Seismic Vulnerability Index for Road Networks

DOI

10.2991/itms-15.2015.301How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Earthquake; road; vulnerability assessment; vulnerability index; AHP (Analytical Hierarchy Process)

Abstract

To prevent heavy damages in road network after a quake, vulnerability studies must be conducted. The framework of the present study aims to develop a vulnerability index (VI) method for roads. The most important parameters influencing the seismic behavior of roads are identified, based on the worldwide seismic feedback experience and data from past Algerian earthquakes (Ain Temouchent 1999 and Zemmouri 2003). A Multi Criterion Decision-Making (MCDM) method is used to derive the relative importance between parameters. The Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) allows the determination of weighting factors for each defined parameter. Using the developed model, several examples of roads are processed and the obtained results show a good adequacy with in situ observations.

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© 2015, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - S. Adafer
AU  - M. Bensaibi
PY  - 2015/11
DA  - 2015/11
TI  - Seismic Vulnerability Index for Road Networks
BT  - Proceedings of the 2015 International Conference on Industrial Technology and Management Science
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 1233
EP  - 1236
SN  - 2352-538X
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/itms-15.2015.301
DO  - 10.2991/itms-15.2015.301
ID  - Adafer2015/11
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