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S14 Seismic Design Optimization
Description:
Seismic design has been introduced to increase the structural safety against natural hazards, and in the case of earthquakes, to make structures having a predictable and reliable performance. In other words, the structures should be able to resist earthquakes in a quantifiable manner and to present levels of desired possible damage. Therefore, the modern conceptual approach of seismic structural design is that the structure should meet performance objectives for a number of different hazard levels ranging form earthquakes with a small intensity, but also with a small return period, to more destructive events with large return periods.
In this respect, the Special Session topics include issues on the design optimization procedures, performance based design, soft computing applications in the framework of seismic design optimization (employing neural networks, fuzzy logic, evolutionary algorithms etc.), Reliability-based and Robust design optimization in earthquake engineering (probabilistic, stochastic approaches for uncertain properties and seismic loads), etc.
In this special session we intend to invite active researcher in this field to contribute with the latest research findings within this subject area to the 14th WCEE 2008 conference.
Conveners:
Manolis Papadrakakis
National Technical University of Athens, Greece,
E-mail:mpapadra@central.ntua.gr
Nikos D. Lagaros
Institute of Structural Analysis and Seismic Research,
School of Civil Engineering,
National Technical University of Athens,
9, Iroon Polytechniou Str.,
Zografou Campus,
157 80 Athens, Greece
Tel: +30 210 772 2625
Fax: +30 210 772 1693
E-mail:nlagaros@central.ntua.gr
Michalis Fragiadakis
National Technical University of Athens, Greece,
E-mail:mfrag@central.ntua.gr
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