Probabilistic risk assessment for reinforced concrete frame structures subject to mainshock‐aftershock sequences

• Published in: Earthquake engineering & structural dynamics Vol. 53; no. 7; pp. 2405 - 2422
• Main Authors: Zhou, Zhou, Lu, Dagang, Gardoni, Paolo, Han, Miao, Yu, Xiaohui
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bognor Regis Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.06.2024
• Subjects: Aftershocks; Bayes Theorem; confidence bounds; Earthquake damage; Earthquakes; Evaluation; Fragility; Frame structures; Geological hazards; Hazard assessment; mainshock‐aftershock; Mathematical models; Parameters; Probabilistic risk assessment; Reinforced concrete; reinforced concrete buildings; Risk assessment; Seismic activity; Seismic hazard; seismic risk assessment; Service life; Structural damage; Structures; Uncertainty

Recent earthquakes have highlighted that aftershocks can considerably increase the structural demand and seismic risk of engineering structures. This study presents a probabilistic approach to assess the seismic risk of reinforced concrete (RC) frame structures subjected to mainshock‐aftershock sequ...