In order to quantify the seismic risk of China, a probabilistic seismic risk model has been developed as a joined effort between the Institute of Engineering Mechanics (I [...]

Probabilistic seismic risk models have been widely accepted and used by the insurance and re-insurance industry over the past decade as risk quantification tools. However [...]

Presented in this study is a probabilistic estimation of the seismic risk in the capital city of the New Zealand. The contribution of three factors to the economic losses [...]

Recent seismic performance evaluations of acute care hospital buildings in the state of California show that a considerable percentage of such hospitals have extremely hi [...]