Analytical fragility assessment using unscaled ground motion records

• Published in: Earthquake engineering & structural dynamics Vol. 46; no. 15; pp. 2639 - 2663
• Main Authors: Jalayer, Fatemeh, Ebrahimian, Hossein, Miano, Andrea, Manfredi, Gaetano, Sezen, Halil
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bognor Regis Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.12.2017
• Subjects: Bayesian parameter estimation; Capacity; Cloud Analysis; Clouds; Collapse; Computer simulation; Confidence intervals; Demand analysis; Dynamic analysis; Flexing; Fragility; Ground motion; Markov chains; Monte Carlo simulation; Nonlinear analysis; nonlinear dynamic analysis; performance‐based earthquake engineering; Records; record‐to‐record variability; regression; Regression analysis; Reinforced concrete; Shear; Simulation; Statistical analysis; Statistical methods; Unity

Summary It is desirable that nonlinear dynamic analyses for structural fragility assessment are performed using unscaled ground motions. The widespread use of a simple dynamic analysis procedure known as Cloud Analysis, which uses unscaled records and linear regression, has been impeded by its alleg...