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Probability-Based Hurricane Resilience Evaluation And Retrofitting For Residential Community, Yadong Dong
Probability-Based Hurricane Resilience Evaluation And Retrofitting For Residential Community, Yadong Dong
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Wood residential construction is vulnerable to hurricanes, as evident in recent hurricane events. Many studies indicated that the changing climate may very likely alter hurricane patterns, which could lead to more severe hurricane damage to the wood residential construction that accounts for 90% of the residence in the USA. On the other hand, deterioration of material increases the chance of structural failure by reducing the structural capacity (e.g., corrosion of fasteners in roof panel could significantly reduce the withdrawal capacity of the roofing structure during hurricane events).
Currently, most hurricane damage estimations only focus on direct loss (e.g., structural loss). …