Towards an Integrated Approach to Infrastructure Damage Assessment in the Aftermath of Natural Hazards

Buildings

Madhav Prasad Nepal¹  Carol Hon¹  Jinwoo (Brian) Lee²  Ziru Xiang³ 

[1] School of Architecture & Built Environment, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Brisbane 4001, Australia;School of Built Environment, University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney 2052, Australia;School of Transportation & Civil Engineering, Nantong University, Nantong 226000, China;

关键词: infrastructure;    natural hazards;    damage assessment;    product lifecycle data;   

DOI  :  10.3390/buildings11100450

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

The world has witnessed an alarmingly increasing number of serious natural hazards. In the aftermath of a hazard, relevant authorities/agencies face, among others, the challenging tasks of rapidly evaluating and assessing the damages to infrastructures and restoring their essential functionality and operation. The availability of reliable, high-quality structural and operational/maintenance data of a structure and its health, before and after a natural hazard, can be instrumental in the rapid assessment of a damaged structure. We collectively refer, in this paper, to the existing as-built and facility operational information about a structure or an infrastructure asset represented respectively in Building Information Modeling (BIM) and Infrastructure Asset Management (IAM) systems as Product Lifecycle Data (PLD). Arguably, PLD combined with other post-hazard condition assessment data can provide a more reliable and integrated solution for a rapid damage assessment of buildings and other critical infrastructures. Unfortunately, the application of PLD in this critical area has been unexplored in the literature, and the mapping between PLD and damage assessment methods is loosely investigated. In an effort to address this research gap, this paper provides a critical analysis of the most common structural damage assessment methods and explores the potential of combining them with PLD to provide more reliable, comprehensive, and integrated solution for damage assessment. Findings from this study could be useful for practitioners in selecting the most appropriate and effective methods to conduct damage and safety assessments of critical infrastructures. The study will also assist the further theoretical developments in the integration of PLD with different damage assessment methods.

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