A simulation-based framework for risk assessment and probabilistic sensitivity analysis of base-isolated structures

Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics

Volumn 40, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 1629-1651

  Taflanidis, Alexandros A ^a   Jia, Gaofeng ^a  

^a University of Notre Dame   (United States)

Author keywords

Base isolation; Near fault excitation; Probabilistic seismic hazard; Probabilistic sensitivity analysis; Seismic pounding; Stochastic simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DAMPING; MODEL STRUCTURES; SEISMIC DESIGN; SEISMOLOGY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

BASE ISOLATION; NEAR-FAULT; PROBABILISTIC SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEISMIC HAZARDS; SEISMIC POUNDING; STOCHASTIC SIMULATIONS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

DAMPING; FOUNDATION; GROUND MOTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PROBABILITY; RETAINING WALL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMIC POUNDING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 80054931096     PISSN: 00988847     EISSN: 10969845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eqe.1113     Document Type: Article

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