TY  - JOUR
JF  - Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena
Y1  - 2016///
SP  - 35 
A1  - Scala, Antonio
A1  - Lucentini, Pier Giorgio De Sanctis
A1  - Caldarelli, Guido
A1  - D?Agostino, Gregorio
PB  - Elsevier
VL  - 323?32
UR  - http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167278915001992
AV  - public
TI  - Cascades in interdependent flow networks
KW  - Complex networks; Interdependencies; Mean field models
N2  - In this manuscript, we investigate the abrupt breakdown behavior of coupled distribution grids under load growth. This scenario mimics the ever-increasing customer demand and the foreseen introduction of energy hubs interconnecting the different energy vectors. We extend an analytical model of cascading behavior due to line overloads to the case of interdependent networks and find evidence of first order transitions due to the long-range nature of the flows. Our results indicate that the foreseen increase in the couplings between the grids has two competing effects: on the one hand, it increases the safety region where grids can operate without withstanding systemic failures; on the other hand, it increases the possibility of a joint systems? failure.
SN  - 0167-2789
EP  -  39
ID  - eprints3549
N1  - SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84964432729; WOS ID: WOS:000376547400006
ER  -