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Performance Of Physical Structures In Hurricane Katrina Hurricane Rita A Reconnaissance Report
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Author :U. S. Department U.S. Department of Commerce Publisher :CreateSpace ISBN 13 :9781499211733 Total Pages :268 pages Book Rating :4.2/5 (117 download)
Book Synopsis Performance of Physical Structures in Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita by : U. S. Department U.S. Department of Commerce
Download or read book Performance of Physical Structures in Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita written by U. S. Department U.S. Department of Commerce and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-04-28 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the final report on the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) led-reconnaissance to assess the performance of physical structures during Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita. The report describes the environmental conditions (wind speed, storm surge, and flooding) that were present during the hurricanes in regions that were affected by the hurricanes. The report further documents the NIST-led team's observations of damage to major buildings, infrastructure, and residential structures resulting from wind and wind-borne debris, storm surge, surge-borne debris, and surge-induced flooding.
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Download or read book Performance of Physical Structures in Hurricane Katrina & Hurricane Rita: A Reconnaissance Report written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Hurricane Katrina and the Forgotten Coast of Mississippi by : Susan L. Cutter
Download or read book Hurricane Katrina and the Forgotten Coast of Mississippi written by Susan L. Cutter and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014-04-07 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An interdisciplinary volume on impacts of and recovery from Hurricane Katrina in southern Mississippi, for natural hazard researchers, students and policy makers.
Book Synopsis Bridge Maintenance, Safety, Management, Resilience and Sustainability by : Fabio Biondini
Download or read book Bridge Maintenance, Safety, Management, Resilience and Sustainability written by Fabio Biondini and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2012-06-21 with total page 4119 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bridge Maintenance, Safety, Management, Resilience and Sustainability contains the lectures and papers presented at The Sixth International Conference on Bridge Maintenance, Safety and Management (IABMAS 2012), held in Stresa, Lake Maggiore, Italy, 8-12 July, 2012. This volume consists of a book of extended abstracts (800 pp) Extensive collection of revised expert papers on recent advances in bridge maintenance, safety, management and life-cycle performance, representing a major contribution to the knowledge base of all areas of the field.
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Author :United States-Japan Cooperative Program in Natural Resources. Joint Panel Conference Publisher : ISBN 13 : Total Pages :404 pages Book Rating :4.:/5 (31 download)
Book Synopsis Wind and Seismic Effects by : United States-Japan Cooperative Program in Natural Resources. Joint Panel Conference
Download or read book Wind and Seismic Effects written by United States-Japan Cooperative Program in Natural Resources. Joint Panel Conference and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Oxford Handbook of Non-Synoptic Wind Storms by : Horia Hangan
Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Non-Synoptic Wind Storms written by Horia Hangan and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2021-08-16 with total page 645 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In different areas of the world, much of the damage due to wind is caused by non-synoptic, local wind storm events, such as tornadoes and downbursts. In North America the damage due to these winds is more than 65% of total wind damage, and there are no guidelines or code implementations to deal with such catastrophic events. As we enter the third decade of the twenty-first century, current research is in its first phase of addressing these types of events, from their characterization, simulation, and loading, to collapse-mode effects on buildings and structures, as well as socioeconomic implications. The need is clear to better understand non-synoptic local winds; properly simulate them; assess the difference in loading between these events and synoptic large-scale winds that have been part of the wind engineering practice for more than five decades; determine their statistics and associated risks; and apply this through guidelines, codes, risk mitigation, and adaptation responses to socioeconomic impact. The Oxford Handbook of Non-Synoptic Wind Storms, led by Dr. Horia Hangan and Dr. Ahsan Kareem, features nearly 30 chapters, contributed by an international panel of leading scientists, scholars, and engineers, that address these issues and stimulate thought, research, and responses to non-synoptic wind storm hazards in North America and worldwide. Together, these articles provide clear definitions of the problems to be tackled, offer a strategic framework for forward-looking research, identify the best-suited tools and methodologies to address the problems at hand, and suggest ways to maximize collaborative planning between the disciplines that will tackle these challenges.
Book Synopsis Urban Resilience for Emergency Response and Recovery by : Gian Paolo Cimellaro
Download or read book Urban Resilience for Emergency Response and Recovery written by Gian Paolo Cimellaro and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-06-04 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book introduces the concepts of Resilience-Based Design (RBD) as an extension of Performance-Based Design. It provides readers with a range of cutting-edge methodologies for evaluating resilience and clarifies the difference between resilience, vulnerability and sustainability. Initially, the book focuses on describing the different types of uncertainty that arise in the context of resilience evaluation. This is followed by an entire chapter dedicated to the analytical and experimental recovery functions. Then, starting from the definition of resilience provided by MCEER, an extension of the methodology is provided that introduces the seven dimensions of Community Resilience, summarized in the acronym PEOPLES. They are: Population and Demographics, Environmental/Ecosystem, Organized Governmental Services, Physical infrastructures, Lifestyle and Community Competence, Economic Development, and Socio-Cultural Capital. For each dimension, components and subcomponents are defined and the related indices are provided. Underlining the importance of the physical infrastructure dimension, the book provides several examples of applications for transportation, hydraulic, gas and power networks. The problem of interdependencies and the domino effect is also taken into account during the analysis. One of the book’s closing chapters focuses on different methodologies for improving disaster preparedness and engineering mitigation strategies, while the last chapter describes the different computer platforms available on the market for evaluating Community Resilience. The book offers readers an extensive introduction to the concept of Resilience-Based Design, together with selected advanced applications for specialists. No prerequisite knowledge is needed in order to understand the book, and the Appendix offers valuable supplemental information on e.g. the probabilistic concepts. As such, the book offers a valuable resource for graduate students, young engineers and researchers who are interested in the topic, and can also be used as a supplementary text in graduate level Disaster Resilience courses.
Book Synopsis Bridge Collapse Frequencies versus Failure Probabilities by : Dirk Proske
Download or read book Bridge Collapse Frequencies versus Failure Probabilities written by Dirk Proske and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-02-22 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This monograph provides a comparative study between failure probabilities and collapse frequencies in structural bridge engineering. The author presents techniques to resolve and extend the limitations of both parameters, taking also into account the time dependency of both parameters. The book includes available data and case studies and thus presents patterns to identify potential weaknesses and challenges in bridge maintenance. The target audience primarily comprises practicing engineers in the field of bridge engineering, but the book may also be beneficial for academic researchers alike.
Book Synopsis Outer Continental Shelf Oil & Gas Leasing Program, 2012-2017 by :
Download or read book Outer Continental Shelf Oil & Gas Leasing Program, 2012-2017 written by and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the potential environmental impacts of the Proposed Final 2012-2017 Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Oil and Gas Leasing Program (PFP), which establishes a schedule that is used as a basis for considering where and when oil and gas leasing might be appropriate over a 5-year period.
Book Synopsis Underground Engineering for Sustainable Urban Development by : National Research Council
Download or read book Underground Engineering for Sustainable Urban Development written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2013-03-26 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For thousands of years, the underground has provided humans refuge, useful resources, physical support for surface structures, and a place for spiritual or artistic expression. More recently, many urban services have been placed underground. Over this time, humans have rarely considered how underground space can contribute to or be engineered to maximize its contribution to the sustainability of society. As human activities begin to change the planet and population struggle to maintain satisfactory standards of living, placing new infrastructure and related facilities underground may be the most successful way to encourage or support the redirection of urban development into sustainable patterns. Well maintained, resilient, and adequately performing underground infrastructure, therefore, becomes an essential part of sustainability, but much remains to be learned about improving the sustainability of underground infrastructure itself. At the request of the National Science Foundation (NSF), the National Research Council (NRC) conducted a study to consider sustainable underground development in the urban environment, to identify research needed to maximize opportunities for using underground space, and to enhance understanding among the public and technical communities of the role of underground engineering in urban sustainability. Underground Engineering for Sustainable Urban Development explains the findings of researchers and practitioners with expertise in geotechnical engineering, underground design and construction, trenchless technologies, risk assessment, visualization techniques for geotechnical applications, sustainable infrastructure development, life cycle assessment, infrastructure policy and planning, and fire prevention, safety and ventilation in the underground. This report is intended to inform a future research track and will be of interest to a broad audience including those in the private and public sectors engaged in urban and facility planning and design, underground construction, and safety and security.
Book Synopsis Multi-hazard Approaches to Civil Infrastructure Engineering by : Paolo Gardoni
Download or read book Multi-hazard Approaches to Civil Infrastructure Engineering written by Paolo Gardoni and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-06-22 with total page 573 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection focuses on the development of novel approaches to address one of the most pressing challenges of civil engineering, namely the mitigation of natural hazards. Numerous engineering books to date have focused on, and illustrate considerable progress toward, mitigation of individual hazards (earthquakes, wind, and so forth.). The current volume addresses concerns related to overall safety, sustainability and resilience of the built environment when subject to multiple hazards: natural disaster events that are concurrent and either correlated (e.g., wind and surge); uncorrelated (e.g., earthquake and flood); cascading (e.g., fire following earthquake); or uncorrelated and occurring at different times (e.g., wind and earthquake). The authors examine a range of specific topics including methodologies for vulnerability assessment of structures, new techniques to reduce the system demands through control systems; instrumentation, monitoring and condition assessment of structures and foundations; new techniques for repairing structures that have suffered damage during past events, or for structures that have been found in need of strengthening; development of new design provisions that consider multiple hazards, as well as questions from law and the humanities relevant to the management of natural and human-made hazards.
Author :United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology (2007). Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation Publisher : ISBN 13 : Total Pages :200 pages Book Rating :4.0/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis The National Windstorm Impact Reduction Program by : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology (2007). Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation
Download or read book The National Windstorm Impact Reduction Program written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology (2007). Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Reducing the Risks of Nonstructural Earthquake Damage by :
Download or read book Reducing the Risks of Nonstructural Earthquake Damage written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author :National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Publisher :National Academies Press ISBN 13 :0309475848 Total Pages :157 pages Book Rating :4.3/5 (94 download)
Book Synopsis Understanding the Long-Term Evolution of the Coupled Natural-Human Coastal System by : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Download or read book Understanding the Long-Term Evolution of the Coupled Natural-Human Coastal System written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2018-11-17 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The U.S. Gulf Coast provides a valuable setting to study deeply connected natural and human interactions and feedbacks that have led to a complex, interconnected coastal system. The physical landscape in the region has changed significantly due to broad-scale, long-term processes such as coastal subsidence and river sediment deposition as well as short-term episodic events such as hurricanes. Modifications from human activities, including building levees and canals and constructing buildings and roads, have left their own imprint on the natural landscape. This coupled natural-human coastal system and the individual aspects within it (physical, ecological, and human) are under increased pressure from accelerating environmental stressors such as sea level rise, intensifying hurricanes, and continued population increase with its accompanying coastal development. Promoting the resilience and maintaining the habitability of the Gulf Coast into the future will need improved understanding of the coupled natural-human coastal system, as well as effective sharing of this understanding in support of decision-making and policies. Understanding the Long-term Evolution of the Coupled Natural-Human Coastal System presents a research agenda meant to enable a better understanding of the multiple and interconnected factors that influence long-term processes along the Gulf Coast. This report identifies scientific and technical gaps in understanding the interactions and feedbacks between human and natural processes, defines essential components of a research and development program in response to the identified gaps, and develops priorities for critical areas of research.
Book Synopsis Professional Memoirs, Corps of Engineers, United States Army and Engineer Department at Large by :
Download or read book Professional Memoirs, Corps of Engineers, United States Army and Engineer Department at Large written by and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 928 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Professional Safety written by and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 910 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
