SEISMIC RELIABILITY ANALYSIS OF STRUCTURES

✍ Scribed by PINTO, BY P. E.; GIANNINI, R.; FRANCHIN, P.; Fardis, Michael

• Book ID: 111691780
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis Group
• Year: 2005
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 56 KB
• Volume: 9
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1363-2469
• DOI: 10.1080/13632460509350573

✦ Synopsis

Progress in the field of earthquake engineering is moving fast towards the implementation of the concepts underlying design for a range of performance targets. Central to this objective is the ability to provide quantitative predictions of future economic losses as well as safety levels, accounting for the many uncertainties involved in the earthquake assessment problem. The book is a timely effort to provide in a selfcontained and comprehensive form the fundamentals indispensable for a proper implementation of the above emerging trends in earthquake engineering.

The book starts with introducing the essential notions of probability and reliability'theories, followed by an extensive and in-depth treatment of seismic reliability analysis of structures. The different methods presented include classical, advanced, and practice-oriented techniques, illustrated by. means of several detailed applications that deal with realistic problems.

The book comprises four chapters and two appendices as follows: