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Port Infrastructure Resilience Through Combined Wind-Surge Demand Characterization, Kaley Callaway
Port Infrastructure Resilience Through Combined Wind-Surge Demand Characterization, Kaley Callaway
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The United States economy is reliant on maritime transportation for 70% of imports and exports. Structures that are integral to the operation of ports, such as cranes, are jeopardized when tropical storms approach land. While wind is the only environmental load used to design dockside container cranes, storm surge often accompanies severe wind events and can create large structural loads. This study focuses on determining coupled storm-surge demands and the effect of waves on dockside container cranes. A damage index prediction tool that considers both maximum wind speed and storm surge height is developed and applied to historical hurricane data …