Journal
JOURNAL OF EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING
Volume 14, Issue 5, Pages 688-705Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/13632460903336936
Keywords
Fire; Simulation; Physics-Based; Urban; GIS; Case study
Funding
- National Science Foundation [EEC-9701471]
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For 50 years, post-earthquake fire spread models used the basic empirical, macro approach developed by Hamada in 1951. Recently, however, a few physics-based models have emerged in which different modes of fire spread (e.g., radiation, branding) are modeled separately, more realistically, and in more detail. Using a case study for Los Angeles, this article illustrates how a new physics-based model developed by the authors can be used to estimate how much, how fast, and where fires spread, and also to provide insight into how fires spread and factors that influence fire spread.
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