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The present chapter aims to present and review fragility curves for components of gas and oil system networks. These fragility functions need to be applicable to the specific European context and they should be available for a variety of network components such as buried pipelines, storage tanks and processing facilities (i.e. compression and reduction stations). Based on a literature review, it is found that the available fragility functions are mostly empirical and should be applied to the European context, given the current lack of data needed to validate potential analytical methods of vulnerability assessment. For buried pipelines, fragility relations are reviewed with respect to both wave propagation and ground failure. Existing fragility curves for storage tanks and processing facilities are also critically appraised, according to the modelling assumptions and the derivation techniques (e.g. fault-tree analysis, numerical simulation or empirical relation).
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The authors are grateful to Simona Esposito and Iunio Iervolino from AMRA and to Kyriazis Pitilakis, Kalliopi Kakderi and Sotiris Argyroudis from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki for having shared their knowledge concerning the existing component typologies of the L’Aquila and Thessaloniki gas networks.
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Gehl, P., Desramaut, N., Réveillère, A., Modaressi, H. (2014). Fragility Functions of Gas and Oil Networks. In: Pitilakis, K., Crowley, H., Kaynia, A. (eds) SYNER-G: Typology Definition and Fragility Functions for Physical Elements at Seismic Risk. Geotechnical, Geological and Earthquake Engineering, vol 27. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7872-6_7
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