Risk and behavior of fire spread in a Densely-built urban area

Fire Safety Science

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 267-278

  Himoto, Keisuke ^a   Akimoto, Yasuo ^b   Hokugo, Akihiko ^b   Tanaka, Takeyoshi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Densely built environment; Modeling; Risk assessment; Urban conflagrations

Indexed keywords

ADJACENT BUILDINGS; DENSELY-BUILT ENVIRONMENT; FIRE ORIGIN; FIRE PLUME; FIRE SPREAD; FIRE SPREAD SIMULATION; PHYSICS-BASED MODELS; URBAN AREAS; URBAN CONFLAGRATIONS; WEATHER CONDITIONS;

MONTE CARLO METHODS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

FIRES;

EID: 80455131053     PISSN: 18174299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.3801/IAFSS.FSS.9-267     Document Type: Conference Paper

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