The MUST-STAND project studies the hot topic of Performance-Based Multi-Hazard Design (PB-MH-D) of structures, with specific focus on the frame structural tipology. First: an advanced ad comprehensive procedure for the PB-MH-D of steel frames will be developed by taking into account three kind of hazard: Earthquake, Wind and Blast. These are necessary to develop exhaustive applications of the procedure for considering two specific issues related to the PB-MH-D: i) the consideration of Hazard-Chain scenarios (blast follwing earthquakes) and; ii) the consideration of concurrent independent hazards determining conflicting design strategies (wind- versus earthquake-driven design). Second: a number of case studies will be developed (frames of different heights) and; third: an optimal risk-targeted design procedure will be devised for muti-hazard design context. The results of the MUST-STAND project wiill cover the literature gap reharding the two i) and ii) above-mentioned issues. Due to the complexity and the broadness of the topic, the research unit will be composed by six members in total, such a research team is strategically assembled to cover the main needed expertises: Wind- Earthquake- and Blast- engineering, structural robustness assessment, reliability analysis, numerical modeling.
