Multihazard Interaction Effects on the Performance of Low-Rise Wood-Frame Housing in Hurricane-Prone Regions
Publication: Journal of Structural Engineering
Volume 143, Issue 8
Abstract
Hurricanes represent multihazard events that include wind, windborne debris, storm surge, and rainfall hazards. Conventional risk analysis does not consider the interaction between these multiple hazards and treats each risk source as statistically independent of other hazards. In this paper, the effects of multihazard interaction on the performance of low-rise wood-frame residential buildings subject to hurricane hazard are investigated using the performance-based hurricane engineering (PBHE) framework. The use of different hazard-modeling techniques and vulnerability analysis approaches is examined. A new, consistent terminology to classify different hazard-modeling techniques is also proposed. A case study consisting of a realistic building in an actual residential development in Charleston, South Carolina, is presented to investigate the effects of hazard interaction in the different phases of the PBHE framework. Three different hazard-modeling techniques (based on different amounts of available statistical information) and two vulnerability analysis approaches (global vulnerability and assembly-based vulnerability) are considered, for a total of six combinations of loss analysis results for each location. It is concluded that the use of different hazard models and vulnerability approaches can significantly affect the final results of a loss analysis.
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Acknowledgments
Partial support for this research by (1) the Longwell Family Foundation through the Fund for Innovation in Engineering Research (FIER) Program, (2) the Louisiana Board of Regents through the Economic Development Assistantship Program, (3) the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries through Award #724534, and (4) the National Science Foundation through award CMMI #1537078 is gratefully acknowledged. The authors would also like to thank Dr. Pang from Clemson University for providing the data for joint hurricane wind and storm surge hazards for Charleston County, South Carolina. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the sponsors.
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Received: Jun 8, 2016
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