Hazus 4.1 Tsunami Model User Manual

Hazus 4.1 Tsunami Model User Manual

Hazus Tsunami Model User Guidance November 2017 This document is prepared for FEMA by: NiyamIT, Inc. 2201 Cooperative Way #600 Herndon, VA 20171 Contract No. HSFE60-17-P-0004 Document History Affected Section or Date Description Subsection November Initial version of new Hazus Tsunami Model User Guidance for First Publication 2017 Hazus version 4.0. Hazus Tsunami Model User Guidance Page i Table of Contents 1.0 INTRODUCTION ...............................................................................................................................1 1.1 Uses for Hazus ............................................................................................................... 2 1.2 Assumed Level of Expertise of Users ............................................................................. 3 1.3 When to Seek Help ......................................................................................................... 3 1.4 Online Help and Technical Support ................................................................................ 4 1.5 Uncertainties in Loss Estimates ..................................................................................... 4 2.0 INTRODUCTION TO THE TSUNAMI LOSS ESTIMATION METHODOLOGY .................................5 2.1 Tsunami Hazards Considered by the Methodology ....................................................... 6 2.2 Types of Buildings and Facilities Considered ................................................................. 7 2.3 Casualties ....................................................................................................................... 7 2.4 Levels of Analysis ........................................................................................................... 8 2.5 Methodology updates ..................................................................................................... 9 3.0 GETTING STARTED: HAZUS START-UP SCREEN .....................................................................10 3.1 Hazus MH-Startup ........................................................................................................ 10 3.2 Create New Region ...................................................................................................... 12 3.3 Open Region ................................................................................................................. 13 3.4 Delete Region ............................................................................................................... 15 3.5 Duplicate a Region ....................................................................................................... 16 3.6 Export Region ............................................................................................................... 17 3.7 Import a Region ............................................................................................................ 18 4.0 TSUNAMI MODEL: BASIC HAZUS ANALYSIS .............................................................................19 4.1 Steps to Create and Run a Basic Tsunami GBS Analysis ........................................... 19 4.2 Steps to Create and Run a Level 1 Casualty Analysis ................................................. 30 5.0 TSUNAMI MODEL: INVENTORY MENU ........................................................................................36 Hazus Tsunami Model User Guidance Page ii 5.1 Inventory Menu ............................................................................................................. 36 5.2 General Building Stock (GBS) ...................................................................................... 36 5.3 Essential Facilities ........................................................................................................ 39 5.4 High Potential Loss Facilities ........................................................................................ 40 5.5 Hazardous Materials Facilities ...................................................................................... 41 5.6 User Defined Facilities .................................................................................................. 42 5.7 Transportation Systems ................................................................................................ 43 5.8 Utility Systems .............................................................................................................. 44 5.9 Demographics ............................................................................................................... 45 5.10 View Classification ........................................................................................................ 46 6.0 TSUNAMI MODEL: HAZARD MENU ..............................................................................................48 6.1 Tsunami Hazard Type .................................................................................................. 48 6.2 Tsunami User Data Wizard ........................................................................................... 48 7.0 TSUNAMI MODEL: ANALYSIS MENU ...........................................................................................56 7.1 Damage Functions ........................................................................................................ 56 7.2 Restoration.................................................................................................................... 57 7.3 Parameters ................................................................................................................... 57 7.4 Casualties ..................................................................................................................... 57 7.5 Run ............................................................................................................................... 58 8.0 TSUNAMI MODEL: RESULTS MENU ............................................................................................59 8.1 Model Outputs .............................................................................................................. 59 8.2 Tsunami Inundation ...................................................................................................... 60 8.3 General Building Stock (GBS) Results ......................................................................... 62 8.4 User Defined Facilities .................................................................................................. 66 8.5 Combined General Building Stock ................................................................................ 66 8.6 Combined User Defined Facilities ................................................................................ 67 Hazus Tsunami Model User Guidance Page iii 8.7 Casualties ..................................................................................................................... 67 8.8 Summary Reports ......................................................................................................... 69 9.0 ADVANCED HAZUS ANALYSIS: USER DEFINED INVENTORY DATA ......................................71 9.1 UDF Required Attributes ............................................................................................... 73 9.2 UDF Inventory ............................................................................................................... 74 10.0 ADVANCED HAZUS ANALYSIS: USER DEFINED HAZARD DATA ............................................76 10.1 User Defined Tsunami Grids ........................................................................................ 76 10.2 User Defined Casualty Data ......................................................................................... 77 10.3 Advanced: Post-Earthquake DEM ................................................................................ 77 11.0 ADVANCED HAZUS ANALYSIS: COMBINED EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI SCENARIO WITH LEVEL 2 CASUALTY ANALYSIS .............................................................................................................................78 11.1 Analysis ......................................................................................................................... 78 11.2 Casualty – Level 2 Analysis .......................................................................................... 85 11.3 Reports ......................................................................................................................... 86 12.0 ADVANCED HAZUS ANALYSIS: MODIFYING ANALYSIS FACTORS ........................................92 12.1 Casualty Parameters .................................................................................................... 92 12.2 Building Economic Parameters .................................................................................... 94 Hazus Tsunami Model User Guidance Page iv List of Figures Figure 1: Hazus Technical Support................................................................................................................................................... 4 Figure 2: Steps in Assessing and Mitigating Losses due to Natural Hazards ................................................................................... 6 Figure 3: Hazus Startup Menu – Create a New Region .................................................................................................................. 10 Figure 4: Create New Region Wizard ............................................................................................................................................

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