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Wind Hazard Risk Assessment and Management for Structures

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LIST OF FIGURES xii<br />

4.11 Study area of a residential development of 358 houses in Sarasota County,<br />

Florida <strong>and</strong> simulated storm track of Hurricane Charley of 2004. . . . . . . 90<br />

4.12 Comparison of the estimated wind damage condition of the residential de-<br />

velopment in Sarasota County, Florida, under a Hurricane Charley wind<br />

condition, by time series <strong>and</strong> maximum wind analyses. . . . . . . . . . . . . 91<br />

4.13 Comparison of subassembly <strong>and</strong> overall damage ratios between time-series<br />

<strong>and</strong> maximum-wind damage analyses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92<br />

5.1 Distribution of Gumbel distribution parameters λ <strong>and</strong> µ of extreme wind<br />

speed data in 129 stations over the contiguous United States. . . . . . . . . 100<br />

5.2 Two sample results of the hazard model. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101<br />

5.3 Vulnerability curves of the single-limit-state deterministic model. . . . . . . 103<br />

5.4 Mean total discounted repair cost in 36 different climate change scenarios. . 104<br />

5.5 Percentage difference in mean total discounted repair costs between 36 dif-<br />

ferent climate change scenarios <strong>and</strong> the ‘no climate change’ scenario. . . . . 105<br />

5.6 Mean total discounted repair cost in 36 different climate change scenarios. . 107<br />

5.7 Percentage difference in mean total discounted repair costs between 36 dif-<br />

ferent climate change scenarios <strong>and</strong> the ‘no climate change’ scenario. . . . . 108<br />

5.8 Ratios of the total mean discounted repair costs attributed to the uncertainty<br />

in parameters to that attributed to the mean value of parameters. . . . . . 110<br />

5.9 Ratios of the st<strong>and</strong>ard deviations of the discounted repair cost attributed<br />

to the uncertainty in parameters to that attributed to the mean value of<br />

parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110<br />

5.10 Four sample simulations showing the effects of resistance deterioration in two<br />

different climate scenarios. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112<br />

5.11 Minimization of life-cycle cost in two different climate scenarios. . . . . . . 114

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