Computing resilience of process plants under Na-Tech events: Methodology and application to sesmic loading scenarios

Seismic performance of an industrial multi-storey frame structure with process equipment subjected to shake table testing

“…Consequences include the release of hazardous materials, human injuries and the increasing of overall damage to nearby areas, proving this to be a key emerging risk issue. More precisely, in view of quantitative seismic risk analysis (QRA) Caputo et al (18) estimated consequences of some major-hazard process plants subjected to earthquakes. It emerged on one hand, a limited knowledge of the seismic behaviour of both critical units, components and support structures; on the other hand, the lack of information about their interactions.…”

Seismic behavior of precast reinforced concrete column-to-foundation grouted duct connections

“…Recent examples of such damage type can be found in the damage surveys from the 2012 Emilia earthquake in Italy, that struck a high industrialized area of the country, affecting many precast buildings (Belleri et al 2015;Minghini et al 2016;Savoia et al 2017). This event has also highlighted how earthquake damage in industrial plants and warehouses may have indirect consequences, such as losses due to business interruption, with the same or greater extent than direct damage on the structures (Hofer et al 2018;Nocera and Gardoni 2019;Caputo et al 2020). For these reasons, connections play a key role in precast buildings, and their correct design has a great importance to realize earthquake resistant structures (Negro and Toniolo 2012).…”

Disaster-Resilient Design of Manufacturing Facilities Through Process Integration: Principal Strategies, Perspectives, and Research Challenges

“…Jain et al (2020) introduced a process resilience analysis framework and used it to illustrate the relationship between strengthening process resilience and enhancing sustainability and business continuity. Caputo et al (2020) proposed an approach for estimating the capacity loss of a plant under seismic disruption. Gong and You (2018) presented an approach to the resilient design and operation of chemical processes by using resilience and economic objectives in a two-stage mixed-integer fractional programming model that includes five strategies: selection from alternative designs, increasing absorptive capacity of units, using parallel processing, installing redundant units, and developing scheduling strategies for recovery.…”