The in-plane (2d) response of rigid rocking blocks has been extensively studied. In order to use rocking as a seismic response modification strategy for large structures [...]

This paper presents an earthquake damage and repair cost prediction framework for individual residential buildings and portfolios of residential buildings in a municipal [...]

Existing buildings constructed in earthquake prone locations designed prior to 1970s, in general, fail to meet the criteria of modern seismic design codes. This leads in [...]

An engineering risk-based multi-level stress test, named ST@STREST, is proposed aimed at enhancing procedures for evaluation of the risk exposure of critical non-nuclear [...]

Critical Infrastructures (CIs) provide essential goods and services for modern society; they are highly integrated and have growing mutual dependencies. Recent natural ev [...]

This study serves three purposes: (i) to review appropriate metrics for life safety (ii), to provide the outline of a robust mathematical framework quantifying and compar [...]

In order to examine the seismic resilience of the integrated electric power supply, transportation and community system, an Agent-Based Modeling (ABM) framework is develo [...]

In this study a Bayesian Probabilistic Network (BPN) is presented to assess the community demand for the services provided by civil infrastructure systems during the abso [...]

Mechanics of structural behavior in fire and fire-resistant design of structures are based on data from standard fire tests of single structural components. Experimental [...]

The relations between the strength reduction factor Ry, the displacement ductility μ and the vibration period of the structure Tn have been extensively studied for fixed [...]