Cellular Automata Modeling of Fire Spread Based on Post-Earthquake Fire Risk Assessment of Urban Area

Abstract:

Post-earthquake fire is disaster which causes great harm to human. In this paper, post-earthquake fire risk assessment of urban area was analyzed, and a fire spreading probability model of urban area based on cellular automata was developed. The fire spreading process has been reproduced successfully by our model. The reproduction of fire process not only improves people’s cognition, but also provides the guide for city planning

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 368-373)
• Pages: 732-738
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.368-373.732
• Online since: October 2011
• Authors: Xiao Jing Meng, Jiang Ping Zhao
• Keywords: Analysis Hierarchy Process (AHP), Cellular Automata (CA), Fire Risk Assessment, Post-Earthquake Fire, Urban Area

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