Successful development of the offshore wind energy resource depends upon the reliability of the structures that support the electricity-generating rotor-nacelle assemblies that form the core of a wind turbine system. The risk posed to offshore wind turbines (OWTs) by extreme environmental events such as Atlantic hurricanes requires a more detailed examination of post-elastic structural performa...

Abstract A hybrid seismic fragility model for territorial-scale vulnerability assessment of masonry buildings is developed and presented in this paper. The method combines expert-judgment mechanical approaches to derive typological curves Italian residential building stock. first classifies five different classes as function age construction, structural typology, behaviour damaging observed fol...

The present study explores the seismic performance and expected structural damage in reinforced concrete (RC) frames with progressively increasing in-plan in-height non-regularity. To this aim, four three-dimensional (3D) buildings characterised by different regularity levels are taken into account. structures subjected to input consisting of unscaled real ground motion records, non-linear dyna...

The existence of torsion, as well as consideration of the Soil-Structure Interaction (SSI), increase the natural periods of the structure resulting from a subsequent decrease in the seismic demand of the system. This paper summarizes the probabilistic assessment for evaluation of collapse fragility curves in concrete moment resisting structure with different mass center eccentricities. A 12-sto...

In recent decades, the considerable number of worldwide earthquakes caused damage and several building collapses, underlining high vulnerability existing buildings designed without seismic provisions. this regard, work analyses performance a reinforced concrete any criteria, characterized by seismically-stronger seismically-weaker direction, such as concrete-framed structures for vertical load ...

In the Netherlands, potential damage to building stock due subsidence phenomena has recently received increased awareness. However, evaluating and predicting buildings in subsiding areas is a complex task that requires associating vulnerability of exposed structures with intensity hazard. Considering widespread presence subsidence-related built heritage, focus this study provide empirical-based...