@article{MeskourisButenwegRenault2006,
  author    = {Meskouris, Konstantin and Butenweg, Christoph and Renault, Philippe},
  title     = {Mehrstufen-Konzept f{\"u}r mehr Erdbebensicherheit : ein Werkzeug f{\"u}r die Beurteilung der Erdbebengef{\"a}hrdung von Ingenieurbauwerken},
  series = {Deutsches Ingenieurblatt},
  volume    = {Band 13},
  journal   = {Deutsches Ingenieurblatt},
  number    = {Heft 6},
  issn      = {0946-2422},
  pages     = {18 -- 26},
  year      = {2006},
  language  = {de}
}
@inproceedings{MilkovaButenwegDumovaJovanoska2020,
  author    = {Milkova, Kristina and Butenweg, Christoph and Dumova-Jovanoska, Elena},
  title     = {Methodology for development of seismic vulnerability curve for existing unreinforced Masonry buildings},
  series = {17th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Sendai, Japan, September 27 to October 2, 2021.},
  booktitle = {17th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Sendai, Japan, September 27 to October 2, 2021.},
  pages     = {13 Seiten},
  year      = {2020},
  abstract  = {Seismic behavior of an existing unreinforced masonry building built pre-modern code, located in the City of Ohrid, Republic of North Macedonia has been investigated in this paper. The analyzed school building is selected as an archetype in an ongoing project named "Seismic vulnerability assessment of existing masonry structures in Republic of North Macedonia (SeismoWall)". Two independent segments were included in this research: Seismic hazard assessment by creating a cite specific response spectra and Seismic vulnerability definition by creating a region - specific series of vulnerability curves for the chosen building topology. A reliable Seismic Hazard Assessment for a selected region is a crucial point for performing a seismic risk analysis of a characteristic building class. In that manner, a scenario - based method that incorporates together the knowledge of tectonic style of the considered region, the active fault characterization, the earth crust model and the historical seismicity named Neo Deterministic approach is used for calculation of the response spectra for the location of the building. Variations of the rupturing process are taken into account in the nucleation point of the rupture, in the rupture velocity pattern and in the istribution of the slip on the fault. The results obtained from the multiple scenarios are obtained as an envelope of the response spectra computed for the cite using the procedure Maximum Credible Seismic Input (MCSI). Capacity of the selected building has been determined by using nonlinear static analysis. MINEA software (SDA Engineering) was used for verification of the structural safety of the chosen unreinforced masonry structure. In the process of optimization of the number of samples, computational cost required in a Monte Carlo simulation is significantly reduced since the simulation is performed on a polynomial response surface function for prediction of the structural response. Performance point, found as the intersection of the capacity of the building and the spectra used, is chosen as a response parameter. Five levels of damage limit states based on the capacity curve of the building are defined in dependency on the yield displacement and the maximum displacement. Maximum likelihood estimation procedure is utilized in the process of vulnerability curves determination. As a result, region specific series of vulnerability curves for the chosen type of masonry structures are defined. The obtained probabilities of exceedance a specific damage states as a result from vulnerability curves are compared with the observed damages happened after the earthquake in July 2017 in the City of Ohrid, North Macedonia.},
  language  = {en}
}
@inproceedings{RosinKubalskiButenweg2013,
  author    = {Rosin, Julia and Kubalski, Thomas and Butenweg, Christoph},
  title     = {Modellierung eines basisisolierten, zylindrischen Fl{\"u}ssigkeitstanks aus Stahl},
  series = {13. D-A-CH Tagung f{\"u}r Erdbebeningenieurwesen und Baudynamik (D-A-CH 2013) : 29.-30. August 2013, Wien, {\"O}sterreich},
  booktitle = {13. D-A-CH Tagung f{\"u}r Erdbebeningenieurwesen und Baudynamik (D-A-CH 2013) : 29.-30. August 2013, Wien, {\"O}sterreich},
  organization    = {D-A-CH Tagung f{\"u}r Erdbebeningenieurwesen und Baudynamik <13, 2013, Wien>},
  pages     = {1 -- 10},
  year      = {2013},
  language  = {de}
}
@article{KubalskiButenweg2015,
  author    = {Kubalski, Thomas and Butenweg, Christoph},
  title     = {Modelling strategies for horizontally loaded infill masonry},
  series = {Mauerwerk : European journal of masonry},
  volume    = {Volume 19},
  journal   = {Mauerwerk : European journal of masonry},
  number    = {Issue 5},
  publisher = {Wiley},
  address   = {Weinheim},
  doi       = {10.1002/dama.201500675},
  pages     = {363 -- 369},
  year      = {2015},
  language  = {de}
}
@article{MistlerButenwegMeskouris2006,
  author    = {Mistler, Michael and Butenweg, Christoph and Meskouris, Konstantin},
  title     = {Modelling methods of historic masonry buildings under seismic excitation},
  series = {Journal of seismology},
  volume    = {Volume 10},
  journal   = {Journal of seismology},
  number    = {No. 4},
  issn      = {1383-4649 (Print) ; 1573-157X (E-Journal)},
  doi       = {10.1007/s10950-006-9033-z},
  pages     = {497 -- 510},
  year      = {2006},
  language  = {en}
}
@inproceedings{KalkerNeumannButenwegetal.2005,
  author    = {Kalker, Ines and Neumann, M. and Butenweg, Christoph and Holler, Stefan},
  title     = {Modelling of textile strengthened masonry},
  series = {Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering Computing : [Rome, Italy, 30. August - 2. September 2005] / ed. by B. H. V. Topping},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering Computing : [Rome, Italy, 30. August - 2. September 2005] / ed. by B. H. V. Topping},
  publisher = {Civil-Comp Press},
  address   = {Stirling},
  organization    = {International Conference on Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering Computing <10, 2005, Rome>},
  isbn      = {1-905088-00-0},
  doi       = {10.4203/ccp.81.184},
  pages     = {447 -- 448},
  year      = {2005},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{RossiWinandsButenweg2022,
  author    = {Rossi, Leonardo and Winands, Mark H. M. and Butenweg, Christoph},
  title     = {Monte Carlo Tree Search as an intelligent search tool in structural design problems},
  series = {Engineering with Computers : An International Journal for Simulation-Based Engineering},
  volume    = {38},
  journal   = {Engineering with Computers : An International Journal for Simulation-Based Engineering},
  number    = {4},
  editor    = {Zhang, Jessica},
  publisher = {Springer Nature},
  address   = {Cham},
  issn      = {1435-5663},
  doi       = {10.1007/s00366-021-01338-2},
  pages     = {3219 -- 3236},
  year      = {2022},
  abstract  = {Monte Carlo Tree Search (MCTS) is a search technique that in the last decade emerged as a major breakthrough for Artificial Intelligence applications regarding board- and video-games. In 2016, AlphaGo, an MCTS-based software agent, outperformed the human world champion of the board game Go. This game was for long considered almost infeasible for machines, due to its immense search space and the need for a long-term strategy. Since this historical success, MCTS is considered as an effective new approach for many other scientific and technical problems. Interestingly, civil structural engineering, as a discipline, offers many tasks whose solution may benefit from intelligent search and in particular from adopting MCTS as a search tool. In this work, we show how MCTS can be adapted to search for suitable solutions of a structural engineering design problem. The problem consists of choosing the load-bearing elements in a reference reinforced concrete structure, so to achieve a set of specific dynamic characteristics. In the paper, we report the results obtained by applying both a plain and a hybrid version of single-agent MCTS. The hybrid approach consists of an integration of both MCTS and classic Genetic Algorithm (GA), the latter also serving as a term of comparison for the results. The study's outcomes may open new perspectives for the adoption of MCTS as a design tool for civil engineers.},
  language  = {en}
}
@inproceedings{RajanKubalskiAltayetal.2017,
  author    = {Rajan, Sreelakshmy and Kubalski, Thomas and Altay, Okyay and Dalguer, Luis A and Butenweg, Christoph},
  title     = {Multi-dimensional fragility analysis of a RC building with components using response surface method},
  series = {24th International Conference on Structural Mechanics in Reactor Technology, Busan, Korea, 20-25 August, 2017},
  booktitle = {24th International Conference on Structural Mechanics in Reactor Technology, Busan, Korea, 20-25 August, 2017},
  publisher = {International Assn for Structural Mechanics in Reactor Technology (IASMiRT)},
  address   = {Raleigh, USA},
  isbn      = {9781510856776},
  pages     = {3126 -- 3135},
  year      = {2017},
  abstract  = {Conventional fragility curves describe the vulnerability of the main structure under external hazards. However, in complex structures such as nuclear power plants, the safety or the risk depends also on the components associated with a system. The classical fault tree analysis gives an overall view of the failure and contains several subsystems to the main event, however, the interactions in the subsystems are not well represented. In order to represent the interaction of the components, a method suggested by Cimellaro et al. (2006) using multidimensional performance limit state functions to obtain the system fragility curves is adopted. This approach gives the possibility of deriving the cumulative fragility taking into account the interaction of the response of different components. In this paper, this approach is used to evaluate seismic risk of a representative electrical building infrastructure, including the component, of a nuclear power plant. A simplified model of the structure, with nonlinear material behavior is employed for the analysis in Abaqus©. The input variables considered are the material parameters, boundary conditions and the seismic input. The variability of the seismic input is obtained from selected ground motion time histories of spectrum compatible synthetic ccelerograms. Unlike the usual Monte Carlo methods used for the probabilistic analysis of the structure, a computationally effective response surface method is used. This method reduces the computational effort of the calculations by reducing the required number of samples.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{NordaButenweg2011,
  author    = {Norda, Hannah and Butenweg, Christoph},
  title     = {M{\"o}glichkeiten und Grenzen der Anwendbarkeit statisch nichtlinearer Verfahren nach DIN EN 1998-1},
  series = {Bauingenieur : die richtungsweisende Zeitschrift im Bauingenieurswesen ; offizielle Zeitschrift der VDI-Gesellschaft Bautechnik. Beilage: D-A-CH-Mitteilungsblatt},
  volume    = {Band 86},
  journal   = {Bauingenieur : die richtungsweisende Zeitschrift im Bauingenieurswesen ; offizielle Zeitschrift der VDI-Gesellschaft Bautechnik. Beilage: D-A-CH-Mitteilungsblatt},
  publisher = {VDI Fachmedien},
  address   = {D{\"u}sseldorf},
  issn      = {1436-4867 (E-Journal); 0005-6650 (Print)},
  pages     = {S13 -- S21},
  year      = {2011},
  language  = {de}
}
@inproceedings{Butenweg2007,
  author    = {Butenweg, Christoph},
  title     = {Nachweis der Erdbebensicherheit von Silos aus Stahl unter Erdbebenbelastung},
  series = {D-A-CH Tagung 2007 : Aktuelle Themen des Erdbebeningenieurwesens und der Baudynamik ; 27. und 28. September 2007, arsenal research, TECHbase Vienna},
  booktitle = {D-A-CH Tagung 2007 : Aktuelle Themen des Erdbebeningenieurwesens und der Baudynamik ; 27. und 28. September 2007, arsenal research, TECHbase Vienna},
  organization    = {D-A-CH Tagung <2007, Wien>},
  pages     = {1 -- 14},
  year      = {2007},
  language  = {de}
}