?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Sensitivity+of+Probabilistic+Regional+Seismic+Loss+to+Hazard+and+Vulnerability+Modelling+Options&rft.creator=Minas%2C+S&rft.creator=Sousa%2C+L&rft.creator=Galasso%2C+C&rft.creator=Rossetto%2C+T&rft.description=This+paper+investigates+the+sensitivity+of+probabilistic+regional+seismic+loss+assessment+of+reinforced+concrete%0D%0A(RC)+buildings+to+different+ground+motion+intensity+and+vulnerability+modelling+options.+To+this+aim%2C+several%0D%0Avariations+of+the+loss+assessment+framework+are+tested+to+determine+their+effect+in+the+resultant+damage%0D%0Aprediction%2C+and+the+consequent+loss+estimation.+Specifically%2C+this+study+systematically+assesses+the+sensitivity+of%0D%0Alosses+to+(1)+ground+motion+intensity+characterization+(through+selection+of+different+types+of+intensity+measures+-%0D%0AIMs)%3B+and+(2)+assumptions+in+structural+analysis+(simplified+nonlinear+static-based+procedures+versus+advanced%0D%0Anonlinear+time-history+analysis).%0D%0AA+synthetic+portfolio+of+RC+structures+located+in+Avellino%2C+Southern+Italy%2C+is+chosen+as+a+case-study.+A+sitespecific+hazard+analysis+is+carried+out%2C+allowing+the+calculation+of+ground+shaking+footprints+for+different+types+of%0D%0AIMs%2C+including+conventional+and+advanced+IM+representations.+Three+regular+4-storey%2C+4-bay+RC+bare+frame%0D%0Abuildings%2C+corresponding+to+three+distinct+vulnerability+classes%2C+compose+the+exposure+database.+Seismic+fragility%0D%0Aand+vulnerability+functions+are+derived+for+the+considered+building+typologies%2C+and+finally%2C+economic+earthquake%0D%0Alosses+are+estimated+for+all+tested+ground+motion+IMs+and+fragility+derivation+methods.%0D%0AResults+from+this+study+highlight+that+the+choice+of+the+analysis+method+type+has+a+significant+impact+in+the%0D%0Aoverall+loss+estimation%2C+as+the+proposed+(more+advanced)+procedure+is+capable+of+capturing+the+building+response%0D%0Aand+corresponding+damage+states+more+accurately.+The+choice+of+the+IM+type+is+also+of+high+importance+within%0D%0Athe+loss+estimation+process%2C+due+to+the+ability+of+advanced+IMs+to+capture+more+information+than+standard+IM%2C%0D%0Ae.g.+in+terms+of+spectral+shape.&rft.subject=Seismic+risk%3B+Fragility+curves%3B+Seismic+hazard%3B+FRACAS%3B+Portfolio+loss&rft.publisher=EAEE&rft.date=2018&rft.type=Proceedings+paper&rft.publisher=16th+European+Conference+on+Earthquake+Engineering&rft.language=eng&rft.source=+++++In%3A++Proceedings+of+the+16th+European+conference+on+Earthquake+Engineering+2018.++(pp.+p.+11276).++EAEE%3A+Thessaloniki%2C+Greece.+(2018)+++++&rft.format=text&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F10069016%2F1%2FECEE%2520Minas%2520etal.pdf&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F10069016%2F&rft.rights=open