Performance based seismic engineering the need for a reliable conceptual comprehensive approach.

The main objectives of this paper are : (i) to review briefly as to what is understood by performance based engineering, performance based seismic engineering and performance based seismic design (PBSD); (ii) to discuss the main requirements that a reliable PBSD should satisfy and why some approache...

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Published in:	Earthquake engineering & structural dynamics. 31, 3 (2002).
Main Author:	Bertero, Raul D.
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Subjects:	Performance based seismic engineering. Performance based seismic design. Conceptual design. Comprehensive design. Probabilistic design. Performance based design. Performance based engineering.