Abstract: The investigation reported in the paper is an attempt to assess the relevance of soil-structure interaction (SSI) effects on the dynamic response of bridge piers responding in the inelastic range and, in particular, on the ...

Abstract: An approximate method is proposed for seismic design of reinforced concrete (RC) structures to meet multiple structural performance requirements expressed in terms of exceedance probabilities. The method is approximate in ...

Abstract: This work presents the results of an extensive numerical study on the nonlinear response of bridges subjected to multisupport seismic excitation. Bridges of varying stiffness and ductility have been designed both for ...

Abstract: A method is presented for the evaluation of the seismic fragility function of realistic structural systems. The method is based on a preliminary, limited, simulation involving nonlinear dynamic analyses performed to establish ...