The seismic assessment of structures depends on a large number of aleatory and epistemic uncertainties, which are majorly associated to the estimation of the structural d [...]

Reinforced concrete (RC) frames subjected to seismic loading often depict localized member-end deformations due to strain penetration effects between adjacent members, su [...]

The recent drive for the use of a single-degree-of-freedom representation in displacement-based design and assessment of 3D reinforced concrete (RC) structures has signif [...]

The employment of Nonlinear Static Procedures (NSP) in the seismic assessment of existing structures (or design verification of new ones) has gained considerable populari [...]

Earthquake loss modelling is a multidisciplinary activity which requires the collection of databases of earthquake activity, ground conditions, ground-motion prediction m [...]

The manner in which the horizontal slab in 3D buildings, or better the rigid diaphragm effect, is modeled may influence the response of the structure when subjected to se [...]

A blind analysis contest for a full-scale four-story building was announced in 2007 by the executive committee of the E-Defense steel building project, sponsored by the N [...]

A risk management framework has recently been developed to assign priorities for the rehabilitation of school buildings in Italy, and to give timescales within which retr [...]

The current work deals with the comparison between the numerical results of two different frame element formulations, namely the classical displacement-based element vers [...]

Fibre beam-column elements thus far proved to be very accurate in the simulation of flexure dominated behaviour of reinforced concrete (RC) frames. However, when the shea [...]