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Figure 4.10: Effects of Degradation on the Probability of Failure NESC Design Case 4....................................................................................................................... 151Figure 4.11: Effects of Degradation on Annual Pf for Various Scenarios of ClimateChange after 100 years for ASCE Design Case 1......................................... 154Figure 4.12: Effects of Degradation on Annual Pf for Various Scenarios of ClimateChange after 100 years for NESC Design Case 2......................................... 154Figure 4.13: Effects of Degradation on Annual Pf for Various Scenarios of ClimateChange after 100 years for NESC Design Case 3......................................... 155Figure 4.14: Effects of Degradation on Annual Pf for Various Scenarios of ClimateChange after 100 years NESC Design Case 4 .............................................. 155Figure 4.15: Updated Annual Pf for no change in wind speed ....................................... 157Figure 4.16: Updated Annual Pf for 10% increase in wind speed in 100 years ............. 157Figure 5.1: Typical Power Distribution Pole System (Bjarnadottir et al. 2012)............. 171Figure 5.2: Fragility Curves for Class 5 Distribution Pole of Varying Age ................... 185Figure 5.3: Updated Annual p f (Bjarnadottir et al. 2012) ............................................... 186Figure 5.4: Cumulative LCC of the “Do Nothing” Case and the Mitigation Strategies atYear 2060, for α=5% per year ...................................................................... 190Figure 5.5: 10 th , 50 th , and 90 th Percentile Values of the Cumulative LCC for the “DoNothing” Case and Mitigation Strategies at Year 2060 ................................ 191Figure 5.6: 10th, 50th, and 90 th Percentile Values of the Net Benefit for the MitigationStrategies at Year 2060 ................................................................................. 192Figure 5.7: Probability of Exceedance for Distirbution Poles for: a) the “Do Nothing”Case and b) Mitigation Strategy 2 ................................................................ 193Figure 6.1: Histogram of Wind Speeds........................................................................... 207Figure 6.2: Histogram of Surge Heights Assuming a Slope of 1:250 ............................ 209xii

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