Earthquake-Resistant Structures

Earthquake-Resistant Structures
Author: Abbas Moustafa
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Total Pages: 540
Release: 2012-02-29
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9535101234

This book deals with earthquake-resistant structures, such as, buildings, bridges and liquid storage tanks. It contains twenty chapters covering several interesting research topics written by researchers and experts in the field of earthquake engineering. The book covers seismic-resistance design of masonry and reinforced concrete structures to be constructed as well as safety assessment, strengthening and rehabilitation of existing structures against earthquake loads. It also includes three chapters on electromagnetic sensing techniques for health assessment of structures, post earthquake assessment of steel buildings in fire environment and response of underground pipes to blast loads. The book provides the state-of-the-art on recent progress in earthquake-resistant structures. It should be useful to graduate students, researchers and practicing structural engineers.

Earthquake Engineering Frontiers in the New Millennium

Earthquake Engineering Frontiers in the New Millennium
Author: Y.X. Hu
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 500
Release: 2017-11-22
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1351453971

This volume comprises papers presented at the China-US Millennium Symposium on Earthquake Engineering, held in Beijing, China, on November 8-11, 2000. This conference provides a forum for advancing the field of earthquake engineering through multi-lateral cooperation.

Assessing and Managing Earthquake Risk

Assessing and Managing Earthquake Risk
Author: Carlos Sousa Oliveira
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 561
Release: 2007-12-04
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1402036086

* Multidisciplinary approach of risk assessment and management, which can provide more efficient earthquake mitigation. * Transfer of Geo-scientific and engineering knowledge to Civil Protection and insurance agents * Approaches and common practices directly related to the preparation of earthquake emergency plans * Illustrated examples of actual applications, including web sites * Case-studies and information on relevant international projects

Urban Water Distribution Networks

Urban Water Distribution Networks
Author: Symeon Christodoulou
Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
Total Pages: 330
Release: 2017-09-07
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0128136537

Urban Water Distribution Networks: Assessing Systems Vulnerabilities and Risks provides a methodology for a system-wide assessment of water distribution networks (WDN) based on component analysis, network topology and, most importantly, the effects of a network's past performance on its seismic and/or non-seismic reliability. Water distribution networks engineers and system designers face multiple operational issues in delivering safe and clean potable water to their customers. Includes vulnerability assessment methods for water distribution pipes Discusses topological aspects and their effects on network vulnerability Explores analytical and numerical modeling methods for finding and analyzing systems vulnerabilities in water distribution networks Features real world case studies of networks under continuous and intermittent water supply operations

Optimizing Post-earthquake Lifeline System Reliability

Optimizing Post-earthquake Lifeline System Reliability
Author: William M. Elliott
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1044
Release: 1999
Genre: Social Science
ISBN:

TCLEE Monograph 16 presents more than 100 papers from the Fifth U.S. Conference on Lifeline Earthquake Engineering, held in Seattle, Washington, August 12-14, 1999.

Seismic Risk and Resilience Modeling of Water Distribution Systems

Seismic Risk and Resilience Modeling of Water Distribution Systems
Author: Agam Tomar
Publisher:
Total Pages: 146
Release: 2020
Genre:
ISBN:

Water distribution systems are vital to the well-being of communities because they contribute to the functionality of all other infrastructure and lifeline systems. Earthquakes and other natural hazards can cause damage to the components of a water distribution system, causing far-reaching socioeconomic consequences. This research begins with the development of an end-to-end simulation framework to model post-earthquake functional loss and restoration of a water system, which encompasses seismic hazard characterization, component damage assessment, hydraulic performance evaluation, and network restoration modeling. The modeling framework is validated using data from the 2014 South Napa Earthquake and extended to a hypothetical scenario. The end-to-end simulation framework is then extended to consider stochastic event set assessments of the water network using the UCERF2 (Uniform California Earthquake Rupture Forecast, Version 2) earthquake rupture forecast model. Given that the end-to-end performance evaluation of distributed infrastructure for a large set of events is computationally expensive, a framework that uses Active learning to select a subset of ground motion maps and associated occurrence rates that reasonably estimates the water network risk is also developed. To deal with the temporal complexities that are embedded in the post-earthquake restoration process, a dynamic updating methodology is developed to reduce uncertainties in the outcomes of post-event recovery forecasts using Bayesian Inferencing, by exploiting real-time data. The specific example of updating predictions (post-earthquake functional recovery forecasts including total recovery time and complete recovery trajectory) is presented and validated on a real pipe network (Napa water system) and event (2014 earthquake and recovery). Ultimately, the frameworks and models developed as part of this work can inform risk-based decision making and resilience planning of water networks and other lifeline systems.