In a decision-making framework within the context of performance-based design, life-cycle cost can be regarded as a suitable benchmark performance variable to quantify an [...]

Countries around the world have had to face huge economic losses due to natural disasters over the past decade. This, of course represents a source of great concern for N [...]

Quantifying the impact of modelling uncertainty on the seismic performance assessment is a crucial issue for existing buildings, considering the partial information avail [...]

Recent devastating earthquakes around the world have shown the vulnerability and deficiencies of existing reinforced concrete (RC) frame structures. In particular, recent [...]

Cloud Analysis is based on simple regression in the logarithmic space of structural response versus seismic intensity for a set of registered records. This method is part [...]

In the immediate aftermath of a strong earthquake, the road networks play a crucial role in rescue and recovery operations. The damaged infrastructure may lose their tran [...]

Extreme loading conditions such as man-made malicious actions, fires or natural events could induce local failure mechanisms (e.g., a loss of a member) which may trigger [...]