An efficient approach for seismic fragility assessment with application to old reinforced concrete bridges

Journal of Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 231-251

  De Felice, Gianmarco ^a   Giannini, Renato ^a  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Assessment; Bridges; Reinforced concrete; Response surface method; Seismic fragility; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROGRAMS; ASSESSMENT; CAPACITY MODELS; DIFFERENT MODES; EPISTEMIC UNCERTAINTIES; FRAGILITY CURVES; ITALIAN HIGHWAYS; MECHANICAL PARAMETERS; NON-LINEAR FINITE ELEMENT MODEL; NUMERICAL INTEGRATIONS; PROBABILITY OF FAILURE; RC STRUCTURE; RELATIVE IMPORTANCE; RESPONSE SURFACE; RESPONSE SURFACE METHOD; RESPONSE SURFACE METHODOLOGY; SEISMIC FRAGILITY; SEISMIC INPUT; SEISMIC SAFETY; SIMPLY SUPPORTED; SIMULATION ANALYSIS; SOURCES OF UNCERTAINTY; SPECTRAL ACCELERATION; STRUCTURAL RESPONSE;

BUILDING MATERIALS; CONCRETE BRIDGES; CONCRETE BUILDINGS; CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION; DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL ANALYSIS; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; FAILURE ANALYSIS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RAILROAD BRIDGES; RANDOM PROCESSES; RANDOM VARIABLES; REINFORCED CONCRETE; SURFACE PROPERTIES; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

SEISMOLOGY;

EID: 73849103806     PISSN: 13632469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13632460903086028     Document Type: Article

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