Probabilistic analysis of the influence of earthquake nature and content on possibility of structural failure

Authors

1 Faculty of Civil Engineering, Khavaran Institute of Higher Education, Mashhad 5135230690, Iran

2 Construction Management of Civil Engineering, Khavaran Institute of Higher Education, Mashhad 5135230690, Iran

3 Faculty of Civil Engineering, Ferdowsi university, Mashhad, Iran

Abstract

By studying structural analyses in the space of uncertainty, it is apparent that there has been a little research on the effects of the type of earthquake on probabilistic analysis of the structure with various random distributions and coefficients of variation. Therefore, this research attends to this shortcoming. In order to do so, a one-story steel frame has been used. Structural properties such as density, elastic modulus and beam and column dimensions are considered as uncertain parameters with each having three uniform, normal and log-normal types of density function and three coefficients of variation of 5%, 10% and 15%. This structure excited by two far-field earthquakes (El Centro and Hachinohe), and two near-field ground accelerations (Northridge and Kobe). By applying Monte Carlo simulation method in this research, desired random variables are generated and applied in probabilistic analysis.

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Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Volume 50.4, Issue 101 - Serial Number 101
Winter 2021
February 2021
Pages 95-106

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