Loss Analysis for Wood Frame Buildings during Hurricanes. I: Structure and Hazard Modeling
Publication: Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities
Volume 26, Issue 6
Abstract
Hurricanes present a serious financial threat to the Gulf Coast and eastern seaboard of the United States. This paper is the first in a set of companion papers that detail a comprehensive mechanistic loss model for wind and rainwater intrusion damage to light-frame wood buildings. In this paper the structural and hazard modeling for a passing hurricane is explained and demonstrated. The structural model consists of a nonlinear nail model integrated into a finite-element model, and a hazard model is developed using a combination of existing wind tunnel data and a rainwater intrusion model. A methodology to compute the rainwater entry volume is presented. The approach differs from previous methods in that it allows any time period to be examined by dividing the hurricane passage period into smaller increments of time and allows both load and resistance to change from time period to time period. Thus, the time and location of damage and rainwater intrusion is known. The companion paper utilizes the volume of rainwater calculated herein and presents a systematic mechanistic approach to damage state modeling and the related financial loss.
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Acknowledgments
The authors acknowledge the partial support of the Garry Neil Drummond Endowed Chair funds at the University of Alabama. The authors would also like to thank Professor Rakesh Gupta (Oregon State University) and Professor David Prevatt (University of Florida) for their collaboration during a related NSF study. David Prevatt provided the wind tunnel test results from previous work for calibration of the wind field model in the present paper.
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Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities
Volume 26 • Issue 6 • December 2012
Pages: 729 - 738
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© 2012 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Received: Mar 9, 2011
Accepted: Aug 1, 2011
Published online: Aug 3, 2011
Published in print: Dec 1, 2012
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