Abstract: Fragility functions and recovery models are often used to assess lifeline systems subjected to extreme hazards. However, even though many databases for fragility and recovery models exist for essential buildings and ...

Abstract: A large-scale physical model was constructed in the Large Wave Flume of Hinsdale Wave Research Laboratory (HWRL) at Oregon State University to develop a dataset of measured pressures and forces acting on an elevated, coastal ...

Abstract: During a tsunami event, neighboring structures can significantly influence the forces experienced by an individual structure within an urban community. To assess the effects of adjacent structures on the resulting fluid ...

Abstract: The damage caused by tsunamis to coastal communities is often not only the result of the flowing water itself, but also of transported debris. Although there have been efforts to characterize forces from single-debris ...