Underground is an important space that supports function of cities, such as subways, shopping malls and basement parking. However in consequence a new type of disaster, the "urban flood" menaces these spaces. In the last decade, urban floods struck Tokyo, Nagoya and Fukuoka. When underground inundation occurs, people must evacuate to the ground as soon as possible. But, when such an inundation situation happens, aged persons may not be able to evacuate quickly to ground level. In this paper, the method of safety assessment for aged persons is discussed on the experimental results and flood simulation data in an underground space. As a criterion of the safety evacuation, the specific force per unit width is used in this study. From the result of experiments, it is difficult to implement safety evacuation when the specific force per unit width is over 0.100 m2 for the aged male.
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October 01 2010
Evacuation of aged persons from inundated underground space
T. Ishigaki;
1Faculty of Environmental and Urban Engineering, Kansai University, 3-3-35 Yamate-cho, Suita, Osaka 564-8680, Japan
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Y. Asai;
Y. Asai
2Graduate School, Kansai University, 3-3-35 Yamate-cho, Suita, Osaka 564-8680, Japan
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Y. Nakahata;
Y. Nakahata
2Graduate School, Kansai University, 3-3-35 Yamate-cho, Suita, Osaka 564-8680, Japan
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H. Shimada;
H. Shimada
1Faculty of Environmental and Urban Engineering, Kansai University, 3-3-35 Yamate-cho, Suita, Osaka 564-8680, Japan
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Y. Baba;
Y. Baba
3DPRI, Kyoto University, Gokasyo, Uji 611-0011, Japan
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K. Toda
K. Toda
3DPRI, Kyoto University, Gokasyo, Uji 611-0011, Japan
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Water Sci Technol (2010) 62 (8): 1807–1812.
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T. Ishigaki, Y. Asai, Y. Nakahata, H. Shimada, Y. Baba, K. Toda; Evacuation of aged persons from inundated underground space. Water Sci Technol 1 October 2010; 62 (8): 1807–1812. doi: https://doi.org/10.2166/wst.2010.455
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