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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"damage estimation"”.
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Ahead of the Storm: Implications of Changing Parameters in U.S. Tropical Cyclone Likelihood and Damage Estimation Models in the Face of Global Climate Change
… modeling of tropical cyclone frequency and damages over two time periods in the United States. We fit Poisson models to U.S. tropical cyclone frequency data from a pre-climate change era to a post-climate change era and test equality of the Poisson rate parameters from each period to analyze …
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Damage Detection and Sensor Placement Strategies for Structures Under Frequency-Domain Dynamics
<p>Identification and monitoring of damage have a growing importance in the maintenance of structures. With advances in high performance computing, numerical modeling tools are becoming more common in anomaly detection and structural damage localization. However, many methods presuppose that …
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Estimate Flood Damage Using Satellite Images and Twitter Data
… 43 people across four states. Hurricane Ida's damage could top $95 billion, and many meteorologists predict that climate change is making storms wetter and wider. Thus, there is an urgent need to predict how much damage the flood will cause and prepare for possible destruction. Most current …
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Strain Energy Density and Thermodynamic Entropy as Prognostic Measures of Crack Initiation in Aluminum
… of an initiating crack and the prevention of damage, estimation of remaining useful life, schedule maintenance and to reduce costly downtimes and inspections. The research presented in this dissertation explores the cumulative plastic strain energy density and thermodynamic entropy generation …
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Rapid flood damage prediction in short lead-time scenarios
Research on short lead-time flood inundation and damage assessment traditionally focuses on developing tools for long term planning. Studies that investigate the ability to provide short lead-time analyses are uncommon because of sparcity and spatial inconsistency of short-term hydrologic …
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Flexural distress and degradation mechanisms in pretensioned concrete beams and railroad crossties
… bending capacity; identification of damage mechanisms in pretensioned beams due to interaction of water with cracks through testing of multiple working hypotheses; and a stress estimation method for cracked pretensioned beams that serves as a tool for cyclic loading damage estimation, …
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Risk Assessment and Optimal Response Strategies for Resilience of Electric Power Infrastructure to Extreme Weather
… approach to estimating the weather-induced damage, and accounts for power flow constraints in designing response actions within electricity distribution networks. Firstly, we formulate an asymmetric hurricane wind field model that is applicable to forecasting and large-scale ensemble …
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Computer vision-based post-disaster needs assessment from low altitude aerial imagery
… are seldom used for quantitative assessment of damage. This thesis focuses on the following question: How can we use modern computer vision techniques to utilize CAP imagery for post-disaster needs assessment, specifically for the purpose of damage estimation and localization? This question is …
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Experimental Investigations of Residual Strength and Repaired Strength of Corrosion Damaged Prestressed Bridge Beams
… environments. The residual capacity of corrosion damaged prestressed I-beams and box beams needs to be accurately estimated to determine if damaged bridges need to be posted, and to help with making informed decisions related to repair, rehabilitation and replacement of damaged bridges. The …
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Assessment of seismic damage to civil structures using statistical pattern recognition techniques and time series analysis
The ability to estimate seismic induced damage to civil infrastructure is undoubtedly one of the most important challenges faced by structural engineers. In this research two complementary methods of damage estimation using either knowledge of the structure and earthquake or recorded structural …
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From structural damage assessment to functionality estimation: A comprehensive modeling approach for buildings subjected to hurricane winds
… and functionally. Building structural damage can cause immediate consequences such as injury and death, while building functionality loss can cause extensive socioeconomic disruptions, such as population dislocation and business shutdown. As one of the most devastating natural hazards …
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Multifunctional composite structures with damage sensing capabilities
… multifunctional composite structures with damage sensing capabilities towards the development of integrated non-destructive inspection (NDI) and structural health monitoring (SHM) capabilities. Two routes were identified and selected for further investigation; the enhancement of …
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An analysis of hydraulic, environmental and economic impacts of flood polder management at the Elbe River
Flood polders are part of the flood risk management strategy for many lowland rivers. They are used for the controlled storage of flood water so as to lower peak discharges of large floods. Consequently, the flood hazard in adjacent and downstream river reaches is decreased in the case of flood …
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Flood hazard alteration and natural catastrophe insurance
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2022-11-11 without embargo terms