ASCE will be sunsetting the Civil Engineering Database (CEDB) in the coming months. We encourage you to start using the ASCE Library to perform content searches. In the ASCE Library, you can save your search results as well as receive email content alerts when new content relevant to your area of interest is published. Try it out today at https://ascelibrary.org.

 

Regional Risk Assessment of Environmental Contamination from Oil Pipelines
This paper presents a methodology for assessing the risk of environmental contamination from oil pipeline leaks due to earthquakes. Risk is measured both as volume of oil released and...

Seismic Design Practices for Power Systems: Evolution, Evaluation, and Needs
The evolution of seismic design practices in electric power systems is reviewed. In California this evolution had led to many installation practices that are directed at improving the...

First Experience Concerning the Seismic Behaviour of an Electric Power System in Eastern North America
The November 25, 1988, Saguenay earthquake of magnitude M_bL_g=6.5 occurred in the province of Quebec, Canada....

Design of Substation Foundations for Liquefaction
When substation foundations penetrate liquefiable strata within risk prone seismic regions, the potential loss of support must be evaluated with state-of-the-art methods to determine foundation...

Earthquake Evaluation of a Substation Network
The impact of the occurrence of a large, damaging earthquake on a regional electric power system is a function of the geographical distribution of strong shaking, the vulnerability of...

Two Decades of Communications Systems Seismic Protection Improvements
Telecommunications systems in North America have gone through significant technology changes in the past twenty years. The electro-mechanical switching equipment has been replaced by electronic...

Access Floor Response Spectra for Equipment Line-Ups in Telecommunications Central Offices
Modern telecommunications central offices very often utilize access floors to support equipment line-ups. An analytical study was carried out to study the seismic response of equipment...

Telecommunications Facilities Earthquake Readiness Since San Fernando
The vertical rack architecture of telecommunication offices showed some weaknesses during the San Fernando earthquake in 1970. Efforts have been made since then to improve performance...

Seismic Vulnerability Assessment of Seattle Water Department's Water System Facilities
The Seattle Water Department (SWD) service area and watersheds lie in seismic zone 3, in which there is potential for major earthquakes (Richter magnitude 7.5 or greater). The SWD system...

Prediction of Seismic Damage to Water Supply Network
In this paper a method for predicting seismic damage to water supply network is presented. By taking the breakage of the joints of the pipeline caused by seismic wave propagating as main...

Inventory and Seismic Loss Estimation of Portland Water/Sewer Systems GIS Application to Buried Pipelines
Portland, Oregon has been identified by USGS as one of the earthquake-prone areas, in which earthquake hazard mitigation is important. This project develops an efficient and realistic...

Earthquake Loss Estimation of the Portland, Oregon Water and Sewage Systems?Evaluation of Concentrated Facilities
This paper summarizes a report that provides an inventory of concentrated water and sewage facilities in two selected drainage basins in the City of Portland. Concentrated facilities include...

Seismic Hazards for Memphis Water Delivery Systems
Estimation of seismic hazards is the first essential task in performing the seismic risk assessment of a municipal water delivery system. This paper presents the evaluation of seismic...

Seismic Vulnerability of Memphis Water System Components
The vulnerability of selected components of the Memphis Water System is evaluated herein for a 7.5 moment magnitude earthquake within the southern portion of the New Madrid Seismic Zone....

Serviceability Analysis of Memphis Water Delivery System
In this paper, Memphis water delivery system is introduced and its seismic performance is analyzed under various seismic conditions. Prior to the seismic analysis, a flow analysis of the...

Economic Impact of Earthquake Effects on the City of Everett's Lifelines
The economic effects of lifelines failures, caused by three hypothesized earthquake scenarios, in the city of Everett, Washington are estimated. The project team consists of lifeline seismic...

Seismic Risk of Water Supply Network
In this paper, the failure mode of buried pipeline is established considering such main factors as the slippage between pipe and soil, non-uniformity subsurface layer, and the stress concentration...

Analysis of Ground-Shaking Hazard and Risk for Lifeline Systems
This paper describes deterministic and probabilistic procedures for calculating ground-shaking hazard and risk for lifeline systems. Due to the large real extent of these systems, standard...

Investigating Fault Rupture Hazards: An Example from the Wasatch Fault Zone, Utah
The Kern River project consists of a 36-inch diameter high-pressure natural gas pipeline, to be constructed from southwestern Wyoming to southern California. The alignment crosses several...

Seismic Hazards Associated with a Major San Diego Lifeline Corridor
Evidence for multiple Holocene earthquakes on the Rose Canyon fault zone in San Diego sheds new light on the seismic hazards of San Diego, and in particular, a major lifeline corridor....

 

 

 

 

Return to search