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Comparative analysis of forest fire danger rating on the forest characteristics of thinning area and non-thinning area on forest fire burnt area (산불피해지역에서 숲 가꾸기 실행유무가 산불에 미치는 영향)

  • Lee, Si-Young;Lee, Myung-Woog;Yeom, Chan-Ho;Kwon, Chun-Geun
    • 한국방재학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2008.02a
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    • pp.153-156
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    • 2008
  • Comparative analysis of forest fire danger rating on the forest characteristics of thinning area and non-thinning area on forest fire burnt area was studied in this work. To investigate the effect of thinning slash in forest fire, Gangneung-si Wangsan-myeon, Ulgin-gun Wonnam-Myeon, Samchok-si Gagok-Myeon, in which forest fire broke out, were selected. As a result that investigated forest fire danger ratio between thinning slash and non-thinning slash, leeward scorching ratio(36%), crown damage ratio(29%), mortality of branch at the former are higher than those at the latter, leeward scorching ratio of tree, where thinning slash is around, is 10%-20% higher than that of independent tree. So I estimate that thinning slash has a some effect on the intensity of forest fire. And the result to investigate damage of forest fire according to tree species shows that leeward scorching ratio of conifer is 5% higher than that of non-conifer, and mortality of branch of the former is 19% higher than that of the latter. It is considered that forest fire may affect directly to a tree trunk if it diffuse to piled thinning tree because there was no space between thinning trees and trees. Furthermore, it was found that re-ignition had a chance to occur due to lots of piled thinning trees.

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Numerical Study on the Fire Damaged Reinforced Concrete Building Structures Considering Influencing Fire Case and Parameters of Columns (화재피해를 받은 철근콘크리트 건축물의 기둥의 영향인자를 고려한 해석적 연구)

  • Suh, Yeonwoo;Son, Hee Ju
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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    • v.37 no.4
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    • pp.101-112
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    • 2022
  • Expanding urbanization practices result in high numbers of buildings being developed in city centers. This high building concentration leads to an increased fire risk, resulting in higher casualty rates and increased economic damages compared to fires in the past. The purpose of this study was to analyze the structural behavior of fire-damaged reinforced concrete buildings using analytical methods and to suggest methods of improving fire resistance in the event of a fire. Damage levels were measured using commercial software to apply the finite element method, ABAQUS, and MIDAS GEN to the dataset. Load-deflection curves were calculated using the effective area and moment of inertia of the fire-damaged columns provided by ABAQUS. The results of this analysis indicate that fire-damaged beams with experience greater deflection from indoor fires than they will from outdoor fires. Fires that occurred on the middle floors were more dangerous than those occurring on higher floors, and eccentrically loaded columns experienced more damage than axially loaded columns. The results indicate that these methods accurately predict structural behaviors of fire damaged concrete columns by considering fire exposure area and eccentric loading.

A Study on the extent of damage from fire accident Caused by Unloading of LPG Bulk Lorry (LPG 벌크로리 충전중 화재사고에 따른 사고피해영향범위에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, Myoung Ho;Lee, Su-Kyung
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Gas
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    • v.19 no.2
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    • pp.1-4
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    • 2015
  • The study analyses secondary damage of surrounding facilities from the fire accident by Unloading of LPG Bulk Lorry. Potential risk and extent of damage from jet flame and radiation heat is estimated with PHAST-RISK v6.7 program of DNV. According to above study, supplies can predict the damage range from gas release by Unloading, and be able to respond quickly.

A Study to Prevent the Forest Fire in Forest Facilities and Forests (산림과 산림시설물의 산불 피해 예방에 관한 고찰)

  • Park, Kyong-Jin;Kim, Hye-ree;Lee, Bong-Woo;Park, Shin-young
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Industry Convergence
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    • v.23 no.2_2
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    • pp.301-306
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    • 2020
  • In this study, analyzed national forest fire statistics by cause, year, region, and damage scale based on the National Fire Data System. as a result, the main cause of forest fires was the most frequent human error. forest fires occurred in areas with high population density. and it was confirmed that the Widest area of forest damage was Gang-Won province, which is rich in forestry resources. by season, it occurred a lot in spring because of the warm temperature and strong wind and low humidity. such disasters directly damage forest facilities such as house and cultural properties as well as destruction of natural resources. therefore in this study, made a suggestion plan for prevention from forest fire with forest fire prevention comprehensive plan of MFOA.

Thermal-Structure Interaction Parallel Fire Analysis for Steel-Concrete Composite Structures under Bridge Exposed to Fire Loading (화재에 노출된 교량하부 강합성 구조물에 대한 열-구조 연성 병렬화재해석)

  • Yun, Sung-Hwan;Gil, Heungbae;Lee, Ilkeun;Kim, Wooseok;Park, Taehyo
    • Journal of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea
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    • v.26 no.4
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    • pp.283-292
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    • 2013
  • The objective of this research is to evaluate of global and local damage for steel-concrete composite structures under highway bridge exposed to fire loading. To enhance the accuracy and efficiency of the numerical analysis, the proposed transient nonlinear thermal structure interaction(TSI) parallel fire analysis method is implemented in ANSYS. To validate the TSI parallel fire analysis method, a comparison is made with the standard fire test results. The proposed TSI parallel fire analysis method is applied to fire damage analysis and performance evaluation for Buchen highway bridge. The result of analysis, temperature of low flange and web are exceed the critical temperature. The deflection and deformation state show good agreement with the fire accident of buchen highway bridge.

An Experimental Study on the Thermal Property of Concrete under the Load Ratio Condition in Fire (고온화재조건 콘크리트 라이닝의 하중비에 따른 폭렬영향성 및 화재손상특성에 관한 실험적 연구)

  • Kim, Hyung-Jun;Kim, Heung-Youl;Park, Kyung-Hun;Ahn, Chan-Sol;Kwon, Ki-Hyuk
    • Fire Science and Engineering
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    • v.24 no.3
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    • pp.145-151
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    • 2010
  • The fire in tunnel, when failed to extinguish at early stage, tends to easily develop to high temperature and spread to entire area of the tunnel because of considerable level of fire load and smoke control facility within the tunnel, resulting in severe damage to the people and tunnel structure. This study was intended to carry out the fire test with MHC fire curve, a scenario, which has the most rapid fire rise, on assumption of load ratio of 1, 20, 40, 60 and 70%, so as to identify the thermal characteristics of the concrete against spalling and the range of fire damage. The specimen was small scale sample as defined by EFNARC and the mixing ratio was based on 24 MPa, which is considered to be the normal strength. As a result of test, 16mm spalling was occurred on the lining under the non-load condition, while no spalling was occurred with 20% and 40% of load ratio. In case of 60% of load ratio, 24 mm of spalling was occurred and it failed in 10 minutes after heating in case of 70% load condition.

Analysis on Vehicle Fires Caused by Damage of Diesel Particulate Filter (DPF) (매연저감장치 손상에 기인한 차량화재 사고사례 분석)

  • Song, Jae-Yong;Sa, Seung-Hun;Nam, Jung-Woo;Cho, Young-Jin;Kim, Jin-Pyo;Park, Nam-Kyu
    • Fire Science and Engineering
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    • v.26 no.4
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    • pp.70-76
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    • 2012
  • This paper deal with vehicle fire caused by damage of diesel particulate filter (DPF) on diesel passenger vehicles. In order to reduce particulate matters included exhaust gases, a DPF in the exhaust system were installed diesel vehicles. A DPF was broken by excessively trapped particulate matters, regeneration error with a malfunction of ECU and defect of suction system such as swirl valve. If the DPF was broken, hot exhaust gases was released to the bottom of vehicle and released hot exhaust gases lead to occur the fire through combustible materials around the exhaust system. When a fire happened in the diesel vehicle caused by damage of DPF, silicate inorganic compounds were attached to the exhaust ventilation pipe and muffler. The silicate inorganic compounds were created by DPF combustion consisting of raw material ceramics. If the silicate inorganic compounds attached to the tail pipe in the diesel passenger vehicles, its fire cause will be assumed damage of DPF.

A FORECASTING METHOD FOR FOREST FIRES BASED ON THE TOPOGRAPHICAL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM AND SPREADING SPEED OF FIRE

  • Koizumi, Toshio
    • Proceedings of the Korea Institute of Fire Science and Engineering Conference
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    • 1997.11a
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    • pp.311-318
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    • 1997
  • On April 27,1993, a forest fire occurred in Morito-area, Manba-city, Gunma-prefecture Japan. Under the prevailing strong winds, the fire spread and extended to the largest scale ever in Gunma-prefecture. The author chartered a helicopter on May 5, one week after the fire was extinguished, and took aerial photos of tile damaged area, and investigated the condition. of the fire through field survey and data collection. The burnt area extended. over about 100 hectares, and the damage amounted to about 190 million yen (about two million dollar). The fire occurred at a steep mountainous area and under strong winds, therefore, md and topography strongly facilitated the spreading, It is the purpose of this paper to report a damage investigation of the fire and to develop the forecasting method of forest fires based on the topographical analysis and spreading speed of fire. In the first place, I analyze the topographical structure of the regions which became the bject of this study with some topographical factors, and construct a land form classification ap. Secondly, I decide the dangerous condition of each region in the land form classification map according to the direction of the wind and spreading speed of f'kre. In the present paper, I try to forecast forest fires in Morito area, and the basic results for the forecasting method of forest fires were obtained with the topographical classification system and spreading speed of fire.

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An Experimental Study on the Psycho-acoustic Response to Alarming Sound in a Fire (화재발생시 음향통보장치 신호음의 청감반응에 관한 실험적 연구)

  • Song Hyuk
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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    • v.20 no.2 s.70
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    • pp.73-78
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    • 2005
  • A fire is occurring increasingly every you and the damage is bigger in proportion to the number. Therefore a fire is classified as a serious calamity. It is important to evacuate and fight a fire by early Perception. However, if the alarming sound is not perceived when a fire breaks out the damage could be expanded. From this point of view, this study aims to analyse the correlation between alarming sound sources and sound quality parameters through psycho-acoustic experiment using Korean vocabularies extracted by existing study. The sound sources more dangerous, tense and urgent were chosen. The results from this study are as follows: 1. airraid, klaxon2 and S.O.S got a point more than conventional alarming sound.2. correlation coefficient between Loudness(L) and Unbiased Annoyance(UA) was highest with 0.63 md Sharpness(S) and Roughness(R) was -0.40 and Fluctuation Strength(FL) and Tonality(T).