Michele Barbato

TL;DR: In this article, a performance-based hurricane engineering (PBHE) framework is proposed for risk assessment of structural systems located in hurricane-prone regions. But, the proposed methodology is based on the total probability theorem and disaggregates the risk assessment into elementary components, namely hazard analysis, structural characterization, environment-structure interaction, structural analysis, damage analysis and loss analysis.

TL;DR: In this paper, the mean-centered first-order second-moment (FOSM) method is employed to perform probabilistic pushover analysis (POA) of structural and/or soil-structure systems.

TL;DR: In this article, the effects of preparation parameters, namely, temperature, agitation rate, and pH on the shell thickness and size (diameter) of the microcapsules as well as to evaluate the self-healing mechanism in concrete through experimental testing performed in laboratory.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors proposed a methodology for assessing the seismic risk of structural systems equipped with linear and nonlinear viscous damping devices while accounting for the uncertainties affecting both seismic input and model parameters.

TL;DR: In this paper, a comparison between displacement-based and force-based elements for static and dynamic response sensitivity analysis of frame type structures is made, and it is shown that the advantage of force based over displacement based elements is even more.