Seismic fragility methodology for highway bridges using a component level approach

Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 823-839

  Nielson, Bryant G ^a   DesRoches, Reginald ^b  

^a AMRL   (United States)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Bridges; Components; Fragility; Reliability; Seismic

Indexed keywords

BRIDGE COMPONENTS; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEISMIC RESPONSE;

BRIDGE FRAGILITY CURVES; FIRST-ORDER BOUNDS;

HIGHWAY BRIDGES;

BRIDGE; DAMAGE; GROUND MOTION; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEISMIC RESPONSE; STRUCTURAL RESPONSE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34247648717     PISSN: 00988847     EISSN: 10969845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eqe.655     Document Type: Article

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