Protection of Built Environment against Earthquakes

Preface 

Contributors

Part I Global Earthquake Model, Seismic Hazard and Ground Motions

1 Global Earthquake Model: Community-Based Seismic Risk Assessment; Helen Crowley and Rui Pinho 

2 Frameworks for the Consideration of Ground Motion and Seismic Response Uncertainties in Seismic Performance Assessment; Brendon A. Bradley  

3 Design Earthquakes and Conditional Hazard; Iunio Iervolino  

4 Orientation Dependence of Earthquake Ground Motion and Structural Response; Damian N. Grant, Diego Padilla and Paul D. Greening  

Part II Seismic performance Assessment, Risk Analysis and Design of Structures  

5 Some Thoughts on Methods to Compare the Seismic Performance of Alternate Structural Designs; Dimitrios Vamvatsikos  

6 Static Versus Dynamic Methods of Analysis for Estimating Seismic Performance; Michalis Fragiadakis, Dimitrios Vamvatsikos and Mark Aschheim  

7 Seismic Design Modification Factors for Steel SMRFs for Uniform Collapse Safety; Farzin Zareian, Dimitrios G. Lignos and Helmut Krawinkler  

8 Tools and Strategies for the Performance-Based Seismic  Assessment of Masonry Buildings; Andrea Penna 

9 Explicit Probabilistic Seismic Design of RC Structures  Through an Elastic Proxy;  Paolo Franchin and Paolo Emilio Pinto10 Structural Optimization: An Assessment Approach  of Design Procedures Against Earthquake Hazard; Chara Ch. Mitropoulou, Nikos D. Lagaros and Manolis Papadrakakis11 Simplified Estimation of Seismic Risk for Buildings with Consideration of Structural Ageing; Daniel Celarec, Dimitrios Vamvatsikos and Matjaz DolSek12 A Toolbox and Web Application for the Seismic  Performance Assessment of Buildings; Matjaz DolSek et al.13 Recent Advances in the Seismic Analysis and Design of RC Bridges in Slovenia; Tatjana Isakovic¿ and Matej Fischinger14 A Multi-Platform Simulation Alternative for the  Performance-Based Design of Interactive Soil-Bridge Systems;