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Impact of compound flood event on coastal critical infrastructures considering current and future climate
Mariam Khanam
Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Connecticut,
Storrs, CT 06269, USA
Giulia Sofia
Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Connecticut,
Storrs, CT 06269, USA
Marika Koukoula
Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Connecticut,
Storrs, CT 06269, USA
Rehenuma Lazin
Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Connecticut,
Storrs, CT 06269, USA
Efthymios I. Nikolopoulos
Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Florida Institute of Technology,
Melbourne, FL 32901, USA
Xinyi Shen
Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Connecticut,
Storrs, CT 06269, USA
Emmanouil N. Anagnostou
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Connecticut,
Storrs, CT 06269, USA
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Compound extremes correspond to events with multiple concurrent or consecutive drivers, leading to substantial impacts such as infrastructure failure. In many risk assessment and design applications, however, multihazard scenario events are ignored. In this paper, we present a general framework to investigate current and future climate compound-event flood impact on coastal critical infrastructures such as power grid substations.
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