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Seismic Risk Analyses for Container Ports
Current practice for seismic design, retrofit, and analysis of container port structures (e.g., wharves and cranes) typically considers only the seismic performance of the structures themselves. They do not consider how damage and downtime of these structures might disrupt the overall port system's ship handling operations and the regional, national, and even international economic impacts that could result from extended earthquake-induced disruption of a major container port. To address this issue, research on managing risks from such system-wide disruptions due to earthquake damage is being conducted as a central element of a Grand Challenge project under the auspices of the Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES) program. This paper summarizes the basic concepts and methods that are being developed to address one key element of this overall project — the analysis of seismic risks to a port-wide system of berths (with their particular wharf and crane structures). It also discusses how results from such analyses can guide port decision makers in making a more informed selection of design, retrofit, operational, and other seismic risk managment options that may be under consideration.
Seismic Risk Analyses for Container Ports
Current practice for seismic design, retrofit, and analysis of container port structures (e.g., wharves and cranes) typically considers only the seismic performance of the structures themselves. They do not consider how damage and downtime of these structures might disrupt the overall port system's ship handling operations and the regional, national, and even international economic impacts that could result from extended earthquake-induced disruption of a major container port. To address this issue, research on managing risks from such system-wide disruptions due to earthquake damage is being conducted as a central element of a Grand Challenge project under the auspices of the Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES) program. This paper summarizes the basic concepts and methods that are being developed to address one key element of this overall project — the analysis of seismic risks to a port-wide system of berths (with their particular wharf and crane structures). It also discusses how results from such analyses can guide port decision makers in making a more informed selection of design, retrofit, operational, and other seismic risk managment options that may be under consideration.
Seismic Risk Analyses for Container Ports
Rix, G. J. (author) / Werner, S. D. (author) / Ivey, L. M. (author)
Technical Council on Lifeline Earthquake Engineering Conference (TCLEE) 2009 ; 2009 ; Oakland, California, United States
TCLEE 2009 ; 1-12
2009-06-24
Conference paper
Electronic Resource
English
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