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Published on: July 24, 2016

Modeling flood induced interdependencies among hydroelectricity generating infrastructures.

S Sultana1, Z Chen

  • 1Department of Building, Civil, and Environmental Engineering, Concordia University, 1455 de Maisonneuve Blvd. W., Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3G 1M8. sharmin.sultana2@mail.mcgill.ca

Journal of Environmental Management
|July 3, 2009
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This study introduces an integrated model to assess critical infrastructure vulnerability to hazards, focusing on hydroelectric systems. The method quantifies interdependencies, aiding flood emergency response and management.

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Published on: July 24, 2016

Area of Science:

  • Civil Engineering
  • Risk Analysis
  • Systems Engineering

Background:

  • Critical infrastructures are increasingly interconnected, making them vulnerable to cascading failures during hazards.
  • Understanding infrastructure interdependencies is crucial for effective disaster risk reduction and management.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and present an integrated modeling method for simulating critical infrastructure vulnerability and interdependencies.
  • To apply the developed method to a case study of hydroelectric generating infrastructures.

Main Methods:

  • Fragility curve development using Monte Carlo simulation for structural-hydraulic modeling.
  • Flood frequency analysis and stochastic Petri net (SPN) modeling for hazard prediction and interaction quantification.
  • Markov Chain analysis for simulating long-term infrastructure failure probabilities.

Main Results:

  • The model successfully simulates the most probable damage conditions for a given flood hazard probability.
  • Interactions among interconnected infrastructures (dam, penstock, power plant, substation) were quantified.
  • Long-term failure probability matrices for infrastructure networks were simulated.

Conclusions:

  • The integrated modeling approach provides a novel contribution to infrastructure interdependency analysis.
  • The method can serve as a valuable decision-making tool for flood-related emergency response and management.
  • The study demonstrates the effectiveness of combining structural-hydraulic, probabilistic, and network modeling techniques.