Wildfires have been, recently more-frequently, posing significant threats to the safety and reliability of electric power delivery infrastructure, calling for the development of dedicated …
Hurricane-induced hazards can result in significant damage to the built environment cascading into major impacts to the households, social institutions, and local economy …
Wood poles are among key components of the overhead grid infrastructure that are highly vulnerable to wind hazards. In coastal regions where hurricanes are often accompanied with …
K Amini, JE Padgett - Reliability Engineering & System Safety, 2023 - Elsevier
Hurricanes pose a significant challenge to the resilience of coastal communities, causing not only direct physical, social, and economic impacts but also indirect or cascading effects …
A Tafur, JE Padgett - Reliability Engineering & System Safety, 2024 - Elsevier
Seaports, critical economic hubs in coastal regions, face escalating vulnerability to natural disasters, particularly storms, exacerbated by climate change. Despite their economic …
Flood peak magnitudes and frequency estimates are key components of any effective nationwide flood risk management and flood damage abatement program. In this study, we …
AM Braik, M Koliou - International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 2023 - Elsevier
The electric power network (EPN) is one of the most critical infrastructure systems as most lifeline, economic, and social systems depend heavily on it, and any disruption in the …
W Hughes, W Zhang - International journal of disaster risk reduction, 2023 - Elsevier
With sea level rise and hurricane intensification projected in coming years due to climate change, the risk to coastal communities is greatly amplified. In the wake of potential future …
Predicting potential complications after aortic valve replacement (AVR) is a crucial task that would help pre-planning procedures. The goal of this work is to generate data-driven …