Browse by Topic - Lifelines

This collection contains 119 peer-reviewed papers presented at ICVRAM 2011 and ISUMA 2011 at the International Conference on Vulnerability and Risk Analysis and Management and the International Symposium on Uncertainty Modeling and Analysis, held in Hyattsville, Maryland, April 11-13, 2011.

TCLEE 31 discusses in detail the effects on lifeline infrastructure system of the July 16, 2007, Kashiwazaki, Japan, earthquake.

TCLEE 32 discusses in detail the performance of lifeline infrastructure systems during and after the August 15, 2007, Pisco, Peru, earthquake.

Finley Charney provides authoritative explanations of the seismic provisions offered in Minimum Design Loads for Buildings and Other Structures, Standard ASCE/SEI 7-05.  

S.K. Ghosh, Susan Dowty, and Prabuddha Dasgupta describe the revisions to the seismic load requirements set forth in Standard ASCE 7-10, Minimum Design Loads for Buildings and Other Structures.   

What does it mean to live behind a levee? How much protection does a levee really provide? This booklet helps you act now to better protect yourself against future flood threats. 

 

CDRM 4 explores the long-term issues of wind storm, storm surge, and public safety in the Bay of Bengal region

CDRM 2 examines the engineering balance between potential losses from natural disasters and financial commitments to infrastructure protection.

CDRM 3 contains a collection of papers presented at a 2006 symposium on the natural and technological hazards occurring in the central United States, specifically in Missouri, Illinois, and Tennessee.

MOP 114 presents a new method developed to improve the design of structural steel for fire conditions.