Performance-based wind engineering framework for vertical structures subjected to nonstationary wind loads

Abstract

Regarded as a rational analytical approach that enables more risk-informed decision making, performance-based engineering (PBE) has been widely endorsed by the wind engineering community for the design and analysis of vibrationsensitive structures such as tall buildings. Accomplished through modular stages that delineate a structure's capacity to satisfy performance objectives, the uncertainties, error propagation, and random properties of the structural system, the environmental hazard, and the estimation of losses incurred from damages can be systematically examined with great detail. This multi-faceted, holistic approach vi Robert W. Bordewieck Endowed Engineering Fund provided by the College of Engineering of Northeastern University are gratefully acknowledged. Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations are those of the Author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NSF, MathWorks Inc.