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PBE Overview

The Performance Based Engineering (PBE) Application simulates the impact of natural hazards on buildings or other structures using a probabilistic approach with the Pelicun damage and loss assessment engine. It integrates EE-UQ modules for open-source seismic response simulations and supports commercial tools and non-seismic hazards by importing external response data. Various uncertainties in damage and loss models can be represented and propagated through the analyses. Custom user-defined models and calculation methodologies are also supported. The PBE Application simulates the repair process of a building from damage and loss results through an integrated functional recovery tool. Outputs are provided in a standardized format for further analysis.

This application was developed by the NHERI SimCenter.

Learn How to Use PBE

PBE Website Application Summary User Guide

Use Cases

3.1. FEMA P-58 Assessment Using External Demands

3.2. Shear Building: HAZUS Assessment

3.3. FEMA P-58 Assessment Using External Demands and REDi Recovery

How to Cite PBE & DesignSafe

Please include all of these citations if you use PBE on DesignSafe.

PBE:

Adam Zsarnoczay, Frank McKenna, Charles Wang, Wael Elhaddad, Stevan Gavrilovic, Claudio Perez, Michael Gardner, Peter Mackenzie-Helnwein, & Noam-Elisha. (2024). NHERI-SimCenter/PBE: Version 3.4.0 (V3.4.0). Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10902085

Deierlein, G.G., McKenna, F., et al. (2020). A Cloud-Enabled Application Framework for Simulating Regional-Scale Impacts of Natural Hazards on the Built Environment. Frontiers in Built Environment. 6, 196. doi: 10.3389/fbuil.2020.558706.

DesignSafe:

Rathje, E., Dawson, C. Padgett, J.E., Pinelli, J.-P., Stanzione, D., Adair, A., Arduino, P., Brandenberg, S.J., Cockerill, T., Dey, C., Esteva, M., Haan, Jr., F.L., Hanlon, M., Kareem, A., Lowes, L., Mock, S., and Mosqueda, G. 2017. “DesignSafe: A New Cyberinfrastructure for Natural Hazards Engineering,” ASCE Natural Hazards Review, doi:10.1061/(ASCE)NH.1527-6996.0000246.