Modeling, Analysis, and Design of Buildings

Introduction

This research introduces an efficient methodology for assessing the seismic risk of buildings such as structural systems equipped with linear and nonlinear viscous damping devices, and tall buildings under wind action.

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Related Publications

  • Petrini F, Ciampoli M and Barbato M (2010). “Performance-based design of tall buildings under wind action.” Proceedings (full paper), 2010 Structures Congress & North American Steel Construction Conference (NASCC 2010), May 12-15, 2010, Orlando, FL (USA). (Link)
  • Petrini F, Palmeri A and Barbato M (2013). “Performance-based wind design of tall buildings equipped with viscoelastic dampers.” Proceedings (full paper), 11th International Conference on Structural Safety and Reliability (ICOSSAR 2013), June 16-20, 2013, Columbia University New York, NY (USA).
  • Tubaldi E, Barbato M and Dall’Asta A (2012). “Reliability-based assessment of structures with added linear viscous dampers.” Proceedings (full paper). Stochastic Mechanics 2012 (SM12), June 7–10, 2012, Ustica (Italy). Published in Meccanica Dei Materiali e delle Strutture, 3(1):33-40. ISSN: 2035-679X.
  • Tubaldi E, Barbato M and Dall’Asta A (2013). “Optimal risk-based design of linear dampers for seismic retrofit of buildings.” Proceedings (abstract), 4th International Conference on Computational Methods in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering (COMPDYN 2013), June 12-14, 2013, Kos Island (Greece).
  • Petrini F, Palmeri A and Barbato M (2013). “Performance-based wind design of tall buildings equipped with viscoelastic dampers.” Proceedings (full paper), 11th International Conference on Structural Safety and Reliability (ICOSSAR 2013), June 16-20, 2013, Columbia University New York, NY (USA).
  • Tubaldi E, Barbato M and Dall’Asta A (2014). “Performance-based seismic risk assessment for buildings equipped with linear and nonlinear viscous dampers.” Engineering Structures, 78:90–99. (Link)
  • Tubaldi E, Barbato M and Dall’Asta A (2014). “Stochastic seismic response analysis of adjacent buildings coupled by nonlinear viscous dampers.” Proceedings (full paper), 9th International Conference on Structural Dynamics (EURODYN 2014), 30 June 30 – 2 July 2014, Porto (Portugal). (Link)
  • Tubaldi E, Barbato M and Dall’Asta A (2016). “A semi-analytical methodology for the reliability-based design of linear dampers used for seismic hazard mitigation of buildings.” Proceedings (abstract), 2016 Joint Engineering Mechanics Institute and probabilistic Mechanics Conference (EMI2016/PMC2016), May 22-25, 2016, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN (USA).
  • Tubaldi E, Barbato M and Dall’Asta A (2016). “Efficient approach for the reliability-based design of linear damping devices for seismic protection of buildings.” ASCE-ASME Journal of Risk and Uncertainty in Engineering Systems, Part A: Civil Engineering, 2(2), June 2016. (Link)

 

Funded Projects Supporting this Research

  • Development of finite elements for response and response sensitivity analysis of reinforced concrete structures retrofitted with externally-bonded fiber reinforced polymers

PI: Barbato, M.

Co-PI: None

Sponsor: Louisiana Board of Regents

Program: RCS Program

Period: August 2010 - July 2013

  • A novel performance-based methodology for mitigation of seismic pounding risk

PI: Barbato, M.

Co-PI: None

Sponsor: Louisiana Board of Regents, through NSF EPSCoR

Program: Pilot Funding for New Research (Pfund) 2010 Program

Period: March 2011 - February 2012

  • Advanced semi-analytical techniques for accurate and efficient estimate of first-passage failure probabilities

PI: Barbato, M.

Co-PI: None

Sponsor: Louisiana Board of Regents, through NSF EPSCoR

Program: Pilot Funding for New Research (Pfund) 2012 Program

Period: January 2013 - December 2013

  • Use of stabilized phosphogypsum as a construction material for artificial reefs

PI: Barbato, M. (35%), Gutierrez-Wing, M.T. (35%),

Co-PI: Rusch, K.A., Seals, R. (10%), Jung, J. (20%)

Sponsor: Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries

Program: NA

Period: September 2013 - August 2016