Simona Esposito (Author), Bozidar Stojadinović (Author), Anže Babič (Author), Matjaž Dolšek (Author), Sarfraz Iqbal (Author), Jacopo Selva (Author), Marco Broccardo (Author), Arnaud Mignan (Author), Domenico Giardini (Author)

Abstract

Making communities safer requires better tools to identify, quantify, and manage risks. Among the most important tools are stress tests, originally designed to test the risk posed by nuclear power plants. A complementary harmonized multilevel stress test for nonnuclear civil infrastructure systems against natural hazards is proposed. Each stress test level is characterized by a different scope and a different level of risk analysis complexity to suit different civil infrastructure systems, different hazards, and different risks. The stress test consists of the following phases. First, the goals and the methods for the risk analysis are defined. The test is then performed at the component and system levels, followed by a verification of the findings. A penalty system is defined to adjust the output of the risk assessment according to the limitations of the risk analysis methods used. The adjusted risk assessment results are then passed to a grading system to determine the outcome of the stress test. Finally, the risk assessment results are reported, and the stress test outcomes are communicated to stakeholders and authorities.

Keywords

civil engineering;engineering structures;earthquake engineering;critical infrastructure systems;stress test;natural hazards;multilevel;penalty system;grading system;

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Language: English
Year of publishing:
Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
Organization: UL FGG - Faculty of Civil and Geodetic Engineering
UDC: 624.042.7
COBISS: 67591171 Link will open in a new window
ISSN: 1076-0342
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Secondary language: Slovenian
Secondary keywords: gradbeništvo;gradbene konstrukcije;potresno inženirstvo;kritična infrastruktura;sistem ocenjevanja;naravne nevarnosti;analiza tveganja;stresni test;
Type (COBISS): Scientific work
Pages: str. 1-12
Volume: ǂŠt. ǂ1/04019035
Issue: ǂletn. ǂ26
Chronology: mar. 2020
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)IS.1943-555X.0000520
ID: 13052047