Francis M Lavelle

Biographic Data

ID9720629
NAMEFrancis M Lavelle
GIVEN NAMESFrancis M
FAMILY NAMELavelle
SIGNATURELAVELLE F M
AFFILIATIONSApplied Research Associates
ORCID0000-0003-3430-6473
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS2
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR2
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2023
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2023
H-INDEX0

  • Hurricane Wind Loss Estimation for Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands

    Open AccessFrancis M Lavelle, David R Mizzen et al.ARTICLENatural Hazards Review2023

    The implementation and validation of the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Hazus Hurricane Model for Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands are presented in this paper. Previous versions of the model addressed 22 hurricane-prone states in the United States but lacked the necessary data sets for use in the Caribbean territories. To remedy this limitation, several data sets were developed and incorporated into the model, including a comprehensiv…

  • Hazus Hurricane Wind Model for the US Caribbean Territories

    Open AccessPeter J Vickery, Shahriar Quayyum et al.ARTICLENatural Hazards Review2023

    The Hazus Hurricane Model has been extended to include the US Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. The hurricane hazard model uses the same model incorporated into the design wind speeds given in US and Caribbean wind loading provisions wind hazard maps for the US mainland and the US Caribbean islands. The validity of the hurricane hazard model for use in the Caribbean is documented herein. New damage functions were developed to model the different co…