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Post-earthquake fire analysis in urban structures: risk management strategies

By Behrouz , Behnam

Book information

Publisher
CRC Press
Year
2017
ISBN
978-1-4987-4391-4, 1498743919
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
42 MB (43936676 bytes)
Pages
333\356
Time added
2017-01-21 08:00:00
Fire investigation.;Earthquake hazard analysis.;FiUrban.

Description

Post-earthquake fire is one of the most complicated problems resulting from earthquakes and presents a serious risk to urban structures. Most standards and codes ignore the possibility of post-earthquake fire; thus it is not factored in when determining the ability of buildings to withstand load. This book describes the effects of post-earthquake fire on partially damaged buildings located in seismic urban regions. The book quantifies the level of associated post-earthquake fire effects, and discusses methods for mitigating the risk at both the macro scale and micro scale. The macro scale strategies address urban regions while the micro scale strategies address building structures, covering both existing buildings and those that are yet to be designed.

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