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Wind and Structures Volume 23, Number 5, November 2016 , pages 449-464 DOI: https://doi.org/10.12989/was.2016.23.5.449 |
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Hurricane vulnerability model for mid/high-rise residential buildings |
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Gonzalo L. Pita, Jean-Paul Pinelli, Kurt Gurley, Johann Weekes, Steve Cocke and Shahid Hamid
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| Abstract | ||
| Catastrophe models appraise the natural risk of the built-infrastructure simulating the interaction of its exposure and vulnerability with a hazard. Because of unique configurations and reduced number, mid/high-rise buildings present singular challenges to the assessment of their damage vulnerability. This paper presents a novel approach to estimate the vulnerability of mid/high-rise buildings (MHB) which is used in the Florida Public Hurricane Loss Model, a catastrophe model developed for the state of Florida. The MHB vulnerability approach considers the wind pressure hazard exerted over the building\'s height as well as accompanying rain. The approach assesses separately the damages caused by wind, debris impact, and water intrusion on building models discretized into typical apartment units. Hurricane-induced water intrusion is predicted combining the estimates of impinging rain with breach and pre-existing building defect size estimates. Damage is aggregated apartment-by-apartment and story-by-story, and accounts for vertical water propagation. The approach enables the vulnerability modeling of regular and complex building geometries in the Florida exposure and elsewhere. | ||
| Key Words | ||
| mid/high rise buildings vulnerability; interior damage; impinging rain; cyclone risk | ||
| Address | ||
| Gonzalo L. Pita: Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA ean-Paul Pinelli: Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL, USA Kurt Gurley: University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA Johann Weekes: Stanley D. Lindsey & Associates, Ltd, Atlanta, GA, USA Steve Cocke: Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA Shahid Hamid: Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA | ||