Risk and fragility assessment of residential wooden buildings subject to hurricane winds

• Published in: Structural safety Vol. 94; p. 102137
• Main Authors: Abdelhady, Ahmed U., Spence, Seymour M.J., McCormick, Jason
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier Ltd 01.01.2022; Elsevier BV
• Subjects: Building components; Buildings; Construction; Damage; Debris; Fragility; Fragility analysis; Hurricanes; Methodology; Performance assessment; Residential areas; Residential buildings; Residential communities; Residential-wooden buildings; Risk assessment; Shielding; Storm damage; Vulnerability models; Wind pressure; Windborne debris damage; Windborne debris damage; Vulnerability models; Residential-wooden buildings; Fragility analysis; Performance assessment; Risk assessment

Hurricanes are one of the major causes of damage and loss to residential wooden buildings in the United States. The study of hurricane-imposed risks to residential wooden buildings is, therefore, a fundamental step to mitigate these damages and losses. Within this context, a probabilistic methodolog...