- Author
- Himoto, K. | Akimoto, Y. | Hokugo, A. | 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
- urban fires | fire spread | risk assessment | earthquakes | fire fighters | damage | fire simulation | fire behavior | heat transfer | thermal radiation | temperature | fire plumes | ignition | fire brands | Monte Carlo method | uncertainty | weather effects | wind direction | risk analysis | wind velocity | 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