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Model for assessing the vulnerability of Australian housing to windstorms - VAWS
Title | Model for assessing the vulnerability of Australian housing to windstorms - VAWS |
Publication Type | Report |
Year of Publication | 2019 |
Authors | Parackal, K, Wehner, M, Ryu, H, Ginger, J, Henderson, D, Edwards, M |
Document Number | 529 |
Date Published | 12/2019 |
Institution | Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC |
City | Melbourne |
Report Number | 529 |
Keywords | building resilience, cyclone, Emergency management, engineering, severe wind, wind modelling |
Abstract | Modelling the vulnerability of houses in windstorms is important for insurance pricing, policy-making, and emergency management. Models for Australian house types have been developed since the 1970s, and have ranged from empirical models to more advanced reliability based structural engineering models, which provide estimates of damage for a range of wind speeds of interest. This report describes the development of a software program: Vulnerability and Adaption to Wind Simulation (VAWS), which uses probability based reliability analysis and structural engineering for the loading and response coupled with an extensive test database and field damage assessments to calculate the damage experienced by selected Australian house types. |
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