"This Manual discusses methods to improve the earthquake response of electric power systems. A large portion of the document is devoted to high-voltage substations where most power system damage has been concentrated. It addresses issues pertaining to earthquake performance, mit…
Prepared by the Electric Power and Communications Committee of the Technical Council on Lifeline Earthquake Engineering of ASCE. Recent moderate and strong California earthquakes demonstrate that parts of electric power systems are very vulnerable to damage. Most damage is due t…
This book, for the first time, introduces comprehensively all main topics of lifeline earthquake engineering, including the structure analysis, network evaluation, and network design. The distinctive features involved in this book are the construction of theories and methods for…