- Author
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Kobayashi, Y.
- Title
- Factors Determining Probability of Exceedance of Area Damaged by Fire.
- Coporate
- Taisei Corp., Totsuka-ku, Yokohama, 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,
1003-1014 p.,
2008
- Keywords
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fire safety
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fire science
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risk analysis
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statistics
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probability
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construction
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risk assessment
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fire statistics
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fire losses
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formulation
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risks
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earthquakes
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office buildings
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damage
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shopping centers
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industrial plants
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warehouses
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housing
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apartments
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extinguishing
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fuel load
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floors
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timber
- Identifiers
- Japan; non-liner soil mechanics formulation (Hardin-Drnevich model); area damaged by fire; steps to be taken for estimating model parameters; fitting data from buildings in general; "probability of exceedance"; building categories tested; distinctions of two different categories of risks; worst ten fire-resistant apartment fires in Japan (1995-2001); variance by area of fire origin; dependence on early-stage extinguishing efforts; transition from small to extreme damage