Multi-dimensional hurricane resilience assessment of electric power systems

Structural Safety

Volumn 48, Issue , 2014, Pages 15-24

  Ouyang, Min ^a   Dueñas Osorio, Leonardo ^b  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Rice University   (United States)

Author keywords

Component fragility; Electric power systems; Hurricane hazards; Networks; Resilience; Restoration; Robustness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894651907     PISSN: 01674730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.strusafe.2014.01.001     Document Type: Article

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