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Structural analyses are an important part of safety assessment. In this chapter, the concept of a “capacity function” is explained in the context of existing structural analysis techniques. Loading due to seismic, hydrologic, and aging hazard are studied from a probabilistic point of view. Single, multiple, and combined capacity functions are derived. Moreover, the summarized capacity functions and their confidence intervals are presented.

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Saouma, V.E., Hariri-Ardebili, M.A. (2021). Capacity Functions. In: Aging, Shaking, and Cracking of Infrastructures. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-57434-5_24

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