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CONTENTS viii<br />

3.7 Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54<br />

3.7.1 Baseline structure B under 150-mph wind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54<br />

3.7.2 Roof Damage over 50–250 mph <strong>Wind</strong> Speed Range . . . . . . . . . . . . 59<br />

3.8 Discussion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67<br />

3.9 Closing Remarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68<br />

Chapter 4:<br />

Integrated Multi-Structural Vulnerability Model 69<br />

4.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69<br />

4.2 Methodology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70<br />

4.2.1 <strong>Wind</strong> Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70<br />

4.2.2 Structural Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72<br />

4.2.3 Component-Based Pressure Damage Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75<br />

4.2.4 <strong>Wind</strong>borne Debris Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77<br />

4.2.5 Integrated Structural Damage Estimation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79<br />

4.2.6 Approximate Economic Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81<br />

4.3 Numerical Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83<br />

4.3.1 A Hip-roof Concrete Residential Structure in Isolation . . . . . . . . . . . 83<br />

4.3.2 Hypothetical Residential Community . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83<br />

4.3.3 Two Neighboring Houses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88<br />

4.3.4 Sarasota, Florida . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89<br />

4.4 Closing Remarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93<br />

Chapter 5:<br />

Long-Term <strong>Risk</strong> <strong>Assessment</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Management</strong> 94<br />

5.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94<br />

5.2 Methodology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

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