This paper presents a model for performance simulation of Critical Infrastructures (CI) under seismic hazard, at the regional or urban scale. The model is developed according to the object-oriented paradigm in order to tackle CI complexity, which manifests itself in interactions whose effects are difficult to predict. The object-oriented model allows letting this complex behavior to emerge from the interaction of basic objects. The model accounts also for relevant uncertainties, in the spatially distributed seismic hazard and the components’ fragility. The model is open and represents a framework where different sub-models for each component/system can be implemented, thus allowing an extended assessment of the sensitivity of CI performance to model uncertainty (not just model parameters but also model selection). Several systems are already implemented, ranging from buildings, to road, electric power, water supply and gas networks, with both flow-based and connectivity models. The model can be used to directly assess the impact of regional seismic hazard on CI or a community, e.g. in terms of social loss such as displaced population (Cavalieri et al. 2012), or as it is done in this paper, to evaluate the probability distribution of a city’s resilience, adopting the definition in Asprone et al. (unpubl.).

A framework for physical simulation of critical infrastructures, accounting for interdependencies and uncertainty / Franchin, Paolo; Cavalieri, Francesco. - (2013), pp. 749-756. (Intervento presentato al convegno ICOSSAR 2013 - 11th International Conference on Structural Safety & Reliability tenutosi a New York nel 16-20 giugno 2013).

A framework for physical simulation of critical infrastructures, accounting for interdependencies and uncertainty

FRANCHIN, Paolo;CAVALIERI, FRANCESCO
2013

Abstract

This paper presents a model for performance simulation of Critical Infrastructures (CI) under seismic hazard, at the regional or urban scale. The model is developed according to the object-oriented paradigm in order to tackle CI complexity, which manifests itself in interactions whose effects are difficult to predict. The object-oriented model allows letting this complex behavior to emerge from the interaction of basic objects. The model accounts also for relevant uncertainties, in the spatially distributed seismic hazard and the components’ fragility. The model is open and represents a framework where different sub-models for each component/system can be implemented, thus allowing an extended assessment of the sensitivity of CI performance to model uncertainty (not just model parameters but also model selection). Several systems are already implemented, ranging from buildings, to road, electric power, water supply and gas networks, with both flow-based and connectivity models. The model can be used to directly assess the impact of regional seismic hazard on CI or a community, e.g. in terms of social loss such as displaced population (Cavalieri et al. 2012), or as it is done in this paper, to evaluate the probability distribution of a city’s resilience, adopting the definition in Asprone et al. (unpubl.).
2013
ICOSSAR 2013 - 11th International Conference on Structural Safety & Reliability
04 Pubblicazione in atti di convegno::04b Atto di convegno in volume
A framework for physical simulation of critical infrastructures, accounting for interdependencies and uncertainty / Franchin, Paolo; Cavalieri, Francesco. - (2013), pp. 749-756. (Intervento presentato al convegno ICOSSAR 2013 - 11th International Conference on Structural Safety & Reliability tenutosi a New York nel 16-20 giugno 2013).
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