@inproceedings{ŠakićMilijašMarinkovićetal.2021,
  author    = {Šakić, Bogdan and Milijaš, Aleksa and Marinković, Marko and Butenweg, Christoph and Klinkel, Sven},
  title     = {Influence of prior in-plane damage on the out-of-plane response of non-load bearing unreinforced masonry walls under seismic load},
  series = {8th ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Computational Methods in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering},
  booktitle = {8th ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Computational Methods in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering},
  editor    = {Papadrakakis, Manolis and Fragiadakis, Michalis},
  publisher = {National Technical University of Athens},
  address   = {Athen},
  isbn      = {9786188507258},
  issn      = {2623-3347},
  doi       = {10.7712/120121.8527.18913},
  pages     = {808 -- 828},
  year      = {2021},
  abstract  = {Reinforced concrete frames with masonry infill walls are popular form of construction all over the world as well in seismic regions. While severe earthquakes can cause high level of damage of both reinforced concrete and masonry infills, earthquakes of lower to medium intensity some-times can cause significant level of damage of masonry infill walls. Especially important is the level of damage of face loaded infill masonry walls (out-of-plane direction) as out-of-plane load cannot only bring high level of damage to the wall, it can also be life-threating for the people near the wall. The response in out-of-plane direction directly depends on the prior in-plane damage, as previous investigation shown that it decreases resistance capacity of the in-fills. Behaviour of infill masonry walls with and without prior in-plane load is investigated in the experimental campaign and the results are presented in this paper. These results are later compared with analytical approaches for the out-of-plane resistance from the literature. Conclusions based on the experimental campaign on the influence of prior in-plane damage on the out-of-plane response of infill walls are compared with the conclusions from other authors who investigated the same problematic.},
  language  = {en}
}
@inproceedings{WagnerNohButenwegetal.2002,
  author    = {Wagner, R. and Noh, S.-Y. and Butenweg, Christoph and Meskouris, Konstantin},
  title     = {Seismic excited granular material silos},
  series = {Structural dynamics - EURODYN 2002 : proceedings of the 4th [i.e. 5th] International Conference on Structural Dynamics, Munich, Germany, 2 - 5 September 2002 / ed. by H. Grundmann ...},
  booktitle = {Structural dynamics - EURODYN 2002 : proceedings of the 4th [i.e. 5th] International Conference on Structural Dynamics, Munich, Germany, 2 - 5 September 2002 / ed. by H. Grundmann ...},
  publisher = {Balkema},
  address   = {Lisse},
  organization    = {European Conference on Structural Dynamics, EURODYN <5, 2002, M{\"u}nchen>},
  isbn      = {90-5809-511-8},
  pages     = {253 -- 258},
  year      = {2002},
  language  = {en}
}
@inproceedings{TomićPennaDeJongetal.2020,
  author    = {Tomić, Igor and Penna, Andrea and DeJong, Matthew and Butenweg, Christoph and Correia, Ant{\´o}nio A. and Candeias, Paulo X. and Senaldi, Ilaria and Guerrini, Gabriele and Malomo, Daniele and Beyer, Katrin},
  title     = {Seismic testing of adjacent interacting masonry structures},
  series = {12th International Conference on Structural Analysis of Historical Constructions (SAHC 2020)},
  booktitle = {12th International Conference on Structural Analysis of Historical Constructions (SAHC 2020)},
  doi       = {10.23967/sahc.2021.234},
  pages     = {1 -- 12},
  year      = {2020},
  abstract  = {In many historical centres in Europe, stone masonry buildings are part of building aggregates, which developed when the layout of the city or village was densified. In these aggregates, adjacent buildings share structural walls to support floors and roofs. Meanwhile, the masonry walls of the fa{\c{c}}ades of adjacent buildings are often connected by dry joints since adjacent buildings were constructed at different times. Observations after for example the recent Central Italy earthquakes showed that the dry joints between the building units were often the first elements to be damaged. As a result, the joints opened up leading to pounding between the building units and a complicated interaction at floor and roof beam supports. The analysis of such building aggregates is very challenging and modelling guidelines do not exist. Advances in the development of analysis methods have been impeded by the lack of experimental data on the seismic response of such aggregates. The objective of the project AIMS (Seismic Testing of Adjacent Interacting Masonry Structures), included in the H2020 project SERA, is to provide such experimental data by testing an aggregate of two buildings under two horizontal components of dynamic excitation. The test unit is built at half-scale, with a two-storey building and a one-storey building. The buildings share one common wall while the fa{\c{c}}ade walls are connected by dry joints. The floors are at different heights leading to a complex dynamic response of this smallest possible building aggregate. The shake table test is conducted at the LNEC seismic testing facility. The testing sequence comprises four levels of shaking: 25\%, 50\%, 75\% and 100\% of nominal shaking table capacity. Extensive instrumentation, including accelerometers, displacement transducers and optical measurement systems, provides detailed information on the building aggregate response. Special attention is paid to the interface opening, the globa},
  language  = {en}
}
@inproceedings{TomicPennaDeJongetal.2020,
  author    = {Tomic, Igor and Penna, Andrea and DeJong, Matthew and Butenweg, Christoph and Senaldi, Ilaria and Guerrini, Gabriele and Malomo, Daniele and Beyer, Katrin},
  title     = {Blind predictions of shake table testing of aggregate 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.},
  year      = {2020},
  abstract  = {In many historical centers in Europe, stone masonry is part of building aggregates, which developed when the layout of the city or village was densified. The analysis of such building aggregates is very challenging and modelling guidelines missing. Advances in the development of analysis methods have been impeded by the lack of experimental data on the seismic response of such aggregates. The SERA project AIMS (Seismic Testing of Adjacent Interacting Masonry Structures) provides such experimental data by testing an aggregate of two buildings under two horizontal components of dynamic excitation. With the aim to advance the modelling of unreinforced masonry aggregates, a blind prediction competition is organized before the experimental campaign. Each group has been provided a complete set of construction drawings, material properties, testing sequence and the list of measurements to be reported. The applied modelling approaches span from equivalent frame models to Finite Element models using shell elements and discrete element models with solid elements. This paper compares the first entries, regarding the modelling approaches, results in terms of base shear, roof displacements, interface openings, and the failure modes.},
  language  = {en}
}
@inproceedings{TaddeiReindlParketal.2011,
  author    = {Taddei, Francesca and Reindl, Lukas and Park, Jin and Butenweg, Christoph and Karadogan, Faruk},
  title     = {Numerical investigation of AAC wall panels based on the damage plasticity constitutive law},
  series = {Cement, Wapno, Beton ; 2011, 7, Special issue: 5th International Conference on Autoclaved Aerated Concrete 'Securing a sustainable future' to be held at Bydgoszcz to celebrate 60 years of AAC experience in Poland, Bydgoszcz, September 14-17, 2011},
  booktitle = {Cement, Wapno, Beton ; 2011, 7, Special issue: 5th International Conference on Autoclaved Aerated Concrete 'Securing a sustainable future' to be held at Bydgoszcz to celebrate 60 years of AAC experience in Poland, Bydgoszcz, September 14-17, 2011},
  publisher = {Stowarzyszenie Producent{\´o}w Cementu i Wapna},
  address   = {Krakow},
  organization    = {International Conference on Autoclaved Aerated Concrete 'Securing a sustainable future' <5, 2011, Bydgoszcz>},
  issn      = {1425-8129},
  pages     = {86 -- 91},
  year      = {2011},
  language  = {en}
}
@inproceedings{TaddeiLozanaMicheletal.2015,
  author    = {Taddei, Francesca and Lozana, Lara and Michel, Philipp and Butenweg, Christoph and Klinkel, Sven},
  title     = {Practical recommendations for the foundation design of onshore wind turbines including soil-structure interaction},
  series = {5th International Conference on Computational Methods in Structural , Hersonissos, Greece Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, COMPDYN 2015, 25.05.2015-27.05.2015, Hersonissos, Greece.},
  booktitle = {5th International Conference on Computational Methods in Structural , Hersonissos, Greece Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, COMPDYN 2015, 25.05.2015-27.05.2015, Hersonissos, Greece.},
  editor    = {Papadrakakis, Manolis and Papadrakakis, M. and Papadopoulos, V. and Plevris, V.},
  year      = {2015},
  language  = {en}
}
@inproceedings{SchmittRosinButenweg2018,
  author    = {Schmitt, Timo and Rosin, Julia and Butenweg, Christoph},
  title     = {Seismic Impact And Design Of Buried Pipelines},
  series = {16th European Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Thessaloniki, 18-21 June, 2018},
  booktitle = {16th European Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Thessaloniki, 18-21 June, 2018},
  pages     = {1 -- 12},
  year      = {2018},
  abstract  = {Seismic design of buried pipeline systems for energy and water supply is not only important for plant and operational safety but also for the maintenance of the supply infrastructure after an earthquake. The present paper shows special issues of the seismic wave impacts on buried pipelines, describes calculation methods, proposes approaches and gives calculation examples. This paper regards the effects of transient displacement differences and resulting tensions within the pipeline due to the wave propagation of the earthquake. However, the presented model can also be used to calculate fault rupture induced displacements. Based on a three-dimensional Finite Element Model parameter studies are performed to show the influence of several parameters such as incoming wave angle, wave velocity, backfill height and synthetic displacement time histories. The interaction between the pipeline and the surrounding soil is modeled with non-linear soil springs and the propagating wave is simulated affecting the pipeline punctually, independently in time and space. Special attention is given to long-distance heat pipeline systems. Here, in regular distances expansion bends are arranged to ensure movements of the pipeline due to high temperature. Such expansion bends are usually designed with small bending radii, which during the earthquake lead to high bending stresses in the cross-section of the pipeline. Finally, an interpretation of the results and recommendations are given for the most critical parameters.},
  language  = {en}
}
@inproceedings{RosinKubalskiButenweg2014,
  author    = {Rosin, Julia and Kubalski, Thomas and Butenweg, Christoph},
  title     = {Seismic Design of cylindrical liquid storage tanks},
  series = {Seismic design of industrial facilities : proceedings of the International Conference on Seismic Design of Industrial Facilities (SeDIF-Conference) ; [Aachen, 26. - 27. September 2013] / Chair of Structural Statics and Dynamics, RWTH Aachen. Sven Klinkel ..., ed.},
  booktitle = {Seismic design of industrial facilities : proceedings of the International Conference on Seismic Design of Industrial Facilities (SeDIF-Conference) ; [Aachen, 26. - 27. September 2013] / Chair of Structural Statics and Dynamics, RWTH Aachen. Sven Klinkel ..., ed.},
  publisher = {Springer Vieweg},
  address   = {Wiesbaden},
  organization    = {International Conference on Seismic Design of Industrial Facilities <2013, Aachen>},
  isbn      = {978-3-658-02810-7 (E-Book) ; 978-3-658-02809-1 (Print)},
  doi       = {10.1007/978-3-658-02810-7_36},
  pages     = {429 -- 440},
  year      = {2014},
  language  = {en}
}
@inproceedings{RosinKubalskiButenweg2013,
  author    = {Rosin, Julia and Kubalski, Thomas and Butenweg, Christoph},
  title     = {Seismic isolation of cylindrical liquid storage tanks},
  series = {Seismic design of industrial facilities},
  booktitle = {Seismic design of industrial facilities},
  editor    = {Klinkel, Sven and Butenweg, Christoph and Lin, Gao and Holtschoppen, Britta},
  publisher = {Springer Vieweg},
  address   = {Wiesbaden},
  isbn      = {978-3-658-02810-7},
  doi       = {10.1007/978-3-658-02810-7_36},
  pages     = {429 -- 440},
  year      = {2013},
  abstract  = {Seismic excited liquid filled tanks are subjected to extreme loading due to hydrodynamic pressures, which can lead to nonlinear stability failure of the thinwalled cylindrical tanks, as it is known from past earthquakes. A significant reduction of the seismically induced loads can be obtained by the application of base isolation systems, which have to be designed carefully with respect to the modified hydrodynamic behaviour of the tank in interaction with the liquid. For this reason a highly sophisticated fluid-structure interaction model has to be applied for a realistic simulation of the overall dynamic system. In the following, such a model is presented and compared with the results of simplified mathematical models for rigidly supported tanks. Finally, it is examined to what extent a simple mechanical model can represent the behaviour of a base isolated tank in case of seismic excitation},
  language  = {en}
}
@inproceedings{RosinHenneboehlButenweg2014,
  author    = {Rosin, Julia and Henneb{\"o}hl, Benedickt and Butenweg, Christoph},
  title     = {Global buckling analysis of cylindrical liquid storage tanks under earthquake loading},
  series = {2nd European Conference on Earthquake Engineering and Seismology 2014 (2nd ECEES) : joint event of the 15th European Conference on Earthquake Engineering and the 34th General Assembly of the European Seismological Commission : Istanbul, Turkey, 25-29 August 2014 / European Association for Earthquake Engineering (EAEE) ; Vol. 6},
  booktitle = {2nd European Conference on Earthquake Engineering and Seismology 2014 (2nd ECEES) : joint event of the 15th European Conference on Earthquake Engineering and the 34th General Assembly of the European Seismological Commission : Istanbul, Turkey, 25-29 August 2014 / European Association for Earthquake Engineering (EAEE) ; Vol. 6},
  publisher = {Curran Associates, Inc.},
  address   = {Red Hook, NY},
  organization    = {European Conference on Earthquake Engineering and Seismology <2, 2014, Istanbul>},
  isbn      = {978-1-5108-1021-1},
  pages     = {5270 -- 5281},
  year      = {2014},
  language  = {en}
}
@inproceedings{RosinButenwegBoesenetal.2018,
  author    = {Rosin, Julia and Butenweg, Christoph and Boesen, Niklas and Gellert, Christoph},
  title     = {Evaluation of the Seismic Behavior of a Modern URM Building During the 2012 Northern Italy Earthquakes},
  series = {16th European Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Thessaloniki, 18-21 June, 2018},
  booktitle = {16th European Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Thessaloniki, 18-21 June, 2018},
  pages     = {1 -- 12},
  year      = {2018},
  language  = {en}
}
@inproceedings{RosinButenweg2014,
  author    = {Rosin, Julia and Butenweg, Christoph},
  title     = {Seismic isolation of cylindrical liquid storage tanks},
  series = {Proceedings of the 9th European Conference on Structural Dynamics, EURODYN 2014 Porto, Portugal, 30 June - 2 July 2014 / A. Cunha, E. Caetano, .... (eds.)},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the 9th European Conference on Structural Dynamics, EURODYN 2014 Porto, Portugal, 30 June - 2 July 2014 / A. Cunha, E. Caetano, .... (eds.)},
  address   = {Porto},
  organization    = {European Conference on Structural Dynamics, EURODYN <9, 2014, Porto>},
  isbn      = {978-972-752-165-4},
  pages     = {3145 -- 3152},
  year      = {2014},
  language  = {en}
}
@inproceedings{RosinMykoniouButenweg2017,
  author    = {Rosin, J. and Mykoniou, K. and Butenweg, Christoph},
  title     = {Analysis Of Base Isolated Liquid Storage Tanks With 3D Fsi-Analysis As Well As Simplified Approaches},
  series = {16th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, 16WCEE 2017 Santiago Chile, January 9th to 13th 2017},
  booktitle = {16th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, 16WCEE 2017 Santiago Chile, January 9th to 13th 2017},
  publisher = {Chilean Association on Seismology and Earthquake Engineering (ACHISINA)},
  pages     = {1 -- 14},
  year      = {2017},
  abstract  = {Tanks are preferably designed, for cost-saving reasons, as circular, cylindrical, thin-walled shells. In case of seismic excitation, these constructions are highly vulnerable to stability failures. An earthquake-resistant design of rigidly supported tanks for high seismic loading demands, however, uneconomic wall thicknesses. A cost-effective alternative can be provided by base isolation systems. In this paper, a simplified seismic design procedure for base isolated tanks is introduced, by appropriately modifying the standard mechanical model for flexible, rigidly supported tanks. The non-linear behavior of conventional base isolation systems becomes an integral part of a proposed simplified process, which enables the assessment of the reduced hydrodynamic forces acting on the tank walls and the corresponding stress distribution. The impulsive and convective actions of the liquid are taken into account. The validity of this approach is evaluated by employing a non-linear fluid-structure interaction algorithm of finite element method. Special focus is placed on the boundary conditions imposed from the base isolation and the resulting hydrodynamic pressures. Both horizontal and vertical component of ground motion are considered in order to study the principal effects of the base isolation on the pressure distribution of the tank walls. The induced rocking effects associated with elastomeric bearings are discussed. The results manifest that base isolated tanks can be designed for seismic loads by means of the proposed procedure with sufficient accuracy, allowing to dispense with numerically expensive techniques.},
  language  = {en}
}
@inproceedings{RochefortVerverGrunendahletal.2005,
  author    = {Rochefort, E. de and Verver, M. and Grunendahl, A. and Mooi, H. and Butenweg, Christoph},
  title     = {Detailed modelling of the lumbar spine for investigation of low back pain},
  series = {Digital Human Modeling for Design and Engineering Symposium : Iowa City, Iowa June 14-16, 2005. (SAE technical papers series ; 2005-1-2716)},
  booktitle = {Digital Human Modeling for Design and Engineering Symposium : Iowa City, Iowa June 14-16, 2005. (SAE technical papers series ; 2005-1-2716)},
  publisher = {SAE International},
  address   = {Warrendale, Pa.},
  organization    = {Society of Automotive Engineers},
  issn      = {0096-736X},
  doi       = {10.4271/2005-01-2716},
  pages     = {1 -- 11},
  year      = {2005},
  language  = {en}
}
@inproceedings{RigaPitilakisButenwegetal.2022,
  author    = {Riga, Evi and Pitilakis, Kyriazis and Butenweg, Christoph and Apostolaki, Stefania and Karatzetzou, Anna},
  title     = {Investigating the impact of the new European Seismic Hazard Model ESHM20 on the seismic design and safety control of industrial facilities},
  series = {The Third European Conference on Earthquake Engineering and Seismology September 4 - September 9, 2022, Bucharest},
  booktitle = {The Third European Conference on Earthquake Engineering and Seismology September 4 - September 9, 2022, Bucharest},
  editor    = {Arion, Cristian and Scupin, Alexandra and Ţigănescu, Alexandru},
  isbn      = {978-973-100-533-1},
  pages     = {3261 -- 3270},
  year      = {2022},
  abstract  = {The seismic performance and safety of major European industrial facilities has a global interest for Europe, its citizens and economy. A potential major disaster at an industrial site could affect several countries, probably far beyond the country where it is located. However, the seismic design and safety assessment of these facilities is practically based on national, often outdated seismic hazard assessment studies, due to many reasons, including the absence of a reliable, commonly developed seismic hazard model for whole Europe. This important gap is no more existing, as the 2020 European Seismic Hazard Model ESHM20 was released in December 2021. In this paper we investigate the expected impact of the adoption of ESHM20 on the seismic demand for industrial facilities, through the comparison of the ESHM20 probabilistic hazard at the sites where industrial facilities are located with the respective national and European regulations. The goal of this preliminary work in the framework of Working Group 13 of the European Association for Earthquake Engineering (EAEE), is to identify potential inadequacies in the design and safety control of existing industrial facilities and to highlight the expected impact of the adoption of the new European Seismic Hazard Model on the design of new industrial facilities and the safety assessment of existing ones.},
  language  = {en}
}
@inproceedings{RenaultButenwegMistler2005,
  author    = {Renault, Philippe and Butenweg, Christoph and Mistler, Michael},
  title     = {Seismic vulnerability assessment system for bridges},
  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},
  pages     = {1 -- 14},
  year      = {2005},
  language  = {en}
}
@inproceedings{RenaultButenweg2005,
  author    = {Renault, Philippe and Butenweg, Christoph},
  title     = {Seismic vulnerability assessment of bridges},
  series = {First Munich Bridge Assessment Conference, MBAC 2005 : Munich, 20.-25. June 2005},
  booktitle = {First Munich Bridge Assessment Conference, MBAC 2005 : Munich, 20.-25. June 2005},
  organization    = {Munich Bridge Assessment Conference <1, 2005>},
  pages     = {1 -- 16},
  year      = {2005},
  language  = {en}
}
@inproceedings{ReindlParkNordaetal.2010,
  author    = {Reindl, Lukas and Park, Jin and Norda, Hannah and Butenweg, Christoph},
  title     = {Seismic design of masonry walls subject to out-of-plane bending},
  series = {Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Computational Structures Technology : Valencia, Spain, 14 - 17 September 2010 / organised in association with: Universidad Politecnica de Valencia ... Ed. by B. H. V. Topping ...},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Computational Structures Technology : Valencia, Spain, 14 - 17 September 2010 / organised in association with: Universidad Politecnica de Valencia ... Ed. by B. H. V. Topping ...},
  publisher = {Civil-Comp Press},
  address   = {Kippen},
  organization    = {International Conference on Computational Structures Technology <10, 2010, Valencia>},
  isbn      = {978-1-905088-36-2},
  doi       = {10.4203/ccp.93.348},
  pages     = {Paper 348},
  year      = {2010},
  language  = {en}
}
@inproceedings{ReindlButenwegKubalski2011,
  author    = {Reindl, Lukas and Butenweg, Christoph and Kubalski, Thomas},
  title     = {Numerical simulation of unreinforced masonry walls subject to dynamic out-of-plane loading},
  series = {COMPDYN 2011 : ECCOMAS Thematic Conference ; Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Computational Methods in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering ; 25-28 May, 2011, Corfu, Greece / Eds.: M. Papadrakakis ...},
  booktitle = {COMPDYN 2011 : ECCOMAS Thematic Conference ; Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Computational Methods in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering ; 25-28 May, 2011, Corfu, Greece / Eds.: M. Papadrakakis ...},
  publisher = {National Technical Univ. of Athens},
  address   = {Athen},
  organization    = {COMPDYN <2011, Corfu>},
  isbn      = {978-960-99994-0-3},
  pages     = {1 -- 10},
  year      = {2011},
  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}
}