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Serviceability of earthquake-damaged water systems: Effects of electrical power availability and power backup systems on system vulnerability
Authors:Takao Adachi  Bruce R Ellingwood  
Affiliation:aSchool of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332-0355, USA
Abstract:Civil infrastructure systems, such as water, electrical power, natural gas, and transportation systems, are essential to the smooth functioning of modern society. Because of their inter-connected nature, once one infrastructure system is damaged by an earthquake or other natural hazard, other infrastructure systems may malfunction as well. A number of previous studies have assessed vulnerability of infrastructure systems to earthquakes, but seldom have failures due to infrastructure system interactions been considered. In its assessment of the earthquake-induced damage of a municipal water system, this paper includes the impact of damage to the supporting electrical power system using a fault tree analysis and a shortest-path algorithm. The effect of uncertainty of seismic intensity and component fragility on network integrity is evaluated. A case study involving a simple model of the electrical power system and water system in Shelby County, TN, which includes the city of Memphis, demonstrates the importance of taking infrastructure interactions into account when evaluating the seismic vulnerability and risk to a networked system, as well as the utility of back-up power systems in electric power facilities.
Keywords:Earthquakes  Electrical power  Fragility  Infrastructure  Lifeline systems  Networks  Probability  Reliability  Water distribution
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