One of the most critical lessons of the recent earthquakes is the need for seismic planning for lifelines, with … applied to lifelines for future earthquakes. We review the existing pipeline damage relationships only for ground shaking … system. Eight scenario earthquakes with four different earthquake magnitudes between <Emphasis Type="Bold">M6 and <Emphasis …

In this study, the earthquake hazard was evaluated for all of 19 of the proposed or built dams along the Mekong River …. All values representing a potential indication of hazardous earthquakes, such as the closest earthquake and seismogenic … useful in reviewing the safety of existing dams and for the design of suitable earthquake resistant specifications for any …

On December 26, 2004 a great earthquake (M <Subscript>W</Subscript> 9.3) occurred off the western coast of Sumatra … impact of the tsunami made by the Earthquake Engineering Field Investigation Team (EEFIT) in Thailand and Sri Lanka. EEFIT …

(UWDN) based on general seismic assessment standards, as per the American Lifelines Alliance (ALA) guidelines, and localized … assessment of reliability incorporates data of past non-seismic damage, the vulnerabilities of the network components against … to localize the generalized fragility values of the network components (primarily pipes), as assessed using the approach …