Proposal for an Inspection Tool for Damaged Structures after Disasters

Abstract

This study focuses on the development of a multifunctional Expert System (ES) called post-seismic damage inspection tool (PSDIT), a powerful tool which allows the evaluation, the processing and the archiving of the collected data stock after earthquakes. PSDIT can be operated by two user types; an ordinary user (engineer, expert or architect) for the damage visual inspection and an administrative user for updating the knowledge and / or for adding or removing the ordinary user. The knowledge acquisition is driven by a hierarchical knowledge model, the Information from investigation reports, and those acquired through feedback from expert / engineer questionnaires are part.

Keywords

• Disaster
• Damaged structures
• Damage assessment
• Expert system.

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