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PROBABILISTIC-BASED HURRICANE RISK ASSESSMENT AND ...

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4.3 Design of Power Distribution Poles: ASCE and NESC ............................................................. 1264.4 Design based on ASCE vs. NESC ................................................................................................ 1274.4.1 Design (Nominal) Load (S n ) ...................................................................................................... 1294.4.2 Design (Nominal) Resistance (R n )............................................................................................. 1304.4.3 Degradation of timber poles ....................................................................................................... 1324.5 Risk Assessment ........................................................................................................................... 1364.5.1 Reliability analysis ..................................................................................................................... 1364.5.2 Hurricane Fragility Analysis ...................................................................................................... 1374.5.3 Annual Probability of Failure (P f ).............................................................................................. 1384.5.4 Potential impacts of climate change........................................................................................... 1394.6 Illustrative Example ..................................................................................................................... 1394.6.1 Design of Distribution Poles ...................................................................................................... 1404.6.2 No Degradation of Poles ............................................................................................................ 1424.6.3 Effect of Degradation on P f ........................................................................................................ 1474.6.4 Impact of Climate Change on Annual P f ................................................................................... 1514.6.5 Effects of Degradation and Climate Change on Annual P f ........................................................ 1534.6.6 Effects of Degradation and Climate Change on Service Proven Distribution Poles .................. 1564.7 Conclusions ................................................................................................................................... 1594.8 Acknowledgements ....................................................................................................................... 1604.9 References ..................................................................................................................................... 160CHAPTER 5 <strong>RISK</strong>-<strong>BASED</strong> ECONOMIC <strong>ASSESSMENT</strong> OF MITIGATION STRATEGIESFOR POWER DISTRIBUTION POLES SUBJECTED TO <strong>HURRICANE</strong>S .............................. 1675.1 Abstract ......................................................................................................................................... 1685.2 Introduction .................................................................................................................................. 1685.3 Design and risk assessment of distribution poles ....................................................................... 169vi

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