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n
= = (
)
A similar reasoning allows the determination
of the PDF for the arrival time t n of the n th event,
and its mean value:
T
n
ν
D
P X
(
n
)
exp(
ν
T
)
(27)
T
D
!
D
Finally,
ν
n
t
n
1
n
f
( )
t
=
exp(
ν
t
)
t
=
t f
( )
t dt
=
t
n
t
(
n
1
)!
ν
n
n
0
(23)
T
(
)
n
ν
T
n
n
1
ν
i
D
=
i
(
)
D
C
=
C DIES
(
)
ν
t
exp
− +
(
r
ν
)
t dt
exp(
ν
T
)
d DIES
f
D
i
!
!
n
=
1
i
0
0
(28)
Under the assumption that the structure is fully
repaired after each event, the total expected cost
(at present values and conditional on the damage
index DIES ) becomes:
In general, the costs C n increase with n , but this
is compensated by the diminishing probability of
occurrence of an increasing number of n events in
T D . Thus, the outcome from Eq.(28) converges to a
finite number as n is increased. In the application
results in this Chapter, the summation in Eq.(28)
was truncated when the relative contribution of
the last term was less than 0.001.
The function relating the cost C f to the damage
index DIES (which ranges between 0 and 1) was
assumed to be of the form
C
=
C
+
C
+ +
C
d DIES
1
2
n DIES
DIES
DIES
(24)
in which
T
D
C
=
C DIES f
(
)
( )
t dt
1
f
0
t
DIES
1
0
T
D
C
=
C DIES f
(
)
( )
t dt
b
DIES
2
f
0
t
(25)
DIES
C DIES
(
)
=
α
C
for
DIES
0 60
.
2
f
0
0 60
.
0
C DIES
(
)
=
α
C
when DIES > 0 60
.
0
f
(29)
T
D
=
C
C DIES f
(
)
( )
t dt
n DIES
f
0
t
n
in which C 0 is the total replacement cost and the
coefficient α = 1.20 is assumed to contemplate
extra costs for demolition and cleanup. Eq.(29)
further assumes that complete replacement would
be required should the damage index exceed a
value DIES LIM = 0.60. The exponent b needs to
be set by calibration to practical experience, and
in the applications in this Chapter has been as-
sumed to be b = 1.
Finally, the total expected repair cost must
consider the PDF for the damage index DIES ,
0
Introducing Eq.(17) and (23) into Eq.(24) the
final expected cost C d | DIES , conditional on a dam-
age level DIES, becomes
T
n
1
ν
i
D
=
(
)
i
C
=
C DIES
(
)
ν
t
exp
− +
(
r
ν
)
t dt
d DIES
f
i
!
i
0
0
(26)
Eq.(26) is still conditional on the number n of
earthquakes during the service life T D .This number
is itself a random quantity and, assuming that it
obeys a Poisson distribution, the probability of n
events in T D is
0
C
(
x =
)
C
f
(
DIES d DIES
)
(
)
d
d
d DIES
DIES
(30)
 
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