ABSTRACT
Nowadays, concrete structures are designed so that structural serviceability and safety requirements are satisfied with reasonable reliance. Especially, after the Hyogo-ken Nanbu Great Earthquake in Japan in 1995, the concept of safety performance-based design has earned a central position in practice. It requires the transparent assessment of structural seismic performance by simulating dynamic behaviour of structures during and after the specified design actions before construction on site. Although methods of deciding structural detailing, dimensioning and selecting materials so as to satisfy the given requirements can be chosen freely by practitioners, a check of performance must be conducted.
