The vulnerability of structures to unforeseen events

Computers and Structures

Volumn 86, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1042-1051

  England, Juan ^a   Agarwal, Jitendra ^b   Blockley, David ^b  

^a Towers Watson   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disproportionate collapse; Hazard potential; Robustness; Uncertainty management; Unforeseen event; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

COLLAPSIBLE WAREHOUSES; DAMAGE DETECTION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY FACTOR; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

DISPROPORTIONATE COLLAPSE; STRUCTURAL VULNERABILITY; VERTICAL PUSHOVER ANALYSIS; VULNERABLE SEQUENCES;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 41549095299     PISSN: 00457949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruc.2007.05.039     Document Type: Article

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