Structural modeling uncertainties and their influence on seismic assessment of existing RC structures

Structural Safety

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 220-228

  Jalayer, Fatemeh ^a   Iervolino, Iunio ^a   Manfredi, Gaetano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bayesian updating; Confidence factors; Existing structures; Markov Chain Monte Carlo simulation; Modeling uncertainty; Structural reliability

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN FRAMEWORKS; BAYESIAN UPDATING; EXISTING BUILDING; EXISTING STRUCTURE; GROUND MOTIONS; IN-SITU TEST; MARKOV CHAIN MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; MATERIAL PROPERTY; NON-DESTRUCTIVE TEST; PRIOR PROBABILITY; RC STRUCTURE; SEISMIC ASSESSMENT; SEISMIC DEMAND AND CAPACITY; SIMPLIFIED MODELS; SIMULATION-BASED METHOD; STRUCTURAL MODELING; STRUCTURAL PARAMETER; STRUCTURAL PERFORMANCE; STRUCTURAL RELIABILITY; STRUCTURAL RESISTANCE; UNCERTAIN PARAMETERS;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MARKOV PROCESSES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; RELIABILITY; SEISMOLOGY; STATISTICAL TESTS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

EID: 77950627979     PISSN: 01674730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.strusafe.2010.02.004     Document Type: Article

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