A post-earthquake fire spread model considering damage of building components due to seismic motion and heating of fire

Fire Safety Science

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 1319-1330

  Himoto, Keisuke ^a   Mukaibo, Kyosuke ^b   Kuroda, Ryo ^c   Akimoto, Yasuo ^d   Hokugo, Akihiko ^e   Tanaka, Takeyoshi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b RITSUMEIKAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Ichijo Corporation   (Japan)

^d Mitsubishi UFJ Research and Consulting Co   (Japan)

^e KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fire spread; Kobe city; Physics based model; Post earthquake fire; Urban fire

Indexed keywords

BURNING BEHAVIOR; FIRE SPREAD; FIRE SPREAD MODEL; KOBE CITY; KOBE EARTHQUAKE; NEW MODEL; OBSERVED DATA; PHYSICS-BASED MODEL; PHYSICS-BASED MODELS; PROTOTYPE MODELS; SEISMIC MOTIONS; URBAN FIRE;

BUILDING COMPONENTS; EARTHQUAKES; FIRES; HEATING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 84863045497     PISSN: 18174299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.3801/IAFSS.FSS.10-1319     Document Type: Conference Paper

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