This research deals with the assessment of the seismic behavior and capacity of a reinforced concrete building in order to examine the possibility of strengthening. This [...]

In engineering problems, randomness and uncertainties are inherent. Robust design procedures, formulated in the framework of multi-objective optimization, have been propo [...]

Almost every real world problem involves simultaneous optimization of several incommensurable and often competing objectives which constitutes a multi-objective optimizat [...]

Due to the eccentric setback nature of structures, torsional moments will be induced by a set of lateral loads on buildings. Although the effect on the response of reinfo [...]

The design of economic structures, strong enough to withstand without catastrophic failures all possible loads during their service life and to absorb the induced seismic [...]

In this study a numerical calibration of the most widely accepted damage indices, for quantifying the extent of damage in reinforced concrete structures, is performed. In [...]

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

Alternative static pushover methods for the seismic design of new structures are assessed with the aid of advanced computational tools. The current state-of-practice stat [...]

Infrastructure networks are vital for the well-being of modern societies; national and local economies depend on efficient and reliable networks that provide added value [...]

COMPDYN 2009, one of the thematic Conferences of the European Community on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences (ECCOMAS), is a Special Interest Conference of the In [...]