Tsunami vulnerability functions from field surveys and Monte Carlo simulation

Civil Engineering and Environmental Systems

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 181-194

  Dias, W P S ^a   Yapa, H D ^a   Peiris, L M N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MORATUWA   (Sri Lanka)

^b RISK MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Damage survey; Monte Carlo simulation; Structural damage; Tsunami; Vulnerability curve

Indexed keywords

DAMAGE SURVEY; EAST COAST; FIELD SURVEYS; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; SRI LANKA; STRUCTURAL DAMAGE; TSUNAMI INUNDATION; VULNERABILITY CURVE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COSMIC RAY DETECTORS; LANDFORMS; SURVEYS; TSUNAMIS;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

BUILDING; DAMAGE MECHANICS; FIELD SURVEY; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; TSUNAMI; VULNERABILITY;

EID: 70449497797     PISSN: 10286608     EISSN: 10290249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10286600802435918     Document Type: Article

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