Probabilistic seismic vulnerability assessment of aluminium alloy reticulated shells with consideration of uncertainty

Single-layer aluminium alloy cylindrical shells are established using the powerful finite element (FE) software package ABAQUS. Furthermore, the probability distribution models of different random parameters in structural modelling are summarized. Forty seismic ground motion records are selected to consider the uncertainty of earthquakes. Sensitivity analysis of modelling parameters is conducted to determine the parameters with the greatest influence on seismic responses. The incremental dynamic analysis (IDA) method is performed on aluminium alloy cylindrical latticed shell structures with different structural parameters. After applying the damage index and structural performance levels of the latticed shells proposed in this paper, the probabilistic seismic demand model and probabilistic seismic capacity model are established. The seismic performance and the collapse capacity of different aluminium alloy cylindrical latticed shells are discussed based on the FE results. Furthermore, vulnerability curves are obtained according to the IDA results, which can be utilized to predict the failure probability and to evaluate the structural performance of aluminium alloy cylindrical latticed shells under different levels of earthquakes.