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Mid-America Earthquake Center Seminar Series |
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Headquartered at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
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Engineering Research Center: |
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Mid-America Earthquake Center Seminar Series |
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Headquartered at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
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Consequence-Based Seismic
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Amr S. Elnashai |
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As a consequence of the devastation that earthquakes inflict on all aspects of operation of exposed communities, it is necessary that earthquake losses be addressed on a regional basis, including infrastructure (buildings, bridges, pipelines, roads, railways, airports, utilities etc), economy, societal response and land use management. |
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consequence-based MAE Center research and development effort is currently
underway to produce tools for risk management employing advanced information
technology, visualization and data mining techniques, to utilize
decision-support tools aimed at assessing losses before and after mitigation
measures have been applied, and to take decisions on levels of investment in
pre-event mitigation versus post-event recovery costs. This seminar is the
first in a series of three given by the coordinators of the MAE Center core
research thrust areas: Damage Synthesis, Consequence Minimization and Hazard
Definition. In addition to presenting the scope, objectives and methodology of
projects within the Damage Synthesis thrust area, Professor Elnashai covers the
Framework Development projects that provide direction to the three thrust areas
and formulate procedures for application of Consequence-based Engineering (CBE)
in practice. This seminar will be followed by presentations delivered by
Professor Barry Goodno and Professor Christine Powell, coordinators of
Consequence Minimization and Hazard Definition, respectively. |
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