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RISUnpacking Tornado Disasters: Illustrating Southeastern US Tornado Mobile and Manufactured Housing Problem Using March 3, 2019 Beauregard-Smith Station, Alabama, Tornado Event
Publisher: ASCE
Abstract: This study illustrates and describes how Southeast US tornado disasters commonly unfold by examining the 2019 Beauregard-Smith Station, Alabama, tornado event from spatiotemporal and structural engineering standpoints. ...
Empirical Approach to Evaluating the Tornado Fragility of Residential Structures
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: Tornado-induced wind load modeling has advanced significantly in recent years, but comparison of the experimental or numerical models to observed tornado damage is limited. This paper describes the development of empirically ...
Linking Building Attributes and Tornado Vulnerability Using a Logistic Regression Model
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: The residential building stock in the United States suffers a disproportionately large amount of tornado damage, which is linked to vulnerability of the building and its components. Whereas the building stock exhibits a ...
Wind Resistance and Fragility Functions for Wood-Framed Wall Sheathing Panels in Low-Rise Residential Construction
Publisher: ASCE
Abstract: The wind uplift resistance of wood roof sheathing panels has been the subject of many engineering studies due to the high probability that roofs are subjected to large uplift loads during intense wind events. However, few ...
Epistemic Uncertainties in Fragility Functions Derived from Post-Disaster Damage Assessments
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: Fragility functions define the probability of meeting or exceeding some damage measure (DM) for a given level of engineering demand (e.g., base shear) or hazard intensity measure (IM; e.g., wind speed, and peak ...
Linking Survivor Stories to Forensic Engineering: How an Interscience Approach Reveals Opportunities for Reducing Tornado Vulnerability in Residential Structures
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
A Framework to Guide Performance-Based Assessment of Buildings Following Extreme Events
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: Following an extreme event, there is a brief window of opportunity to collect crucial data essential for developing valuable insights on the built environment’s performance. Recent investments in postevent performance ...
A Unified Multievent Windstorm Performance Testbed for Single-Family Residential Buildings
Publisher: ASCE
Abstract: Recent advancements in technology and infrastructure have greatly improved the capabilities of the natural hazards community to collect robust samples of building performance following hazard events and make them available ...
Wind Uplift Resistance of Discontinuous Metal Roofing Systems: Literature Review and Experimental Research
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: Damage to building envelopes, roofing, and wall cladding systems remains a major concern during high wind speed events such as hurricanes and tornadoes. Roofing systems are particularly vulnerable to wind damage, which can ...
Wind Uplift Capacity of Foam-Retrofitted Roof Sheathing Panels Subjected to Rainwater Intrusion
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: Widespread damage to residential roofing systems during Hurricane Andrew in 1992 highlighted the structural inadequacy of wood roof sheathing attachment in existing Florida homes. Prior research found that retrofitting ...