Downtime estimation for resilience assessment accounting external factors

Mamak P. Tootkaboni, Danial Mohabat Doost, Gian Paolo Cimellaro, Gordon Warn

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Abstract

Downtime -as the time necessary to restore a system's functionality- is the critical parameter of the recovery process after an abrupt event. This quantity is usually underestimated to the repair time, while the recovery process also includes the “recovery initiation delay”. The paper tries to use a model to estimate the time needed to start the building repair after the hazard occurrence. Among several factors affecting downtime, those external to the building play a key role in determining this duration. Such factors are strongly dependent on community relationships. External factors - including transportation access, building inspection, utility disruption, financing, etc. - from Loma Prieta earthquake are compiled and analyzed in order to investigate the relative effect of community dependent factors on building recovery initiation delay. A sensitivity analysis is done, as different factors do not have the same influence on recovery path.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationCOMPDYN 2017 - Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Computational Methods in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering
EditorsM. Papadrakakis, Michalis Fragiadakis
PublisherNational Technical University of Athens
Pages720-729
Number of pages10
ISBN (Electronic)9786188284418
DOIs
StatePublished - 2017
Event6th International Conference on Computational Methods in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, COMPDYN 2017 - Rhodes Island, Greece
Duration: Jun 15 2017Jun 17 2017

Publication series

NameCOMPDYN 2017 - Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Computational Methods in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering
Volume1

Other

Other6th International Conference on Computational Methods in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, COMPDYN 2017
Country/TerritoryGreece
CityRhodes Island
Period6/15/176/17/17

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Computational Mathematics
  • Computers in Earth Sciences
  • Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology

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