DocumentCode
1457829
Title
Disaster Management
Author
Rudnick, Hugh ; Mocarquer, Sebastian ; Andrade, Eduardo ; Vuchetich, Esteban ; Miquel, Pedro
Author_Institution
Pontificia Univ. Catolica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
Volume
9
Issue
2
fYear
2011
Firstpage
37
Lastpage
45
Abstract
In this paper its is discussed that the transmission and distribution facilities are more vulnerable to major earthquakes than the generation facilities. The design of the generation facilities usually adopts a higher design and building standards.
Keywords
disasters; electric power generation; building standards; design; disaster management; distribution facilities; earthquakes; generation facilities; Disaster management; Earthquakes; Maintenance engineering; Substations; Tsunami;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Power and Energy Magazine, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1540-7977
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/MPE.2010.939948
Filename
5719448
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