Probabilistic Basis for 2000 SAC Federal Emergency Management Agency Steel Moment Frame Guidelines
Stanford University · ABS Consulting (United States) · +3 more institutions
Abstract
This paper presents a formal probabilistic framework for seismic design and assessment of structures and its application to steel moment-resisting frame buildings. This is the probabilistic basis for the 2000 SAC Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) steel moment frame guidelines. The framework is based on realizing a performance objective expressed as the probability of exceeding a specified performance level. Performance levels are quantified as expressions relating generic structural variables “demand” and “capacity” that are described by nonlinear, dynamic displacements of the structure. Common probabilistic analysis tools are used to convolve both the randomness and uncertainty characteristics of…
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- Probabilistic logic
- Randomness
- Frame (networking)
- Moment (physics)
- Computer science
- Structural system
- Probabilistic analysis of algorithms
- Random variable
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