Section 6 : Performance of industrial facilities

The epicentral area contains a high percentage of Turkeyïs industry. this earthquake has pointed out many situations that might be encountered and hazards that might be face during earthquakes of this magnitude in other regions, such as emergency response, human response, fires, oil spills, and toxic releases, in addition to fundamental issues of structural and nonstructuraldamage. As additional information is gathered and studied from these facilities, we expect that lessons learned will be directly applicable to industrial facilities in other seismic regions of the world, including the United States

Seismic reliability assessment of critical facilities : A handbook, supporting documentation, and model code provisions

This document summarizes a multi-year research project in the development of a detailed methodology to assess and improve the functional reliability of equipment systems in critical facilities following earthquakes. It is inended to be used by engineers, building officials, owners and other individuals interested in assessing and impoving the capability of a facility to provide critical services. The methodolgy described intends to improve the reliability of equipment systems and make it flexible enough to be used in many types of facilities and does not require personnel with seismic expertise. The approach to this methodogy is simple: 1. Systems definition. 2.Evaluation of individual components. 3. Systems evaluation. 4. Risk management, make decisions