Wood-frame residential construction represents a major investment in the United States,
which, when exposed to hurricanes, earthquakes, and other natural hazards, may sustain …

Damage to wood-frame residential construction in the United States caused by hurricanes,
earthquakes and other natural hazards can be significant. To mitigate risk from natural …

Most areas of the world are subjected to one or more natural hazards, such as earthquakes,
tsunamis, hurricanes (cyclones), snow storms, wildfires, costal inundation or river flooding. In …

Damage to residential buildings in the United States caused by hurricanes, earthquakes,
and other natural hazards is significant. Economic losses average approximately 5.4billionannuallyfromhurricanesandapproxim …

The severe damage to residential construction and the social disruption caused by
hurricanes in the past two decades in the United States demonstrate the need for a better …

Hurricanes represent multihazard events that include wind, windborne debris, storm surge,
and rainfall hazards. Conventional risk analysis does not consider the interaction between …

A fragility analysis methodology is developed for assessing the response of light-frame
wood construction exposed to stipulated extreme windstorms and earthquakes …

Coastal structures are subjected to multihazard events such as hurricanes which consist of
hurricane-induced surge and waves as well as winds. Hurricanes are a common natural …

Large parts of the world are subjected to one or more natural hazards, such as earthquakes,
tsunamis, landslides, tropical storms (hurricanes, cyclones, and typhoons), coastal …

This paper resulted from a Structural Engineering Institute of the American Society of Civil
Engineers Special Project entitled “The Next Step for ASCE 16: Performance-Based Design …