Abstract: In a companion paper, a methodology for the direct computation of the annual seismic risk of postelastic damage in realistic, nonlinear, multi‐degree‐of‐freedom structures was developed. This methodology makes use of the ...

Abstract: Conventional seismic hazard analysis methodology is generalized to estimate directly the annual seismic risk of exceeding a specified level of postelastic damage in real structures. The procedure makes use of empirical ...

Abstract: This paper reviews, compares, and contrasts the three methodologies proposed by C. A. Cornell, by Y. K. Wen, and by FEMA 273 (as proposed by H. Krawinkler) for predicting the postelastic response of buildings subject to ...