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Earthquake Scenarios for Seismic Performance Assessment of Essential Facilities: Case Study of Fire Stations in Montreal

GeoHazards
Post-earthquake fires are typically of great concern for fire protection services, which are expected to be in high demand immediately after a strong earthquake.
Thomas Lessault, Ahmad Abo El Ezz, Marie-José Nollet   +2 more
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A Review of Emerging Technologies for an Assessment of Safety and Seismic Vulnerability and Damage Detection of Existing Masonry Structures

Applied Sciences, 2020
The construction sector has proven to be one of the slowest sectors to embrace technology—a problem that must be addressed. This problem can be quickly and efficiently addressed in certain aspects of seismic engineering: from seismic risk assessment to ...
Mislav Stepinac, Mateo Gašparović
doaj   +1 more source

Designing Web-enabled services to provide damage estimation maps caused by natural hazards [PDF]

, 2010
The availability of building stock inventory data and demographic information is an important requirement for risk assessment studies when attempting to predict and estimate losses due to natural hazards such as earthquakes, storms, floods or tsunamis ...
Bernabe Poveda, Miguel Angel, Gutierrez Corea, Federico Vladimir, Lang, Dominik H., Manso Callejo, Miguel Ángel, Strauch, Wilfried, Wachowicz, Monica   +5 more
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For the Few, Not the Many: Tracing the Residualist and Compensatory Nature of British Energy Support

Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Drawing on extensive documentary analysis, this article traces the evolution of British energy policy support since World War II. It analyses shifts in policy design through two interpretive lenses: eligibility (residualist vs. universalist) and function (compensatory vs. preventive).
T. M. Croon, M. G. Elsinga, J. S. C. M. Hoekstra, M. Sunikka‐Blank, R. Galvin   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Study on seismic intensity attenuation law in Hainan island and its adjacent areas

地震科学进展, 2020
The formula of seismic intensity attenuation for Hainan island and its adjacent areas is obtained by least squares regression analysis using 42 isoseismal line from 17 earthquakes in this region.
Weishun Zeng, Xiangkai Chen, Yang Yang, Youxing Ding   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Optimal seismic upgrade timing in seaports with increasing throughput demand via real options [PDF]

, 2018
A real options (RO) formulation is proposed for decision-making on the timing to upgrade the seismic performance of existing seaports with increasing throughput demand in earthquake prone areas.
Bradley B. A., Canada J. R., Cornell C. A., Duffie D., Flynn M., Hull J. C., Luenberger D., McGuire R. K., PIANC (International Navigation Association), Ross S. M., Stevenson J. R., Trigeorgis L.   +11 more
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Earthquake and Tsunami NaTech Risk Assessment for Oil Storage Facilities

Earthquake Engineering &Structural Dynamics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Interaction of natural and technological hazards (NaTech) events, such as tsunamis and earthquakes, can affect industrial facilities such as those featuring anchored atmospheric storage tanks. Consequences of natural events on this kind of installation may include the release of hazardous substances, which in turn can lead to industrial ...
Georgios Baltzopoulos, Pasquale Cito, Federica Ricci, Manuela Volpe, Jacopo Selva, Valerio Cozzani, Iunio Iervolino   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

The use of FRPs in seismic repair and retrofit: experimental verification [PDF]

, 2001
The application of FRPs in the seismic repair and retrofit of structures is addressed. The results from a few tests on full-scale structures, repaired and/or retrofitted with composites, performed at the ELSA laboratory are presented and ...
Colombo, A., Negro, P., Pinto, A. V., Varum, H.   +3 more
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Creating Fragility Functions for Performance-Based Earthquake Engineering [PDF]

, 2007
The Applied Technology Council is adapting PEER's performance-based earthquake engineering methodology to professional practice. The methodology's damage-analysis stage uses fragility functions to calculate the probability of damage to facility ...
Bachman, Robert, Kennedy, Robert, Porter, Keith   +2 more
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Finite Element Modelling of Rocking and Hybrid Precast Walls under Seismic Loading

Earthquake Engineering &Structural Dynamics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In recent years, self‐centring systems have received considerable research interest in the seismic design of precast concrete structures for their ability to limit damage and satisfy resilience requirements. Rocking and hybrid structural walls, characterised by the formation of a single gap at the wall–foundation interface, mitigate damage by ...
Andrea Belleri, Michele E. Bressanelli, Simone Labò, Jose I. Restrepo   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source