Efficient evaluation of performance-based earthquake engineering equations

Efficient Evaluation of Performance-based Earthquake Engineering Equations

In this paper attention is given to the efficient numerical evaluation of the Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research (PEER) performance-based earthquake engineering framework equations. In particular, potential problems in determining an adequate yet efficient region of integration are discussed. An algorithm called “Magnitude-oriented Adaptive Quadrature” (MAQ) is developed, which is an integ...

Societal Implications of Performance-Based Earthquake Engineering

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EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING PRACTICE Creating Fragility Functions for Performance-Based Earthquake Engineering

The Applied Technology Council is adapting PEER’s performance-based earthquake engineering methodology to professional practice. The methodology’s damage-analysis stage uses fragility functions to calculate the probability of damage to facility components given the force, deformation, or other engineering demand parameter (EDP) to which each is subjected. This paper introduces a set of procedur...

An Overview of PEER’s Performance-Based Earthquake Engineering Methodology

Various analytical approaches to performance-based earthquake engineering are in development. This paper summarizes the approach being pursued by the Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research (PEER) Center. It works in four stages: hazard analysis, structural analysis, damage analysis, and loss analysis. In the hazard analysis, one evaluates the seismic hazard at the facility site, producing samp...

Modeling Soil Liquefaction Hazards for Performance-Based Earthquake Engineering