There is an urgent need for maintenance-free transportation infrastructures worldwide. Integral Abutment Bridges (IABs) are robust structures, without bearings or expansi [...]

A new engineering risk based methodology for stress tests named ST@STREST developed in the context of the European project STREST (www.strest-eu.org) for non-nuclear crit [...]

Bridges are important components of the roadway and railway networks, as they must remain operational in the aftermath of the seismic event. Permanent movements of the ba [...]

The paper contributes to an assessment of the uncertainties involved in the use of current loss modeling methodologies when applied to the estimation of building damage a [...]