The impact of modelling uncertainties on the seismic performance assessment of reinforced concrete frame buildings

Engineering Structures

Volumn 52, Issue , 2013, Pages 340-354

  Celarec, D ^a   Dolsek M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Fosm; Latin hypercube sampling; Modelling uncertainty; Reinforced concrete frame; Seismic performance assessment; Sensitivity analysis; Uncertainty analysis

Indexed keywords

COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION; FOSM; LATIN HYPERCUBE SAMPLING; PEAK GROUND ACCELERATION; REINFORCED CONCRETE FRAME BUILDINGS; REINFORCED CONCRETE FRAMES; SEISMIC PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SIMPLIFIED NON-LINEAR METHODS;

CONCRETES; REINFORCED CONCRETE; SEISMIC DESIGN; SEISMIC WAVES; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

COLLAPSE; CONCRETE STRUCTURE; MODELING; PEAK ACCELERATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; REINFORCED CONCRETE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEISMIC DESIGN; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84876312833     PISSN: 01410296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2013.02.036     Document Type: Article

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