Search Results - "AKKAR, Sinan"

Probabilistic permanent fault displacement hazard via Monte Carlo simulation and its consideration for the probabilistic risk assessment of buried continuous steel pipelines by Cheng, Yin, Akkar, Sinan

“…Summary Permanent fault displacements (PFDs) because of fault ruptures emerging at the surface are critical for seismic design and risk assessment of…”
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Prediction of elastic displacement response spectra in Europe and the Middle East by Akkar, Sinan, Bommer, Julian J.

“…Empirical equations are presented for the prediction of displacement response ordinates for damping ratios of 2, 5, 10, 20 and 30% of critical and for response…”
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Model of seismic design lateral force levels for the existing reinforced concrete European building stock by Crowley, Helen, Despotaki, Venetia, Silva, Vitor, Dabbeek, Jamal, Romão, Xavier, Pereira, Nuno, Castro, José Miguel, Daniell, James, Veliu, Enes, Bilgin, Huseyin, Adam, Christoph, Deyanova, Manya, Ademović, Naida, Atalic, Josip, Riga, Evi, Karatzetzou, Anna, Bessason, Bjarni, Shendova, Veronika, Tiganescu, Alexandru, Toma-Danila, Dragos, Zugic, Zeljko, Akkar, Sinan, Hancilar, Ufuk

“…As part of the development of a European Seismic Risk Model 2020 (ESRM20), the spatial and temporal evolution of seismic design across Europe has been studied…”
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Drift Estimates in Frame Buildings Subjected to Near-Fault Ground Motions by Akkar, Sinan, Yazgan, Ufuk, Gülkan, Polat

“…A simple procedure to estimate the local displacement demands in regular frame-type structures that respond in elastic limits is described. Given the spectral…”
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A risk-based multi-level stress test methodology: application to six critical non-nuclear infrastructures in Europe by Argyroudis, Sotirios A., Fotopoulou, Stavroula, Karafagka, Stella, Pitilakis, Kyriazis, Selva, Jacopo, Salzano, Ernesto, Basco, Anna, Crowley, Helen, Rodrigues, Daniela, Matos, José P., Schleiss, Anton J., Courage, Wim, Reinders, Johan, Cheng, Yin, Akkar, Sinan, Uçkan, Eren, Erdik, Mustafa, Giardini, Domenico, Mignan, Arnaud

“…Recent natural disasters that seriously affected critical infrastructure (CI) with significant socio-economic losses and impact revealed the need for the…”
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Impact of rupture-plane uncertainty on earthquake hazard: observations from the 30 october 2020 Samos earthquake by Akkar, Sinan, Çağlar, N. Merve, Kale, Özkan, Yazgan, Ufuk, Sandıkkaya, M. Abdullah

“…We assess the significance of rupture-plane uncertainty in the estimated ground-motion intensity measures (IMs) by using the centroid moment-tensor and…”
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Effect of causal and acausal filters on elastic and inelastic response spectra by Boore, David M., Akkar, Sinan

“…With increasing interest in displacement spectra and long‐period motions, it is important to check the sensitivity of both elastic and inelastic response…”
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Displacement-based fragility functions for low- and mid-rise ordinary concrete buildings by Akkar, Sinan, Sucuoglu, Haluk, Yakut, Ahmet

“…Fragility functions are determined for low- and mid-rise ordinary concrete buildings, which constitute the most vulnerable construction type in Turkey as well…”
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Statistical Evaluation of Approximate Methods for Estimating Maximum Deformation Demands on Existing Structures by Akkar, Sinan D, Miranda, Eduardo

“…A statistical study is presented to evaluate the accuracy of five approximate methods that have been proposed in the past to estimate the maximum inelastic…”
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Dynamic Instability of Simple Structural Systems by Miranda, Eduardo, Akkar, Sinan D

“…Lateral strengths required to avoid dynamic instability of single-degree-of-freedom systems are examined. Oscillators with a bilinear hysteretic behavior with…”
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Regional to country-based seismic hazard modeling by Akkar, Sinan

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Regional to country-based seismic hazard modeling: A sample case: Earthquake Model of the Middle East (EMME) Project to Revision of National Seismic Hazard Maps of Turkey Project by Akkar, Sinan

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Application of a Monte-Carlo simulation approach for the probabilistic assessment of seismic hazard for geographically distributed portfolio by Akkar, Sinan, Cheng, Yin

“…Summary The conventional integral approach is very well established in probabilistic seismic hazard assessment (PSHA). However, Monte‐Carlo (MC) simulations…”
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A new formulation for a code‐based vertical design spectrum by Kale, Özkan, Akkar, Sinan

“…Summary Consideration of vertical seismic design loads is important for long‐span structural systems, short‐period structures, and for some nonstructural…”
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The 2014 Earthquake Model of the Middle East: ground motion model and uncertainties by Danciu, Laurentiu, Kale, Özkan, Akkar, Sinan

“…We summarize the main elements of a ground-motion model, as built in three-year effort within the Earthquake Model of the Middle East (EMME) project. Together…”
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A note on two alternative probabilistic methods to address parametric uncertainty in magnitude frequency distribution (MFD) logic trees (BEEE-D-22-00704) by Akkar, Sinan, Yazgan, Ufuk, Eroğlu Azak, Tuba

“…The magnitude frequency distributions (MFDs) are one of the most important components of seismic source modeling in probabilistic seismic hazard analysis…”
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Current challenges and future trends in analytical fragility and vulnerability modeling by Silva, Vitor, Akkar, Sinan, Baker, Jack, Bazzurro, Paolo, Castro, José Miguel, Crowley, Helen, Dolsek, Matjaz, Galasso, Carmine, Lagomarsino, Sergio, Monteiro, Ricardo, Perrone, Daniele, Pitilakis, Kyriazis, Vamvatsikos, Dimitrios

“…The lack of empirical data regarding earthquake damage or losses has propelled the development of dozens of analytical methodologies for the derivation of…”
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A ground-motion logic-tree scheme for regional seismic hazard studies by Kale, Ozkan, Akkar, Sinan

“…We propose a methodology that can be useful to the hazard expert in building ground-motion logic trees to capture the center and range of ground-motion…”
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A candidate proxy to be used in intensity-based triggering mechanism for parametric CAT-bond insurance; Istanbul case study by Mousavi, Mehdi, Akkar, Sinan, Erdik, Mustafa

“…We study the suitability of average peak ground acceleration (PGA) as a ground-motion proxy for parametric catastrophe bond (CAT bond) design. We tie the…”
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Empirical ground-motion models for point- and extended-source crustal earthquake scenarios in Europe and the Middle East by Akkar, S., Sandıkkaya, M. A., Bommer, J. J.

“…This article presents the latest generation of ground-motion models for the prediction of elastic response (pseudo-) spectral accelerations, as well as peak…”
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