A Novel Seismic Risk Analysis Method for Structures with Both Random and Convex Set Mixed Variables: Case Study of a RC Bridge

Xiao-Xiao Liu and Yuansheng Wang

Mathematical Problems in Engineering, 2019, vol. 2019, 1-14

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Assessing the demand hazards of structures is requested in the framework of performance-based earthquake engineering. An efficient method for estimating the seismic risk of structures is proposed in this paper. The relationship between multiple limit capacities and corresponding response parameters is denoted by using a generalized multidimensional limit state equation. The limit states of different components are described as random and convex mixed variables. The seismic responses of different components are considered dependent and follow a multidimensional lognormal distribution. The mathematical formula of multidimensional demand hazards of structures is then derived through combining the seismic fragility function and the seismic hazard curve. The proposed method is used to perform the demand hazard analysis and the parameter sensitivity analysis of a multispan continuous concrete girder bridge, selecting column ductility and bearing displacement as the two-dimensional seismic response parameters obtained by Incremental Dynamic Analysis. The results demonstrate that the coefficient of variation and correlation coefficient N , which are involved in the limit state equation, have an impact on the evaluation of the demand hazards.

Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1155/2019/3613651

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