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to be within a facility or a network to be integrated into a holistic
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assessment of the direct system losses, service disruption and cost.
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SIRA is used to model the vulnerability of high-value infrastructure
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systems to natural hazards. The infrastructure types can be individual
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sites or facilities (e.g., an electrical substation, or a water treatment plant)
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or networks (e.g., an electricity transmission network, water transmission
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network. etc.).
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Earthquake ground motion has been the primary focus.
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Uncertainties are captured through a Monte Carlo sampling process.
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The tool facilitates quantification of infrastructure assets' vulnerability,
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and also enables the most vulnerable components to be identified in terms of
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repair cost, time to recovery, and implications for service continuity. The
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tool has also been designed and tested to assess risk, but that functionality
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would typically require that the simulation be run in high performace computing
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environment.
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SIRA is desgined to be used to simulate the vulnerability of high-value
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infrastructure systems to natural hazards. The infrastructure types can be
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individual sites or facilities (e.g., an electrical substation, or a
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water treatment plant) or networks (e.g., an electricity transmission network,
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water transmission network. etc.). Earthquake ground motion has been the
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primary focus. Uncertainties are captured through a Monte Carlo sampling
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process. The tool facilitates quantification of infrastructure assets'
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vulnerability, and also enables the most vulnerable components to be identified
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in terms of repair cost, time to recovery, and implications for service
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continuity. The tool has also been designed and tested to assess risk, but
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that functionality would typically require that the simulation be run in
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high performance computing environment.
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The outcomes of this tool can support identification of retrofit options,
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and their relative efficacy in reducing risk.

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