Damage assessment involves the difficulties of defining, assessing, and modelling the variables involved as well as handling uncertainty. This paper presents a methodology for the damage assessment of RC structures based on fuzzy logic. In the proposed system, the variables defined are the same as those used in the “rapid screening procedure” developed by FEMA and described through a data colle...

Yapılardaki deprem hasarının tahmini, can ve mal kaybını önleme açısından oldukça önemlidir. Hasar plastik mafsal parametrelerinin şekil değiştirme sınır durumlarının gerçek yapı davranışını yansıtması oranında başarılı olmaktadır. Yapı tasarımında mevcut değerlendirmesinde çeşitli standartlar ile parametreleri değerleri belirlenmiştir. Federal Acil Durum Yönetim Kurumu (FEMA) Amerikan İnşaat M...

services under § 440.160 of this subchapter. (b) The exclusion of FFP described in paragraph (a) of this section does not apply during that part of the month in which the individual is not an inmate of a public institution or a patient in an institution for mental diseases. (c) An individual on conditional release or convalescent leave from an institution for mental diseases is not considered t...

Abstract The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) offers a portfolio of flood risk mitigation options for high-risk homeowners, hoping to reduce damages. Buyout (home acquisition) and home retrofit (e.g., elevation) are candidates available homeowners. FEMA has recently amended increased its buyout efforts. This study examines homeowners’ stated preference elevation contracts using survey...