Download or read book Seismic Evaluation and Rehabilitation of Critical Components of Electrical Power Systems written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Technical Report written by and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book NEHRP Commentary on the Gidelines for the Seismic Rehabilitation of Buildings written by Eugene Zeller and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2000-06 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This document from the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP) was prepared for the Building Seismic Safety Council (BSSC) with funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). It provides commentary on the NEHRP Guidelines for the Seismic Rehabilitation of Buildings. It contains systematic guidance enabling design professionals to formulate effective & reliable rehabilitation approaches that will limit the expected earthquake damage to a specified range for a specified level of ground shaking. This kind of guidance applicable to all types of existing buildings & in all parts of the country has never existed before. Illustrated.

Download or read book Performance Assessment of Conventional and Base isolated Nuclear Power Plants for Earthquake and Blast Loadings written by Yin-Nan Huang and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Seismic Evaluation and Rehabilitation of Structures written by Alper Ilki and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-08-15 with total page 505 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the past, facilities considered to be at the end of their useful life were demolished and replaced with new ones that better met the functional requirements of modern society, including new safety standards. Humankind has recently recognised the threats to the environment and to our limited natural resources due to our relentless determination to destroy the old and build anew. With the awareness of these constraints and the emphasis on sustainability, in future the majority of old structures will be retrofitted to extend their service life as long as feasible. In keeping with this new approach, the EU’s Construction Products Regulation 305/2011, which is the basis of the Eurocodes, included the sustainable use of resources as an "Essential Requirement" for construction. So, the forthcoming second generation of EN-Eurocodes will cover not only the design of new structures, but the rehabilitation of existing ones as well. Most of the existing building stock and civil infrastructures are seismically deficient. When the time comes for a decision to prolong their service life with the help of structural and architectural upgrading, seismic retrofitting may be needed. Further, it is often decided to enhance the earthquake resistance of facilities that still meet their functional requirements and fulfil their purpose, if they are not earthquake-safe. In order to decide how badly a structure needs seismic upgrading or to prioritise it in a population of structures, a seismic evaluation is needed, which also serves as a guide for the extent and type of strengthening. Seismic codes do not sufficiently cover the delicate phase of seismic evaluation nor the many potential technical options for seismic upgrading; therefore research is on-going and the state-of-the-art is constantly evolving. All the more so as seismic evaluation and rehabilitation demand considerable expertise, to make best use of the available safety margins in the existing structure, to adapt the engineering capabilities and techniques at hand to the particularities of a project, to minimise disruption of use, etc. Further, as old structures are very diverse in terms of their materials and layout, seismic retrofitting does not lend itself to straightforward codified procedures or cook-book approaches. As such, seismic evaluation and rehabilitation need the best that the current state-of-the-art can offer on all aspects of earthquake engineering. This volume serves this need, as it gathers the most recent research of top seismic experts from around the world on seismic evaluation, retrofitting and closely related subjects.

Download or read book Seismic Performance Evaluation of Water Supply Systems written by Yu Wang and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Interdependent Response of Telecommunication and Electric Power Systems to Seismic Hazard written by Kanoknart Leelardcharoen and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Infrastructure systems are essential to the functioning of contemporary societies and economies. A major disruption to the built environment can lead to severe public safety issues and economic losses. Within the past few decades, modern control and information technologies have been rapidly developed in an attempt to improve the reliability of individual utility systems by exchanging technologies across them. One of the major ramifications is the emergence of interdependencies among these critical infrastructure systems, especially when facing major disruptions. Failure of an individual system becomes more likely to affect the functionality of other interconnected infrastructure systems. In order to mitigate such consequences, the mechanics of interdependencies and failure propagation among the systems must be understood. : This research focuses on the development of a framework for probabilistically quantifying interdependent responses of two essential infrastructure systems - telecommunication and electric power systems - subjected to seismic hazards, which are one of the most powerful and geographically extensive threats. The study explores the effects of seismic hazards beyond the obvious seismic-induced physical damage to utility system facilities. In particular, the seismic evaluation of telecommunication systems considers the degradation of system performance due to physical damage and the abnormally high usage demands in telecommunication systems expected after catastrophic earthquakes. Specifically, a newly developed seismic-induced congestion model is proposed, and the probabilistic formulations of the critical interdependencies across telecommunication and power systems are presented in a probabilistic framework. The study illustrates the procedure for fragility analysis of interdependent systems and presents a practical application through a test bed implementation in Shelby County, TN.

Download or read book MCEER Bulletin written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Seismic Response Modeling of Water Supply Systems written by Peixin Shi and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Experimental and Analytical Investigation of Blast Performance of Seismically Resistant Bridge Piers written by Shūichi Fujikura and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Seismic Behavior and Design of Boundary Frame Members of Steel Plate Shear Walls written by Bing Qu and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Building Inventory Compilation for Disaster Management written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Remote Sensing for Resilient Multi hazard Disaster Response written by Beverley J. Adams and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Structural and Nonstructural Earthquake Design written by William J. Petak and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Development and Appraisal of a Numerical Cyclic Loading Protocol for Quantifying Building System Performance written by André Filiatrault and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Remote Sensing for Resilient Multi hazard Disaster Response written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Water Supply Performance During Earthquakes and Extreme Events written by Amanda Lynn Bonneau and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: