seismic hazard assessment
Deterministic seismic hazard assessment for Sultanate of Oman
... of seismic risk assess- ment in Oman have been an important on-going socioeco- nomic ...the seismic hazard assessment to improve building design and construction is an effective way to reduce ...
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Imaging the Main Frontal Thrust in Southern Bhutan using high-resolution near-surface geophysical techniques : implications for tectonic geomorphology and seismic hazard assessment
... for seismic hazard assessment, is not well constrained due to uncertainty in the fault geometry at shallow ...involving seismic refraction, electrical resistivity and gravity are adopted in ...
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Rock mass mechanical behavior in deep mines: in situ monitoring and numerical modelling for improving seismic hazard assessment
... intense seismic activity are consistent with areas where the maximum principal stress and the shear stress are ...of seismic clusters with that of predicted plastic zones as retrieved by a large-scale ...
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A new view for the geodynamics of Ecuador: Implication in seismogenic source definition and seismic hazard assessment
... worldwide seismic catalogs (see Figure 6a in Hayes et ...intermediate-depth seismic source zones, we have reviewed the literature and carried out an independent analysis of a more comprehen- sive set of ...
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Seismic hazard on the French Riviera : new data, interpretation and simulations
... The Blausasc fault is located at only 10 km from densely popu- lated cities like Nice and Monaco and must be taken into account for seismic hazard assessment. These data enabled us to estimate what ...
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Are we ready to perform fully site-specific seismic hazard studies in low-to-moderate seismicity areas ?
... a seismic hazard assessment study can be achieved following different ...of seismic events, especially in low-to-moderate seismicity ...
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Assessment of the seismic performances of modern unreinforced multi-storey clay masonry buildings
... the reference EC8 proposal. 3.2 Pushover analysis A more realistic assessment is carried out by pushover analyses. In order to properly ac- count for the frame effect induced by the horizontally spanning ...
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Seismic vulnerability of RC structures: Assessment before and after FRP retrofitting (case study)
... engineering, seismic assessment of existing structures is a crucial issue to provide adapted decisions in a vulnerability reduction ...the seismic vulnerability of an existing reinforced concrete ...
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Seismic fragility assessment of concrete gravity dams using meta-model-based multivariate functions
... probabilistic assessment methods, such as fragility functions, are rarely used in the field of ...the seismic demand of the structural systems is especially ...the seismic scenario and adequately ...
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Health hazard assessment of pesticide mixtures exposure : cell and molecular impacts after short and chronic exposure
... Jean-Pierre Cravedi Directeur de Recherche Co-Directeur de thèse George de Sousa Ingénieur de Recherche Co-Directeur de thèse Yves Malthiery Professeur Examinateur. Al[r] ...
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Development of a Probabilistic Framework for Debris Transport and Hazard Assessment in Tsunami-Like Flow Conditions.
... Abstract Past hydraulic and structural design has predominantly used deterministic methods, often neglecting the stochastic nature that underlies transient loading processes. Nowadays, probabilistic design methods have ...
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Multicellular human alveolar model composed of epithelial cells and primary immune cells for hazard assessment
... It has been shown that when the cells are cultured at an air-liquid interface (ALI), surfactant is released on the apical side of air-exposed epithelial cells, reducing surface tension 11,12,13 . This feature is ...
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Snow avalanche hazard assessment in the French Alps using a combination of dendrogeomorphic and statistical approaches
... Abstract Dendrogeomorphology has been recognized as a powerful tool to reconstruct past avalanche activity with annual resolution and for risk assessment. This technique has also been repeatedly used to identify ...
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Formal safety assessment regarding 65ft Newfoundland fishing boat stability hazard identification and risk control options
... The goal of step 1 is to identify and prioritize, by risk level, causes of accidents and their associated scenarios relevant to the scope of the assessment. There are two phases involved with hazard ...
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A PCA spatial pattern based artificial neural network downscaling model for urban flood hazard assessment
... Flood hazard assessment requires the high resolution mapping of numerous indicators of different natures [ 37 , 44 , 42 ...these hazard indicators may be ...flood hazard mapping, however, the ...
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Regular moral hazard economies
... Keywords: Moral hazard, first order approach. JEL Classification: D41, D82, D86 1 Introduction Moral hasard economies usually display discontinuities. For instance, in a competitive insurance market devoted to ...
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SMART 2008: Shaking table tests on an asymmetrical reinforced concrete structure and seismic margins assessment
... about seismic behavior of wall-based structures, the French Atomic Energy and Sustainable Energies Commission (CEA) and Electricité De France (EDF) started a wide research program in 2006, titled ‘‘Seismic ...
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Hazard assessment at Mount Etna using a hybrid lava flow inundation model and satellite-based land classification
... channel-fed lava, erupted from any point around the edge of a pre-designated vent region, could extend at a given volume flux (effusion rate). Recently, FLOWGO has been updated, whereby the stochastic lava flow ...
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Hurricane hazard assessment along the United States northeastern coast: Surface wind and rain fields under changing climate
... The MRI distribution of wind speeds at locations 2 and 4 under the RCP 8.5 climate were further compared to those under the current climate for seven MRIs (i.e., 25, 50, 100, 300, 700, 1700, and 3000 years), as ...
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Frost action - construction hazard
... Frost action - construction hazard Crawford, C. B. https://publications-cnrc.canada.ca/fra/droits L’accès à ce site Web et l’utilisation de son contenu sont assujettis aux conditions présentées dans le site LISEZ ...
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