ABSTRACT

ABSTRACT: A realistic lifetime seismic-reliability based approach is unavoidable to perform Life-Cycle Cost (LCC)-effective optimum design, maintenance, and retrofitting of structures against seismic risk. However, since most developed LCC model has focused on the methodological point, they have not been quantitatively considered critical factors such as the effects of seismic retrofit, maintenance and environmental stressors on lifetime seismic reliability assessment of deteriorating structures.