Extending displacement-based earthquake loss assessment (DBELA) for the computation of fragility curves [PDF]
, 2012 This paper presents a new procedure to derive fragility functions for populations of buildings that relies on the displacement-based earthquake loss assessment (DBELA) methodology.
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Development of Two-Variable Fragility Functions for Piping Systems in Industrial Plants [PDF]
Journal of Structural and Construction Engineering, 2021 Regarding that refineries are essential facilities in oil and gas industries, evaluation of their equipment’s vulnerability, including piping systems, tanks and … subjected to natural hazards is of great importance.
Mahmood Hosseini, Ehsan Ghalyani
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Seismic fragility curves based on the probability density evolution method
Vietnam Journal of Mechanics, 2017 A seismic fragility curve that shows the probability of failure of a structure in function of a seismic intensity, for example peak ground acceleration (PGA), is a powerful tool for the evaluation of the seismic vulnerability of the structures in ...
Thuat-Cong Dang +2 more
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Neurospine, 2023 Objective Hounsfield units (HU), vertebral bone quality (VBQ), and bone mineral density (BMD) can all serve as predictive indicators for thoracolumbar fragility fractures.
Bo Zhang +9 more
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Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, 2022 This paper presents a novel hybrid-based methodology devoted to develop urban fragility curves and damage probability matrices to predict likelihood seismic damage scenarios for small and medium Italian urban centres, considering URM buildings only.
A. Sandoli +3 more
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The assessment of fragility curves of the Application of diagonal and chevron viscous damper in steel structures using a metaheuristic algorithm for modification of ground motions [PDF]
Journal of Structural and Construction Engineering, 2021 A proper design of viscous fluid dampers can assure us more efficiency and improvement of structural frames performance. For this purpose, these two common types of steel bracing frames of chevron and diagonal, equipped with viscous fluid dampers, are ...
davood sedaghat shayegan +2 more
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High serum osteopontin levels are associated with prevalent fractures and worse lipid profile in post-menopausal women with type 2 diabetes [PDF]
, 2018 Purpose: Patients with type 2 diabetes (T2DM) have increased fracture risk. Osteopontin (OPN) is a protein involved in bone remodeling and inflammation.
Carnevale, V. +9 more
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An equation for the description of volume and temperature dependences of the dynamics of supercooled liquids and polymer melts [PDF]
, 2007 A recently proposed expression to describe the temperature and volume dependences of the structural (or alpha) relaxation time is discussed. This equation satisfies the scaling law for the relaxation times, tau = f(TV^g), where T is temperature, V the ...
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Seismic Vulnerability Assessment of Retrofitted Steel Structures with Fractional Viscoelastic Dampers Considering Uncertainty Variables [PDF]
Journal of Structural and Construction Engineering, 2021 Using viscoelastic (VE) dampers is one of the most effective tools for seismic retrofitting of steel structures. The results of many experimental studies demonstrated that using fractional derivative terms for modelling viscoelastic dampers offers an ...
Maryam Beheshti, Payam Asadi
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Fragility curves for Italian URM buildings based on a hybrid method
Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, 2021 A hybrid seismic fragility model for territorial-scale seismic vulnerability assessment of masonry buildings is developed and presented in this paper. The method combines expert-judgment and mechanical approaches to derive typological fragility curves ...
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