The present paper investigates the optimum way of reinforcing existing composite steel-concrete structures that violate the criteria suggested in Eurocode 4. The motivati [...]

The present study aims to examine the optimal lateral stiffness design of composite steel and steel structural buildings subjected to interstorey drift constraints as wel [...]

The basic objective of this study is the assessment of the European seismic design codes and in particular of EC2 and EC8 with respect to the recommended behaviour factor [...]

Many researchers have dealt with the concept of torsion in reinforced concrete buildings, since many buildings have been damaged due to the eccentric arrangement of the v [...]

The foundation of a structure is defined as that part of the structure in direct contact with the ground, which transmits the load of the structure to the ground. There a [...]

The main scope of the present work is to propose new adaptive soft computing techniques for reducing the computational cost required for estimating the seismic response o [...]

A methodology based on Neural Networks is presented for the quick vulnerability assessment of steel moment resisting frames. The proposed method combines data extracted f [...]

Seismic vulnerability analysis of structural and infrastructural systems is commonly performed by means of fragility curves. There are two approaches for developing fragi [...]