VULNERABILITY OF TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS OF RUSSIA, OTHER POST-SOVIET STATES AND EUROPEAN COUNTRIES TO THE CASCADE FAULTS
Abstract
The article deals with the results of the evaluation of structural vulnerability of power systems ofRussia, other post-Soviet states and European countries to the cascade faults. Traditional and up-to-date methods of the topological analysis of the structure of transportation networks are reviewed. A procedure allowing for the evaluation of structural vulnerability of the transmission network graph in case of the random removal of points was developed basing on the complex network analysis. The structural vulnerability of transmission systems under study has been evaluated according to this procedure. Influence of several factors, i.e. topological, political, geographical and historical, on the spatial distribution of transmission systems’ vulnerability was estimated. The structural vulnerability of transmission systems is definitely related to the basic topological and economic criteria. Two different strategies making it possible to maintain the stability of transmission systems were revealed. The choice between these two strategies is determined by geographical and political factors.
About the Author
A. M. Faddeyev
Lomonosov Moscow State University
Russian Federation
Post-graduate student; Faculty of Geography, Department of Economic and Social Geography of Russia
Russian Federation
Post-graduate student; Faculty of Geography, Department of Economic and Social Geography of Russia
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Faddeyev A.M. VULNERABILITY OF TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS OF RUSSIA, OTHER POST-SOVIET STATES AND EUROPEAN COUNTRIES TO THE CASCADE FAULTS. Vestnik Moskovskogo universiteta. Seriya 5, Geografiya. 2016;(1):46-52. (In Russ.)
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