vulnerability of the ...
New Resilience Index for Urban Water Distribution Networks
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: The increased frequency of natural disasters and man-made catastrophes has caused major disruptions to critical infrastructures (CI) such as water distribution networks (WDNs). Therefore, reducing the vulnerability of the ...
Integrated Design of Controlled Linear Structural Systems
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: This paper addresses the integrated design of civil engineering structures with control systems. Simultaneous optimization of such controlled structures is considered, showing that new alternative solutions can be achieved ...
Output-Only Modal Identification of Ancient L’Aquila City Hall and Civic Tower
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: The ancient masonry city hall in L’Aquila, Italy (Margherita Palace) that was severely damaged during the L’Aquila earthquake in April 2009 has been subjected to ambient vibration tests to determine its dynamic characteristics ...
Fragility Analysis and Seismic Record Selection
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: This paper explores the influence of spectrum-matched and amplitude-scaled ground motions on the development of fragility functions for structures. The quantification of the influence of these two types of ensembles on ...