Abstract: Electricity transmission systems are essential to a community's functionalities but are susceptible to the aggressive environmental or operational factors such as the natural hazards and the environment-induced component ...

Abstract: Reliability-based design has been a widely used methodology in the design of engineering structures. For example, the structural design standards in many countries have adopted the load and resistance factor design (LRFD) ...

Abstract: The resilience of a community depends on the performance of the built environment (e.g., building portfolios and infrastructure systems) as well as the functionality of its constituting social and economic institutions. ...