- Author
- Nakao, M. | Tanaka, T.
- Title
- Study on the Estimation of the Hazard to Evacuation Due to Wind-Blown Fire Flow Induced by Urban Fire.
- Coporate
- Kyoto University, Japan
- Book or Conf
- Fire Safety Science. Proceedings. Seventh (7th) International Symposium. International Association for Fire Safety Science (IAFSS). June 16-21, 2003, Intl. Assoc. for Fire Safety Science, Boston, MA, Worcester, MA, Evans, D. D., Editors, 679-690 p., 2003
- Keywords
- fire research | urban fires | evacuation | fire hazards | wind effects | human beings | fire spread | case histories | combustion | fire brands | temperature rise | heat release rate | fire plumes | weather effects | wind direction
- Identifiers
- estimation of hazard; expression of mesh in an urban district; outline of the Sakata City fire; judgement if a mesh is involved in fire or not; estimation of temperature rise due to fire flow; directional vector of fire plume axis; elapsed time at which the people in Sakata strated to evacuate since they felt the situation was dangerous; Sakata fire, Japan, October 1976