Development of structural debris flow fragility curves (debris flow buildings resistance) using momentum flux rate as a hazard parameter

dc.citation.journalTitleENGINEERING GEOLOGY
dc.contributor.authorPrieto, Jorge Alonso
dc.contributor.authorJourneay, Murray
dc.contributor.authorAcevedo A.B.
dc.contributor.authorArbelaez, Juan
dc.contributor.authorUlmi, Malaika
dc.contributor.researchgroupMecánica Aplicadaspa
dc.date.accessioned2021-04-16T20:10:41Z
dc.date.available2021-04-16T20:10:41Z
dc.date.issued2018-05-18
dc.description.abstractSocietal risks associated with debris flow hazards are significant and likely to escalate due to global population growth trends and the compounding effects of climate change. Quantitative risk assessment methods (QRA) provide a means of anticipating the likely impacts and consequences of settlement in areas susceptible to landslide activity and are increasingly being used to inform land use decisions that seek to increase disaster resilience through mitigation and/or adaptation. Current QRA methods for debris flow hazards are based primarily on empirical vulnerability functions that relate hazard intensity (depth, velocity, etc.) to expected levels of loss for a given asset of concern, i.e. most of current methods are dedicated to loss-intensity relations. Though grounded in observed cause-effect relationships, empirical vulnerability functions are not designed to predict the capacity of a building to withstand the physical impacts of a debris flow event, or the related uncertainties associated with modelling building performance as a function of variable debris flow parameters. This paper describes a methodology for developing functions that relate hazard intensity to probability of structural damage, i.e., fragility functions, rather than vulnerability functions, based on the combined hydrodynamic forces of a debris flow event (hazard level) and the inherent structural resistance of building typologies that are common in rural mountainous settings (building performance). Hazard level includes a hydrodynamic force variable (FDF), which accounts for the combined effects of debris flow depth and velocity, i.e. momentum flux (hv2), material density (?) and related flow characteristics including drag (Cd) and impact coefficient (Kd). Building performance is measured in terms of yield strength (Ay), ultimate lateral capacity (AU) and weight to breadth ratios (W/B) defined for a portfolio building types that are common in mountain settlements. Collectively, these model parameters are combined using probabilistic methods to produce building-specific fragility functions that describe the probability of reaching or exceeding successive thresholds of structural damage over a range of hazard intensity values, expressed in terms of momentum flux. Validation of the proposed fragility model is based on a comparison between model outputs and observed cause-effect relationships for recent debris flow events in South Korea and in Colombia. Debris flow impact momentum fluxes, capable of resulting in complete damage to unreinforced masonry buildings (URM) in those regions are estimated to be on the order of 24 m3/s2, consistent with field-based observations. Results of our study offer additional capabilities for assessing risks associated with urban growth and development in areas exposed to debris flow hazards. © 2018 Elsevier B.V.eng
dc.identifierhttps://eafit.fundanetsuite.com/Publicaciones/ProdCientif/PublicacionFrw.aspx?id=7980
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.enggeo.2018.03.014
dc.identifier.issn18726917
dc.identifier.issn83674spa
dc.identifier.otherWOS;000432769300014
dc.identifier.otherSCOPUS;2-s2.0-85056286035
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10784/29206
dc.language.isoengeng
dc.publisherElsevier B.V.
dc.publisher.departmentUniversidad EAFIT. Departamento de Ingeniería Mecánicaspa
dc.relation.urihttps://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85056286035&doi=10.1016%2fj.enggeo.2018.03.014&partnerID=40&md5=46328f0edc60b4cb504e81e87a4da14f
dc.rightshttps://v2.sherpa.ac.uk/id/publication/issn/0013-7952
dc.sourceENGINEERING GEOLOGY
dc.subject.keywordBuildingseng
dc.subject.keywordClimate changeeng
dc.subject.keywordHazardseng
dc.subject.keywordHydrodynamicseng
dc.subject.keywordLand useeng
dc.subject.keywordMomentumeng
dc.subject.keywordPopulation statisticseng
dc.subject.keywordRisk assessmenteng
dc.subject.keywordStructural analysiseng
dc.subject.keywordUncertainty analysiseng
dc.subject.keywordUrban growtheng
dc.subject.keywordCause-effect relationshipseng
dc.subject.keywordDebris flow hazardseng
dc.subject.keywordDebris flowseng
dc.subject.keywordFragility curveseng
dc.subject.keywordGrowth and developmenteng
dc.subject.keywordProbabilistic methodseng
dc.subject.keywordQuantitative risk assessment methodeng
dc.subject.keywordUnreinforced masonry buildingeng
dc.subject.keywordDebriseng
dc.subject.keyworddebris floweng
dc.subject.keywordhazard assessmenteng
dc.subject.keywordlandslideeng
dc.subject.keywordmomentumeng
dc.subject.keywordrisk assessmenteng
dc.subject.keywordstructural responseeng
dc.subject.keywordvulnerabilityeng
dc.titleDevelopment of structural debris flow fragility curves (debris flow buildings resistance) using momentum flux rate as a hazard parametereng
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleeng
dc.typearticleeng
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioneng
dc.typepublishedVersioneng
dc.type.localArtículospa

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