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Extending Analytical Fragility Analysis to Nonlinear Structural Systems: ANFA Method

Sayı: Advanced Online Publication Erken Görünüm Tarihi: 18 Haziran 2026
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Extending Analytical Fragility Analysis to Nonlinear Structural Systems: ANFA Method

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Performance-based wind engineering requires computationally efficient fragility assessment methods capable of estimating limit-state exceedance probabilities for structural systems subjected to stochastic wind loading. Although Monte Carlo simulation is widely used as a reference approach for constructing fragility curves, its application to nonlinear dynamic systems may require thousands of nonlinear time-history analyses, resulting in substantial computational cost. This study proposes an Analytical Nonlinear Fragility Analysis (ANFA) framework to extend the frequency-domain response-estimation philosophy of Analytical Linear Fragility Analysis (ALFA) to nonlinear structural systems. The proposed method retains the computational efficiency of harmonic decomposition and frequency-response-based response estimation, while nonlinear structural behavior is incorporated through a capacity-consistent equivalent linear threshold. In this formulation, the displacement corresponding to the plastic moment capacity is adopted as the fragility threshold, allowing nonlinear capacity effects to be considered without explicitly tracing the complete nonlinear response trajectory for each stochastic wind realization. The applicability of the proposed framework is demonstrated using a nonlinear three-degree-of-freedom mass–column system subjected to stochastic wind excitation. A bilinear moment–curvature relationship is used to represent material nonlinearity, and fragility curves are developed for mean wind speeds ranging from 55 m/s to 85 m/s. The ANFA-based results are compared with reference fragility curves obtained from the Monte Carlo Simulation Method and the Likelihood Estimation Method. The results show that ANFA closely approximates the Monte Carlo-based fragility curve, with a maximum relative difference of approximately 8%, whereas the corresponding discrepancy for the Likelihood Estimation Method reaches approximately 28%. These findings indicate that the proposed ANFA framework provides a practical and computationally efficient alternative for preliminary nonlinear fragility assessment of wind-excited structural systems, particularly when repeated nonlinear dynamic simulations become computationally prohibitive.

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Destekleyen Kurum

Abdullah Gul University (AGU) Technology Development Zone

Etik Beyan

The author declares that ethics committee approval was not required for this study, as it did not involve human participants, animals, or personal data.

Teşekkür

The author gratefully acknowledges the support and research environment provided within the scope of this project.

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Ayrıntılar

Birincil Dil

İngilizce

Konular

İnşaat Mühendisliğinde Sayısal Modelleme, Yapı Mühendisliği

Bölüm

Araştırma Makalesi

Erken Görünüm Tarihi

18 Haziran 2026

Yayımlanma Tarihi

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Gönderilme Tarihi

22 Mayıs 2026

Kabul Tarihi

3 Haziran 2026

Yayımlandığı Sayı

Yıl 2026 Sayı: Advanced Online Publication

Kaynak Göster

APA
Çiftçi, C. (2026). Extending Analytical Fragility Analysis to Nonlinear Structural Systems: ANFA Method. Gazi Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Dergisi Part C: Tasarım ve Teknoloji, Advanced Online Publication. https://doi.org/10.29109/gujsc.1956952
AMA
1.Çiftçi C. Extending Analytical Fragility Analysis to Nonlinear Structural Systems: ANFA Method. GUJS Part C. 2026;(Advanced Online Publication). doi:10.29109/gujsc.1956952
Chicago
Çiftçi, Cihan. 2026. “Extending Analytical Fragility Analysis to Nonlinear Structural Systems: ANFA Method”. Gazi Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Dergisi Part C: Tasarım ve Teknoloji, sy Advanced Online Publication. https://doi.org/10.29109/gujsc.1956952.
EndNote
Çiftçi C (01 Haziran 2026) Extending Analytical Fragility Analysis to Nonlinear Structural Systems: ANFA Method. Gazi Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Dergisi Part C: Tasarım ve Teknoloji Advanced Online Publication
IEEE
[1]C. Çiftçi, “Extending Analytical Fragility Analysis to Nonlinear Structural Systems: ANFA Method”, GUJS Part C, sy Advanced Online Publication, Haz. 2026, doi: 10.29109/gujsc.1956952.
ISNAD
Çiftçi, Cihan. “Extending Analytical Fragility Analysis to Nonlinear Structural Systems: ANFA Method”. Gazi Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Dergisi Part C: Tasarım ve Teknoloji. Advanced Online Publication (01 Haziran 2026). https://doi.org/10.29109/gujsc.1956952.
JAMA
1.Çiftçi C. Extending Analytical Fragility Analysis to Nonlinear Structural Systems: ANFA Method. GUJS Part C. 2026. doi:10.29109/gujsc.1956952.
MLA
Çiftçi, Cihan. “Extending Analytical Fragility Analysis to Nonlinear Structural Systems: ANFA Method”. Gazi Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Dergisi Part C: Tasarım ve Teknoloji, sy Advanced Online Publication, Haziran 2026, doi:10.29109/gujsc.1956952.
Vancouver
1.Cihan Çiftçi. Extending Analytical Fragility Analysis to Nonlinear Structural Systems: ANFA Method. GUJS Part C. 01 Haziran 2026;(Advanced Online Publication). doi:10.29109/gujsc.1956952

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