Fire Spreading Simulation in Large Buildings Based on Cellular Automata

摘要

The buildings fire safety is currently an important subject for researchers and practitioners due to probable incidents that can happen inside industrial plants, large public buildings or transport facilities: fires, explosions, toxic releases, etc. Even minor events can seriously endanger life, goods and environment. Particularly, fire spreading in large buildings represents a major threat that can be investigated using computer simulation to reduce its severe consequences. The cellular automata based method presented in this paper represents a fast and interactive tool designed for fire spreading investigation in large buildings.