Seismic Resilience Assessment of Hospital Infrastructure by Q... - 9781032600819

Seismic Resilience Assessment of Hospital InfrastructureAuthor(s): Qingxue Shang, Tao Wang, Jichao Li, Mohammad Noori\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: CRC Press\nISBN-13: 9781032600819, 978-1032600819\nSynopsis\nHealthcare facilities or hospital systems are classified as some of the most critical infrastructure systems when responding to natural disasters. Seismic Resilience Assessment of Hospital Infrastructure systematically presents a suite of novel techniques developed by the authors and their team for seismic resilience assessment of hospital infrastructure, with particular emphasis on seismic tests and fragility models of hospital equipment, resilience assessment of single hospital buildings and emergency departments, and post-earthquake functionality of urban hospital infrastructures.\n\nFeatures:\n\nPresents a state-of-the-art review on hospital resilience\nDevelops seismic fragility model database for hospital equipment based a