1. Keywords: Performance-Based Design, Reliability-Based Design, Risk-Based Design, Natural and man-made
hazards, Uncertainty quantification
Michele Barbato
Associate Professor
Louisiana State University and
A&M College
Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA
mbarbato@lsu.edu
Alessandro Palmeri
Senior Lecturer
Loughborough University
Sir Frank Gibb
Building, Loughborough LE11
3TU, UK
A.Palmeri@lboro.ac.uk
Francesco Petrini
Associate Researcher
Sapienza Università di Roma
Via Eudossiana 18
00184 Rome, ITALY
francesco.petrini@uniroma1.it
ICOSSAR 2013, Columbia University, New York, 16-20 June 2013
This mini-symposium provides the opportunity to present current research efforts and findings in the context of performance-
based, reliability-based, and risk-based design of engineering systems subjected to natural and man-made hazards. Contributions
addressing both theoretical developments and practical applications from different sub-fields of structural engineering
(e.g., earthquake, wind, hurricane, fire, offshore, aerospace, blast engineering) are welcome

2. ICOSSAR 2013, Columbia University, New York, 16-20 June 2013
11th
International Conference on Structural Safety & Reliability (ICOSSAR 2013)
June 16-20, 2013, Columbia University, New York, NY (http://icossar2013.org/)
CALL FOR PAPERS FOR A MINI-SYMPOSIUM ON
Performance-Based, Reliability-Based, and Risk-Based Design:
Rational approaches to mitigate natural and man-made hazards
Co- sponsored by: SEI-ASCE Multi-Hazard Mitigation Committee and
SEI-ASCE Performance-Based Design for Structures Committee
Mitigation of natural and man-made hazards is one of the major goals of structural engineering. In the last
few decades, several methodologies have been developed and/or formalized to achieve this aim, e.g.,
performance-based design, reliability-based design, and risk-based design. While these approaches have
different focuses, they have in common the explicit and rational consideration of the uncertainties that
inherently affect loading environment, mechanical properties of structural materials, boundary conditions,
modeling assumptions, construction procedures, and other relevant types of aleatory and epistemic
uncertainties. In addition, formally different approaches can be used in combined frameworks, e.g.,
reliability-based optimization in the context of performance-based earthquake engineering.
This mini-symposium provides the opportunity to present current research efforts and findings in the context
of performance-based, reliability-based, and risk-based design of engineering systems subjected to natural
and man-made hazards. Contributions addressing both theoretical developments and practical applications
from different sub-fields of structural engineering (e.g., earthquake, wind, hurricane, fire, offshore,
aerospace, blast engineering) are welcome. This mini-symposium aims to provide an overview of state-of-
the-art methods, standards, theoretical advances, and case studies, and to identify ways for further
developments of rational approaches to mitigate single and/or multiple natural and/or man-made hazards,
with explicit consideration of uncertainties. Therefore, the mini-symposium will provide an opportunity to
bring together researchers, academics, design code developers, and practicing engineers active in these
topical areas to share their experience and latest results, with particular focus on real-world applications.
Keywords: Performance-Based Design, Reliability-Based Design, Risk-Based Design, Natural and man-
made hazards, Uncertainty quantification.
Proposed by:

3. 15.6%
6.2%
15.6%
Topic (No of papers) Hazards (No of papers)
Protection
Fragility and
analysis
Uncertainty
treatment
(5= 4a+1b+1c)
(20=11a+3b+5c)
(7=4a+3b+-)
Earthquake
Wind
Blast
Other
(19=11a+3b+5c)
(6=5a+ - +1c)
(2=2a+ - + -)
(5=1a+ 4b + -)
32 Presentations, 5Sessions
Noofpresentationsa) Performance-Based Design (19) b) Reliability-Based Design (7) c) Risk Based Design (6)
Statistics
a= 59.4%
b= 21.8%
c= 18.8%
62.5%
21.9%
59.4%
18.8%
ICOSSAR 2013, Columbia University, New York, 16-20 June 2013

4. ICOSSAR 2013, Columbia University, New York, 16-20 June 2013
Fragility assessment and performance analysis (20 papers) - I
Wangetal.,
Mondaymorning
Displacement-based
Earthquake
Ashrafi
Mondayearlyafternoon
Designprocess
Earthquake
Padhytal.,
Tuesdaymorning
Opengroundstoreybuilding
Earthquake
Karapetrouetal.,
Mondayearlyafternoon
SSI
Earthquake
Franchin,Cavalieri,
Mondaymorning
SSI
Earthquake
Lazar,Dolsek
Tuesdaymorning
Pushover
Earthquake
Salvatorietal.
Wednesdaymorning
Analyticalmethods
Earthquake
Jehel,
Mondaymorning
Dampinguncertainties
Earthquake
Venkittaraman,Banerjee,
Wednesdayearlyafternoon
Resilience
Earthquake

5. ICOSSAR 2013, Columbia University, New York, 16-20 June 2013
Fragility assessment and performance analysis (20 papers) - II
Catbas,Peng
Wednesdayearlyafternoon
Realcases
Serviceloads
Johnston,Stephens,
Wednesdayearlyafternoon
Lessonlearned
Earthquake
Bernardinietal.,
WednesdayMorning
Experimentalapproach
Wind
O
f(IM|O)
f(IM) f(IP|IM,SP)
f(IP)
f(EDP|IM,IP,SP)
G(EDP)
f(DM|EDP)
G(DM)
f(DV|DM)
G(DV)
Hazard analysis
Interaction
analysis
Structural analysis Damageanalysis Loss analysis
IM: intensity
measure
IP: interaction
parameters
EDP:engineering
demand param.
DM:damage
measure
DV:decision
variable
Select
O, D
O:location
D:design
Environme
nt info
Decision-
making
D
f(SP|D)
f(SP)
Structural
characterization
SP:structural
system parameters
Structural
system
info
w(t;z2)Vm(z2)
Vm (z1)
Vm (z3)
V(t;z2)
v(t;z2)u(t;z2)
X
Z
Y
θ
B1
B2
H
Petrinietal.,
WednesdayMorning
Damageandloss
Wind
Spence,Kareem
WednesdayMorning
Performanceoptimization
Wind
Mannini,Bartoli
TuesdayMorning
Fluid-StructureInteract
Wind
Olmatietal.
Mondayearlyafternoon
Fragilityanalysis
Blast
Caoetal.
Wednesdaymorning
Simplifiedmethod
Blast
Arangioetal.
TuesdayMorning
SHM
Ambientvibrations

6. ICOSSAR 2013, Columbia University, New York, 16-20 June 2013
Fragility assessment and performance analysis (20 papers) - III
Ribeiroetal.
Wednesdayearlyafternoon
Aftershock
Earthquake
Cacciolaetal.
Wednesdayearlyafternoon
Spectralcompatibility
Earthquake

7. Protection of structures under various hazards (5 papers)
ICOSSAR 2013, Columbia University, New York, 16-20 June 2013
Taflanidisetal.,
Mondaymorning
Structuralcontent
Earthquake
Chengetal.,
Mondaymorning
Baseisolation
Earthquake
Tubsldietal.,
Mondaymorning
Poundingrisk
Earthquake
Impollonisetal.,
Mondaymorning
Viscousconnectionof
buildings
Earthquake
Petrinietal.,
Mondaymorning
Viscoelasticdampers
Wind
w(t;z2)Vm(z2)
Vm (z1)
Vm (z3)
V(t;z2)
v(t;z2)u(t;z2)
X
Z
Y
θ
B1
B2
H

8. ICOSSAR 2013, Columbia University, New York, 16-20 June 2013
Elachachietal.,
WuesdayMorning
SSI
Earthquake
Uncertainty treatment (7 papers)Kazantzietal.
Mondayearlyafternoon
Epistemicuncertainties
Earthquake
Sgambietal.
Mondayearlyafternoon
Aleatoryuncertainties
Earthquake
Sgambietal.
Tuesdaymorning
Epistemicuncertainties
Serviceloads
Marraetal.
TuesdayMorning
Lock-inoscillations
Wind
Kumar,Gardoni
WuesdayMorning
Life-Cycle
Earthquake
Shafieezadeh,Ellingwood
Wednesdayearlyafternoon
ConfidenceInterval
General

9. Thank you for your contribution
ICOSSAR 2013, Columbia University, New York, 16-20 June 2013
Michele Barbato
Associate Professor
Louisiana State University and
A&M College
Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA
mbarbato@lsu.edu
Alessandro Palmeri
Senior Lecturer
Loughborough University
Sir Frank Gibb Building,
Loughborough LE11 3TU, UK
A.Palmeri@lboro.ac.uk
Francesco Petrini
Associate Researcher
Sapienza Università di Roma
Via Eudossiana 18
00184 Rome, ITALY
francesco.petrini@uniroma1.it