Probabilistic fragility analysis: A tool for assessing design rules of RC buildings

Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Vibration

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 45-56

  Lagaros, Nikos D ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Behavior factor; Design practice; Monte Carlo simulation method; Probabilistic fragility analysis

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROBABILISTIC LOGICS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

DESIGN PRACTICE; PROBABILISTIC FRAGILITY ANALYSIS;

BUILDINGS;

EID: 43449099748     PISSN: 16713664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11803-008-0823-x     Document Type: Article

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