• 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