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- Title
- Guide to Improved Earthquake Performance of Electric Power Systems.
- File
- PB98177892.pdf
- Author(s)
- Schiff, A.
- Source
- National Inst. of Standards and Technology (BFRL), Gaithersburg, MD.; National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA., September 1998, 328 p.
- Abstract
- The purpose of this guide is to document methods to improve the earthquake response of electric power systems. The major goals include: review how earthquakes affect power system facilities and equipment; raise the awareness and understanding of the vulnerabilities of power system facilities and equipment by reviewing their earthquake performance; suggest an overall approach to an earthquake mitigation program; suggest earthquake preparedness techniques to improve post-earthquake response; review design details that contributed to both good performance and failure in earthquakes; provide insight into facility performance so that facilities can be evaluated to determine their earthquake vulnerability; suggest hardware changes that can reduce earthquake damage to existing facilities; suggest approaches for new construction that have been shown to reduce earthquake damage; and suggest earthquake emergency response procedures to reduce the disruption from damaged facilities.
- Keywords
- ; Vulnerability; Control systems; Seismic design; Communication sysltems; Electric utilities; Facilities management; Electric power plants; Earthquake engineering; Electric power distribution; Operation and maintenance; Design analysis; Electric power production; Electric power generation; Substations; Seismic effects; Electric power systems; Dynamic structural analysis