- Author
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Himoto, K.
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Akimoto, Y.
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Hokugo, A.
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Tanaka, T.
- Title
- Risk and Behavior of Fire Spread in a Densely-Built Urban Area.
- Coporate
- Kyoto Univ., Japan
- Book or Conf
- Fire Safety Science. Proceedings. Ninth (9th) International Symposium. International Association for Fire Safety Science (IAFSS). September 21-26, 2008,
Intl. Assoc. for Fire Safety Science, Boston, MA,
Karlsruhe, Germany,
Karlsson, B., Editors,
267-278 p.,
2008
- Keywords
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urban fires
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fire spread
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risk assessment
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earthquakes
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fire fighters
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damage
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fire simulation
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fire behavior
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heat transfer
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thermal radiation
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temperature
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fire plumes
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ignition
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fire brands
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Monte Carlo method
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uncertainty
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weather effects
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wind direction
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risk analysis
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wind velocity
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fire risk
- Identifiers
- urban conflagrations; densely-build environment; fire behavior inside the building; building-to-building fire spread; thermal radiation heat transfer from fire involved buildings; temperature rise due to wind-blown fire plumes; spotting of fire brands to the downwind of fire involved buildings; Kyoto Higashiyama district, Japan; numerical conditions; fixed fire origins; random fire origins