REDARS 2 Methodology and Software for Seismic Risk Analysis of Highway Systems

Keywords: REDARS 2.  Seismic risk analyses (SRA).  Highway infrastructure.  Bridges.  Tunnels.  Roadways.  Structural damage.  Systems.  Traffic.  Economic recovery.  Emergency response.  Natural disasters.  Seismic performance.  Seismic risk reduction.  Estimations.  Cost-benefit analyses.

Abstract: The REDARS 2 report provides the basic framework and a demonstration application of the Seismic Risk Analysis (SRA) methodology and its modules.  It also describes results from six years of work to update the methodology, program this methodology into a public-domain software package, and test and document this software.  The main modules of the REDARS 2 SRA methodology include hazards, components, system and economic. The northern Los Angeles, California highway system is used as a demonstration application of the SRA methodology.  Eleven appendices are provided in PDF on the included CD-ROM.  References, tables and many figures supplement the text as well.