Bob Torkian

Publications

Recent Papers:

 

1.                J.-P. Pinelli, G. Pita, K. Gurley, B. Torkian, S. Hamid, C. Subramanian, “Damage Characterization: Application to Florida Public Hurricane Loss Model,”  ASCE Natural Hazard Review 2010
           
2.                  Boback Bob Torkian, Jean-Paul Pinelli*, Kurt Gurley “Mitigation Techniques to Improve Residential Buildings Behavior During Hurricanes ”, 2010 Structures Congress, Orlando, Florida

3.                  Jean-Paul Pinelli, Boback Bob Torkian, Kurt Gurley, Chelakara Subramanian, Shahid Hamid “Cost effectiveness of Hurricane Mitigation Measures for Residential Buildings or Vulnerability Curves to Predict Loss on Mitigated Residential Buildings 11th American Conference on Wind Engineering, June 2009 , San Juan, Puerto Rico

 

 
 
Poster:
Boback Bob Torkian, Jean-Paul Pinelli*, Kurt Gurley “Mitigation Techniques to Improve Residential Buildings Behavior During Hurricanes ”, 2010 Structures Congress, Orlando, Florida
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Reports:

 B. B. Torkian, J.-P. Pinelli, K. Gurley, C.S. Subramanian, S. Hamid,(2009)- "Survey of Residential Buildings in Florida to Define Characteristics of Current Building Stock". Final Results. Engineering Team Report. Florida Public Hurricane Loss Model. Jan 2010.


Books:

 B.B. Torkian, "Cost Effectivness of Mitigated Homes in Forida". Master thesis, Florida Institute of Technology; deposited at the Evans library at Florida Institte of Technology, 2008

 
 
 
 

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  • Cost effectiveness of Hurricane Mitigation Measures for Residential Buildings or Vulnerability Curves to Predict Loss on Mitigated Residential Buildings.pdf - on Feb 24, 2010 9:29 AM by bob torkian (version 1)
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