It is now generally accepted that several types of risks can be recognized for built facilities and environments: they are not limited to collapse and heavy damage but involve comfort, quality of life, and the preservation of cultural or historical values. The most rational way of tackling such risks and their reduction is Performance-Based Design PBD (or, better, Performance-Based Engineering) that requires the satisfaction of relevant performance requirements with a sufficiently high probability throughout the lifetime of the facility. This paper presents and discusses the general approach to PBD, and illustrates two examples of application, respectively to aeolian and seismic risk assessment. © 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Performance-Based Design in risk assessment and reduction / Augusti, Giuliano; Ciampoli, Marcello. - In: PROBABILISTIC ENGINEERING MECHANICS. - ISSN 0266-8920. - STAMPA. - 23:4(2008), pp. 496-508. [10.1016/j.probengmech.2008.01.007]
Performance-Based Design in risk assessment and reduction
AUGUSTI, Giuliano;CIAMPOLI, Marcello
2008
Abstract
It is now generally accepted that several types of risks can be recognized for built facilities and environments: they are not limited to collapse and heavy damage but involve comfort, quality of life, and the preservation of cultural or historical values. The most rational way of tackling such risks and their reduction is Performance-Based Design PBD (or, better, Performance-Based Engineering) that requires the satisfaction of relevant performance requirements with a sufficiently high probability throughout the lifetime of the facility. This paper presents and discusses the general approach to PBD, and illustrates two examples of application, respectively to aeolian and seismic risk assessment. © 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
