Engineering for Extremes Decision-Making in an Uncertain World

Engineering for Extremes: Decision-Making in an Uncertain World by Mark G. Stewart
English | EPUB | 2022 | 448 Pages | ISBN : 303085017X | 71.5 MB
The volume explains how risk and decision-making analytics can be applied to the wicked problem of protecting infrastructure and society from extreme events. There is increasing research that takes into account the risks associated with the timing and severity of extreme events in engineering to reduce the vulnerability or increase the resiliency of infrastructure. "Engineering for extremes" is defined as measures taken to reduce the vulnerability or increase the resiliency of built infrastructure to climate change, hurricanes, storms, floods, earthquakes, heat waves, fires, and malevolent and abnormal events that include terrorism, gas explosions, vehicle impact and vehicle overload.