Structural damage identification has drawn increasing academic interest, as witnessed by the number of relevant journal and conference papers, during the recent years. Th [...]

Tuned mass dampers (TMDs) have been extensively used to reduce undesirable vibrations in civil engineering structures. In this paper, the optimum parameters of TMD are to [...]

Nonlinear response history analysis (NRHA) is the most realistic seismic performance assessment method. NRHA requires the selection of acceleration time-histories, which [...]

This paper investigates the influence of uncertain spatially varying material properties on the fracture behavior of structures made of softening materials. To model the [...]

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